Why do eyebrow and eyelash hairs stop growing?

Sunday, 21 Aug 2022

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

Why do eyebrows and eyelashes stop growing at a certain point, yet it seems other hairs would grow and grow if you let them? Thomas Carnegy, Angus

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