Citations:facial hair

English citations of facial hair

eyebrows and eyelashes included

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1964 December 6, “Take A New Look”, in Pittsburgh Press‎^[1]:
95% of you remove facial hair (including eyebrows).
1992, Otto Hockwin, Keith Green, Lionel F. Rubin, Manual of oculotoxicity testing of drugs:
The cilia (eyelashes) are external to the ducts of the tarsal glands. The cilia are usually more heavily pigmented and coarser than other facial hair
1994 April 4, “Parks' swollen knee concerns Duke”, in Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
I was joking with the guys and said I was thinking about shaving all my facial hair - including my eyebrows.
1995 October 26, “Accent on Women's Art Latinas at two...”, in The Denver Post:
Her dark, arched eyebrows and soft facial hair complement the membranous leaves behind her.
2000, Daniel McNeill, The Face: A Natural History, page 198:
The Mbaya of the Amazon remove all facial hair, including eyelashes and eyebrows, and sneer at full-browed whites as "ostrich-brothers".
2004, Connie Henke Yarbro, Margaret Hansen Frogge, Michelle Goodman, Cancer symptom management, volume 1, page 563:
Although most discussions about this toxicity of many anticancer drugs focus on the loss of scalp hair, epilating effects can include the axillary, pubic, body, and facial hair, including the eyebrows and eyelashes.
2005, Phillip Varady, The Stonebearers, page 25:
Orsans had no facial hair except eyebrows and lashes
2008 March 12, “Hair remover is causing an allergic...”, in Sacramento Bee, The:
DEAR SHOPPING: I have been using Avon Skin So Soft facial hair-removal cream for more than a year
2010, Stephen Mancusi, The Police Composite Sketch, page 115:
“Sparse,” “thin,” “faint,” and “peach fuzz” are frequently said in connection to youthful facial hair.
2012, Margo DeMello, Faces Around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia of the Human Face, page 134:
Because women naturally do not have a great deal of hair on their faces, it is considered a sign of femininity to have as little facial hair (except for eyebrows and eyelashes) as possible

eyebrows and eyelashes not included/distinguished

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1979, Randy Roberts, Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler‎^[2], published 2003, page 74:
[…] his eyebrows and facial hair were thick; […]
1998, Barry Pritzker, A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples‎^[3], page 226:
Men plucked their facial hair and eyebrows.
2004, Helen Bickmore, Milady's Hair Removal Techniques: A Comprehensive Manual‎^[4], page 65:
Ancient Sumerians and Romans tweezed eyebrows and facial hair.
2004, Mark Busby, The Southwest‎^[5], page 152:
Some tribes also practiced nose piercing, and men typically removed their eyelashes, eyebrows and facial hair through plucking.
2004, Margo DeMello, Faces Around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia of the Human Face‎^[6], page 261:
In addition, due to hormones, women have fuller lips, lighter skin, and more fat on the cheeks, and men have thicker eyebrows and facial hair.
2007, Shae, Better Pissed Off, Than Pissed On‎^[7], page 2:
He would be a very handsome man if his attitude was not so torn up, tall and slender, thick eyebrows and facial hair.
2009, Andrea McKerlie, Some Other Time‎^[8], page 108:
He had black hair, with eyebrows and facial hair the same color.
2010, Russell Brand, My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up‎^[9], page 172:
So I went to Boots and nicked some white mascara to bleach out my eyebrows and facial hair, […]
2011, Herbert P. Goodheart, Goodheart's Same-Site Differential Diagnosis: A Rapid Method of Diagnosing and Treating Common Skin Disorders‎^[10], page 270:
Heavy infestation with Pediculus pubus can also involve the eyelashes, eyebrows, and facial hair.
2011, Janet R. Walczak, Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Kidney Cancer‎^[11], page 58:
Sutent and Nexavar can cause eyebrows and facial hair to turn white.