Roots

A quick note on plucking hair, which is not performed without some little pain. Though superficially small in length, a more mature eyebrow hair (A) is embedded in the brow with a considerable root formation, seen above in the magnified illustration. Hence its resistance to removal, and, it follows, the pain. 'Il faut souffrir pour etre belle' is not for nothing the motto of the well-groomed woman.