eyebrows, and pencil them in and look beautiful again? Or do you keep the eyebrows that are like barbed wire, and stick out in all directions? I really want to know for my book. I am writing a book in case I get dementia so the nurses in the old folks home will know what I like. Ha ha ha.
2007-11-19 10:08:16 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Is it all young folk in here with no sense
of humour, I don't recognise them where did they come from. I have changed my avatar and thought I was having fun with pensioners as usual. No I am not telling my age, to any young pups in pensioners. Thankyou very much.
2007-11-19 10:56:17 · update #1
Not yet.
I have a cousin who has done it for about 20 years.....she couldn't "raise an eyebrow" if she had tooo....they simply stopped growing.
Don't worry about the young pups here. They think they will never age. They know nothing of how tough you have to be to be and oldster.
It ain't for sissies, is it?
2007-11-19 11:17:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
You'll probably find that there are more young women who shave their eyebrows off and then pencil them back in than Seniors. We've seen women, younger ones, who haven't used the correct colour eyebrow pencil and have what looks like a couple of dark caterpillars slinking across their foreheads! The majority of Seniors know exactly how to do their eyebrows and that doesn't include shaving them off.
Don't want to sound disrespectful or anything but do you honestly think that the nurses/carers have time to deal with eyebrows in Care Homes or Nursing Homes? They have a lot more important jobs to do than eyebrows! Can't work out if you are a young 'un or not but either way you need to double-check the name of this section. It is for Senior Citizens not "pensioners". That word is very outdated now.
2007-11-19 11:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that your book is a perfectly reasonable thing to do.
However, its not a good idea to shave off your eyebrows at any age. They often do not grow back, and pencilled-in ones look awful, NOT beautiful ! If you take a look at a lot of older people, they don't necessarily have the 'barbed wire look" - I work in an aged care facility and most of my people have perfectly normal eyebrows.
If you want to leave instructions about your eyebrows, I'd suggest that you just ask the staff to pluck out any strays that stick out. They probably will anyway - they care what you look like too, you know.
2007-11-20 01:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by Stella 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Obviously, some of the people answering this question aren't old enough, yet, to get the eyebrow hair that comes in like wire and has a mind of it's own. My hair dresser trims mine when she cuts my hair. I'd never shave them off and draw them in because too many old women who do that look like they're sporting brown MacDonald arches on their foreheads.
Your idea of writing a book about what you want when (and if) you get dementia is fear based and understandable. Too many people in nursing homes are not treated with respect. I had an aunt who never wore fingernail polish in her life until she had to go to a nursing home. She was a devout Catholic who was a close to be a nun as you could get without actually being one. I hated seeing that polish on her nails because I'm sure if she could have talked she would not have wanted that put on.
Good luck with your book. It has the potential to be both funny and poigant at the same time.
2007-11-19 10:54:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I might be a bit late with this answer but when I was 21 my 'friend' plucked my eyebrows so thinly that over the years, they disappeared. I have had no eyebrows for years ( I am now 62)
I used to draw them on but then the eyesight failed and I just left them off. No one seems to notice, or they are too polite to say.
I did look into having them tattooed on about 15 years ago but I wasn't impressed with the evidence I saw. Things have probably moved on now and results will be better, but, I have never bothered. Should I?
2007-11-20 03:30:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
People's tastes change, you might not care at all about eyebrows by the time you reach 50, much less when you enter a nursing home. And unless you're quite wealthy and can afford private care, any CNA's taking care of you in a 'regular' "old folks home" are simply not going to have time to fool with your eyebrows, you'll be darned lucky to have your diaper changed regularly.
2007-11-19 10:14:06 · answer #6 · answered by Squirrley Temple 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I think a good bath and a good shave helps all pensioners, it makes one feel nice and clean. I know people who shave their toes
twice a week, if they don't they end up with hairy toes, and it makes their feet itch during the night. I mean an itch is worse than barbed wire eyebrows it can stop you getting to sleep. I want to read your Book.
2007-11-19 12:17:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all, not all Senior Citizens are drawing their pensions. I'm 60 and am still working.
Secondly, My hairdresser regularly trims my eyebrows so that they don't stick stick out like barbed wire. And when I do get old enough to have them stick out, I won't really care. I'll have more important things to worry about... like where I left my teeth.
and C: What were we talking about?
2007-11-19 10:56:12 · answer #8 · answered by Dan Bueno 4 · 8⤊ 0⤋
It's not only a few older folks who do this. I see 18 - 20 year olds doing the same thing. Seems like they don't appreciate their own God-given beauty and decide to draw their own faces on.
2007-11-20 01:05:51 · answer #9 · answered by Lady G 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you get dementia, you won't be able to understand the book, just for starters.
Scissors help with eyebrows you know. And tweezers. I don't want those pencil eyebrows.
2007-11-19 10:15:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋