• Question: Why do some people have monobrows?

    Asked by lauraa to MarkF, Mark, Michael, Panos, Sarah on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Panos Soultanas

      Panos Soultanas answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Laura,

      I guess it is a genetic trait and perhaps associated with hormones..? That’s all I know about this.

    • Photo: Mark Fogg

      Mark Fogg answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Because they haven’t shaved properly!!! 😉

    • Photo: Sarah Burl

      Sarah Burl answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      because they don’t pluck them – same reason as why some people have lots of hair and others don’t, probably mainly due to genes so you can blame your parents for that one!

    • Photo: Mark Travis

      Mark Travis answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      I guess hairiness is probablty genetic, so there is probably a monobrow gene (or set of genes) out there. Maybe we should screen the Gallagcher brothers to try and discover it…..

    • Photo: Michael Loughlin

      Michael Loughlin answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      well its down to genetic variation, how we are all different with different versions of genes ( allelles) but also with different genes expressed ( switched on) at different levels

      certainly things like hair colour and type ( fine thick etc) can be linked to genes and passed on…but with the multicultural word we are now in its hard to say Scandanavian blond and muscular, mediterranian darker skinned and dark hair.
      For instance in irish my last name means ” the danes” which isn’t the first thing i think of when i see the photo on the web page

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