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Are you able to tell someone is suffering from sickness just by looking at the eyebrow ?

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Dr. Tim Conrad answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

No: Eyebrows do not have much diagnostic value.

Answered 7/28/2014

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Dr. Harold Peltan answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Only sometimes: Some conditions like psoriasis can show up in the eyebrow. Vitiligo and Waardenburg sysndrome can also present in the eyebrow. In trichotillomania, a patient plucks the hairs of the eyebrow, eye lashes, or head and sometimes eats them. General, common illnesses will not usually have findings in the eyebrow. What are you seeing in the eyebrow?

Answered 8/7/2014

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