# Do Men's Eyebrows tend to start growing longer as they get older? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 17, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986 "2010-11-17T15:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/1 "2010-11-17T15:32:36Z")
When I was younger, I don’t ever remember being conscious about my eyebrows. There were much like the hair on my arms, just there, and basically staying the same length. However in the last 5-10 years, I have to trim my eyebrows about every 3 weeks or so. The hairs are long enough to some of the hairs grow to over an inch long. I have noticed many older men with very long eyebrows. Kind of like [this guy](http://www.danheller.com/images/Europe/Greece/Naxos/People/man-w-thick-bushy-eyebrows-7-big.jpg). But I don’t think I ever see a young guy with really long eyebrows. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/2 "2010-11-17T15:37:02Z")
I can’t speak for other men, but I have to trim mine every few weeks. If I let them go for over a year, I could probably braid them. This started maybe in my mid-30s. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/3 "2010-11-17T16:05:45Z")
Yes. It’s one of the long-term effects of having so much testosterone in one’s body. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/4 "2010-11-17T16:10:33Z")
Yep, better have a look see around your ears as well. I think it’s especially prolific if you’re in academia. Some of their eyebrows look like they’re ready to filter krill. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/5 "2010-11-17T16:12:04Z")
Mine have started up as well. I quite like them, but then I’m going for an Evil Mad Scientist look. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/6 "2010-11-17T17:14:33Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Yep, better have a look see around your ears as well. > > I think it’s especially prolific if you’re in academia. Some of their eyebrows look like they’re ready to filter krill. ROFL. Remember the old guys in the politburo pictures that came out of Moscow every few years? Talk about some serious eyebrows… ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/7 "2010-11-17T17:23:38Z")
Yep, over the last couple of years I’ve noticed a marked increase in eyebrow length. Not uniform, unfortunately - a few here and there that like to stand out from the crowd. I trim 'em. If all of 'em started doing that I’d probably let 'em grow for a while, but as it is it looks scruffy so down they go. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/8 "2010-11-17T17:36:44Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > Yes. It’s one of the long-term effects of having so much testosterone in one’s body. sort of a “male” menopause then? ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/9 "2010-11-17T18:33:42Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > sort of a “male” menopause then? We prefer ‘manopause’. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/10 "2010-11-17T20:51:37Z")
> [@runcible\_spoon](#): > > We prefer ‘manopause’. That sounds better than a ‘womenopause’. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/11 "2010-11-17T20:57:33Z")
I have a few rogue eyebrow hairs that I need to snip. Funny, even if I pluck the bastards out, new rogues grow back in the same location. And, yeah, I’ve been shaving my ears for a while now too. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/12 "2010-11-17T21:10:44Z")
The first time I went to the barbers after I turned 30, as if by magic they offered to trim my eyebrows. ☹ (They had no idea how old I was, BTW) My dad has ridiculously bushy eyebrows, and he won’t let anyone trim them. They’re long enough that I bet he could comb them into his hair, covering his whole forehead. Think [Dennis Healey](http://tonysleep.co.uk/system/files/images/1986_03_17-1993-12.jpg), although my dad’s hair hasn’t receded at all. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/13 "2010-11-17T22:17:43Z")
I noticed some of my eyebrow hair starting to grow in longer about the time I turned 45. I plan to just let them keep growing in the event I start balding and need a combover. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/14 "2010-11-18T01:45:24Z")
As others noted, it’s not just eyebrows. Ear hair and nose hair also go wild and need weekly attention. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/15 "2010-11-18T02:21:02Z")
Can anyone recommend a high quality, inexpensive, electric nose/ear hair trimmer then? ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/16 "2010-11-18T03:24:45Z")
I aspire to have great bushy eyebrows like John L. Lewis. Also gouts of bristly hair sprouting from my ears and big yellow teeth like an old horse. I’ve never been attractive to women before, why hope for anything else now? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/17 "2010-11-18T05:49:51Z")
> [@runcible\_spoon](#): > > We prefer ‘manopause’. Manopause: when everything starts to get bigger, hairier and closer to the ground Definition stolen from [Red Meat](http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/2007-08-21/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/18 "2010-11-18T05:57:10Z")
My hair stylist started trimming my eyebrows a few years back (I was probably about 40 at the time), after she noted that a few were getting longish. She does the trim now as part of my regular every-4-week haircut. A few years ago, I saw an older guy on the L, whose eyebrows were so out of control that he looked like [Thufir Hawat](http://htopia.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/thufir.gif) from _Dune_. ---
**Author:** ![heterosapien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@heterosapien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heterosapien)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/19 "2010-11-18T06:07:47Z")
im 27 and i trimmed my eyebrows for the first time last week. they have been connecting together to form a single brow for several years now, i shave them apart ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986/20 "2010-11-18T06:41:07Z")
Bushy unibrow… there’s an unsettling concept. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986.md?page=2)