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Why does body hair stop growing but head hair doesn't?

eyebrowsQuestion

Body hair – how does your body know how long your hair should grow? My eyebrows aren’t growing any more.
Christine, Sunbury

Answer

** Definitive **
Name: Andrew, Coulsden
Qualification: I heard it on the Mystery Hour!
Answer: Hair doesn’t stop growing. It simply falls out.

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