# What is the purpose of eyebrows?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-eyebrows/500981
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [June 25, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-eyebrows/500981 "2009-06-25T20:24:51Z")
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### Author:  [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-eyebrows/500981/1 "2009-06-25T20:24:51Z")
[From here:](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1754/what-is-the-purpose-of-eyebrows)
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> The consensus is that eyebrows keep moisture (sweat, mostly, but also rain) from running down one’s forehead and straight into the eyes.
Went a little overboard in the tweezing department this weekend. And by that I mean…I have NO eyebrows. Like, three hairs tops.
I haven’t noticed a lot of sweat issues, but my eyes feel a lot grittier–like I’m getting stuff in them/they feel itchy, whereas that never happened before. It’s awful!
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-eyebrows/500981/2 "2009-06-26T00:21:39Z")
Now is a great opportunity to go for the chola eyebrow look. Do you have a sharpie?
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### Author:  [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-eyebrows/500981/3 "2009-06-26T00:28:40Z")
Nah, I’m just trying to make them look like they did years ago, before they were over plucked. Surprisingly, I never realized how good they looked back in the day.