* Posts by Timothy Phillipps

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Why is the human face hairless?

Timothy Phillipps

Relax!!!

Dang, Hairless Baloney, who peed on your cornflakes this morning? You need to go back to bed and sleep off your anger, then reread what Dr. Juan wrote, because your rant is doesn't address his response at all.

Dr. Juan states, "It comes in varying degrees down the brow, around the ears, down alongside the cheeks, and forms a beard..." Hmm, okay there goes your shaving complaint.

Also, if you give the issue just a moment of thought, you may realize that the "hairless" portion of the face is, generally, the forehead, around the eyes, and about midway down the cheeks for ALL of us. And, surprise of all surprises, that's the area where we communicate a huge amount of emotion via facial expressions! Wow! What a revelation! It's almost as if the hair were cleared from your eyes!

Granted, there is hair all over the face but, as you point out, it is extremely fine and, therefore, does not obscure facial expressions. In other words, that portion of the face is, to our regular visaul perception, hairless.

Now, go back to bed, or go have a drink, or whatever it takes to get you back to your happy place. A'ight?

Laughing in your hairless face,

Tim