It's OK to Have Lead in Your Lipstick by Perry Romanowski & Randy Schueller

Author:Perry Romanowski & Randy Schueller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Perry Romanowski & Randy Schueller

Can tweezing eyebrows make you sneeze?

Brow Beaten asks…I tweeze my own eyebrows, and I notice that almost every time I tweeze I start to sneeze. My sister says I’m just imagining it and it doesn’t happen all the time, but I thought maybe you could find out.

Dear Brow Beaten, your “tweeze and sneeze” problem is a new question that we’ve never heard. We weren’t able to find any documentation in the technical literature to confirm this effect is real, but we can think of two possible mechanisms that could explain what’s happening to you.

Tweeze and sneeze

First, the act of pulling hairs out of your brows could be agitating the follicle and triggering a histamine response. Histamines are chemicals in your body that are released in response to certain injuries. They increase blood vessel permeability, which in turn allows fluid to escape. This reaction leads to a runny nose and watery eyes, and potentially a sneeze.

Another possibility is that the tweezing is causing your eyes to tear up. When this happens, some of the tears may not be making it all they way out of the tear ducts, and they may be draining back down the lacrimal canal inside your nose. This drainage could be “tickling” the cells inside the nasal cavity and causing a sneeze.

The bottom line

Either way, you don’t sound crazy to us. Tell your sister there may be a plausible scientific reason for what your experiencing.

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