WIBU to remove a child's eyebrow hair?

[AlexanderandPie]

Asking for a friend. Child is 6. Thanks.

Pretty much guaranteed he's going to do it later. He won't grow out of not liking his monobrow.
you can't stop the other children teasing the child, so just get rid of the hair confused
I may have missed a second post, but I can't spot where the OP said the child minds what his eyebrows are like, nor that he's being bullied and/or teased for it??
I would have thought the other kids would be unlikely to see it as a problem (and sometimes kids don't have the same standards of what is 'good' or 'bad' in terms of appearance anyway - I spent years envying my little (female) friends very hairy arms, no one teased her!).
What someone may decide to change in their appearance later, because they want to conform to societies view of beauty, is not a reason to make those changes in a small child. If it was, 6 year old girls would be wearing make up to school because their DMs felt they could be improved by it!

Yes...I'd use a facial wax strip, cut smaller length ways to just do a cm down the middle.

Much less faff than other methods and would only need to be done every couple of months. And like a pp said, the growth will naturally stunt in that area so will get less as he gets older.

It's not a problem IMO, it's just teaching him good grooming habits. My big two whinge when they need to go to the barbers, they're still made to go though.

I would, a monobrow is a bit unfortunate. Just a wax strip down the middle, takes no time at all and prob wont need done again for a month.

One of my sons had his removed from about 10 onwards but that was because he was making it sore by constantly rubbing and scratching it he has ASD

there was a girl a couple of years below me with a monobrow, and her parents wouldn't let her get rid of it until she was about 14.

so even now, late twenties, everyone still identifies her as 'the girl who used to have the monobrow'

Not in a mean way, but this was a very very noticeable feature. In a 6 year old it will stick out a lot, and will stick.

I don't agree with kids thinking they should look a certain way, but theres a very small percentage that he will ever thank you for the decision not to wax it..

Yes.
You'd do it as an adult so it's cruel to not let a child improve their appearance as a point of principle.

It's worse as a child as adults might look at an unfortunate monobrow and think it looks ugly and neanderthal but say nothing due to manners. Children are not so socialised.

I'd wax the middle. Regular waxing over years destroys and weakens hair folicals - with any luck by the time the child is 25, there will be little there if it's waxed regularly.

It's hair. Do you take him/her to the hairdressers? Do they get their hair styled in other ways? (Cut short? Curled? Plaits, bows, gel?)
I really don't see the problem if the child wants to do it.. Does dad shave? Does Mum wax?
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If they're being teased I don't see why not.

Absolutely I would do it.

Please don’t shave it. Are there people who would shave it?! Vaseline and tweezers. Won’t feel a thing.

I went to school with a girl who had a full blown moustache. Her mum wouldn’t let her get rid of it till she was about 16. Now at 32, she is still known as the girl with the moustache. “Remember Claire, the girl with the moustache?” (Not her real name)

Also one of DHs friends is still made fun of for his childhood mono brow. The photos were shown around at his wedding.

I know the "right answer is to ignore the bullies, but there is no perfect solution here and children can be cruel. If it was my child, I would offer them the choice. I think there's a risk that cream could irritate or burn so I'd wax or pluck.

DS (14) has a monobrow and gets the girls at school to pluck it for him - they do a great job! That's not an option for a 6 year old though.

I know the "right answer is to ignore the bullies, but there is no perfect solution here and children can be cruel.
Again, no suggestion that there has been any bullying, we're talking about 'correcting' a natural and harmless feature, common in many people, to make the child match adult views of beauty.

velourvoyagers posts put this very eloquently.
If we modify things because another child MIGHT point out a difference, and the affected child MIGHT find that upsetting, what is the solution when the feature is a bigger nose, or even different coloured skin??
Children don't need editing for cosmetic reasons, when there's no health issue.

"Pretty much guaranteed he's going to do it later. He won't grow out of not liking his monobrow." I may have missed a second post, but I can't spot where the OP said the child minds what his eyebrows are like, nor that he's being bullied and/or teased for it??
That's why I said this in the same post: "If no-one's teasing him then don't worry about it."

At 6 ? No. No. Wrong on so many levels .

Yes I would do it.

Im sorry but that monobrow needs to go!!!

i see a lot of people saying if he's not being teased its not a problem. I guess that is true but its thinking about the future. the girl i know who had a mono brow was never bullied, no one was ever mean to her face. But now she is older she knows she is identified as X, the girl who used to have a monobrow.

It's later in life it will be a problem.

As someone said about their friend who had pictures shown at his wedding. Spare the child. When he's older if he wants a monobrow - let him have it but don't potentially let him be identified by it

Omg no. Who on earth would ever think that’s appropriate.

@TSSDNCOP Half the pp?

I don't see any issue in removing it.

An old school friend went through years of shit through school because of her monobrow and was still remembered at it at her school reunion.

All that upset and sleepless nights over a tiny, patch of her because her parents were arseholes who chose to use their children to make some sort of statement instead of putting their happiness first.

If the child wants it sorted I would absolutely do it.

It will quickly be forgotten if done but if left could be years of teasing.

Only 6? Really????

He has had a couple of comments and asked me what they meant, I obviously spoke to his mum, she has thought about removing it for a while, but has asked my opinion, so I'm asking here.

I would remove it - I was teased as a child and as as a grown adult at 35 a boy I was in school with commented when I saw him in the swimming baths. It's something so easily sorted and kids (and it seems adults too) can be awful

DS is 11 and has a bit of a monobrow, he’s asked me to tidy it up and get rid of the middle bits so I do it with tweezers.

I would never have dreamed of suggesting it to him, it was he who came and asked me to do it.