• Question: Why do our eyelashes and eyebrows never continue to gow unlike hair on our head?

    Asked by rebeccasheps to Alexandra, Dean, Jess, Luisa, Sian on 22 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Sian Foch-Gatrell

      Sian Foch-Gatrell answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Eyebrows and eyelashes have much shorter grow lengths and longer rest lengths that head hair. This is why these hairs are shorter and appear to have a fixed length.

    • Photo: Dean Whittaker

      Dean Whittaker answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      No idea

    • Photo: Luisa Ostertag

      Luisa Ostertag answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I really can’t answer that one.
      Although just thinking about it, it makes sense. Why would evolution let the hair above our eyes let grow in a way that we can’t see anything?!??!
      😉

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