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Eyebrows

Supercilium · Obočí

Skin & appendages

Looks like

A curved ridge of thick short hairs on skin over the upper rim of each eye socket.

What it does

Keeps sweat and rain out of the eyes and conveys facial expression.

Keeping it well

Thinning of the outer third can come with an underactive thyroid; scaly flaking here is usually seborrhoeic dermatitis.

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