Eyebrows: 5 Things Men Should Know

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4- Your eyebrows give you away

What you probably didn't know about eyebrows or human physiology in general is that the human face differs from the rest of the body in that many of the muscles used for facial expressions — namely the frontalis and orbicularis oris — are attached or connected to other muscles, making their actions largely involuntary.

This leads to what Dr. Paul Ekman calls "microexpressions," or tiny, split-second tics and other gestures that surrender our intentions to those that can read them. Thus, no matter how hard you try to conceal the truth or tell a lie, your eyebrows are likely to give you away.

5- Men with unibrows were once considered inherent criminals

The last thing men should know about eyebrows is that some styles may subject them to criminal profiling.

The unibrow has been vilified in the West, attributed by various unscientific methods as having a strong association with criminal behavior, substandard intelligence and other perceived human shortcomings, none of which possessed any clinical validity. That said, short of a meticulous goatee on an evil twin, has any specific facial hair ever undergone the same negative scrutiny as the unibrow? While it is a highly desirable quality in some cultures, the most recent indirect attempt to bring the unibrow into fashion in the West occurred in 2002, when Salma Hayek portrayed iconic unibrowed artist Frida Kahlo in Frida. The film won two Oscars, including the Academy Award for Best Makeup, but, alas, the unibrow failed to catch on. If even the sexy Hayek couldn't make it stylish, you couldn't possibly make it work on anyone else.


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