2007-02-06 10:57:44 · 18 answers · asked by repox 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Makeup
keep dirt out of our eyes. if there is dust in the air, then i blink. tears also help clear out the dirt.
2007-02-06 11:00:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They help keep debris out of our eyes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyelashes
2007-02-06 19:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by TobiasLuciaStarr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever see those eyleashes on the rear mudguards of trucks?
large black bristles following the vcurve of the wheel arch, they help stop the dust being kicked up. Your eyelashes stop debris from being channelled to your eyeball.
2007-02-06 19:06:08 · answer #3 · answered by Shelty K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eyelashes hold back dirt and dust from getting into your eyes. If we didn't have them we'd constantly be having to rinse out our eyes to free them from dirt, etc.
2007-02-06 19:01:28 · answer #4 · answered by je suis mode 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To protect the eyes from dirt . Same goes with eye brows
2007-02-06 19:03:46 · answer #5 · answered by brianne m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To protect our eyes from dust and foreign particles in the air.
2007-02-06 19:01:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eyelashes ands eyebrows are there to keep dust..debris etc out of your eyes
2007-02-06 19:03:00 · answer #7 · answered by jersey_689 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to keep dirt and dust particals and other little, and sometimes big things out of our eyes..... i like my eyelashes beacuse they are long and dark!!
2007-02-06 19:01:55 · answer #8 · answered by <3333 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the main reason is to keep irritants like dust out of the eyes.
2007-02-06 19:06:03 · answer #9 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To protect our eyeballs from the dangers of the world.
2007-02-06 21:06:38 · answer #10 · answered by Scarlett 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋