Why do my eyes water profusely when I pluck my stray eyebrow hairs with tweezers?
1. Introduction Eyes water profusely when plucking stray eyebrow hairs due to a direct neurological reflex involving the trigeminal nerve, which supplies sensation to the face and controls the lacrimal glands. When a hair is forcefully extracted from the eyebrow region, the trauma stimulates the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve. This sensory signal travels … Read more