unhygienic eyebrow threading

[Mrs TP]

I was doing a bit of a Christmas dash through Bromley Glades today when I noticed an eyebrow threading booth type thing. Three ladies were all having their eyebrows done and I noticed that the women doing it were holding the about to be used spare thread in their mouths.

Now I am all for sharing my hubbies toothbrush from time to time and think nothing of taking a swig from my kids drinks etc but they are my nearest and dearest.

Is it really common practice to pay someone to wipe their spit on your eyebrows? Made me shudder.

[fluffy]

That is usually to hold the thread taut, it isn't to be used in contact with the eyebrow but to give the correct tension to pull out all those stray hairs. Threading is quick, clean and I absolutely love it.

[Alan Medic]

Do eyebrows need threading if they are about to fall off? I've had mine a long time and they appear to be well and truly stuck. Must be a good diet I suppose.

[Mrs TP]

Fluffy I did wonder if it was to hold the thread taught and watched for some time and sure enough they eventually released the bit in their mouths and wound it down to wrap around the eyebrows and had a new bit in the mouths - shudder not for me.

[silverfox]

Oooops, thought this was a Tracey Emin uni-brow type thread

[ontheedge]

Mrs TP Wrote:

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> Fluffy I did wonder if it was to hold the thread

> taught and watched for some time and sure enough

> they eventually released the bit in their mouths

> and wound it down to wrap around the eyebrows and

> had a new bit in the mouths - shudder not for me.

What exactly do you think might happen?

[Applespider]

I think any risk of anything being transmitted is minimal. You've got more chance of picking up a bug from the doors of public loos since some people don't wash hands even if you do.

From personal experience, they may hold the end of one piece in their mouths or break the thread with their teeth but when they wind it down to start threading, it's the middle (uncontaminated) of the thread that they use. Besides, the thread is only being used on the outside of the body, wrapped round a hair.

It's a bit different from sharing water bottles with 'washback' or double dipping with crudites.

[The Minkey]

Or sharing a toothbrush ;-)

[Captain Scarlet]

What is Eyebrow threading?

[Mrs TP]

I've no idea what could happen and am not suggesting anything could, just made me squeamish and normally I am quite relaxed with my nearest and dearest just not so with strangers. Also quite surprised to see this is the norm and accepted.

In contrast, I have never tried the whole fish eating your foot thing but am totally relaxed about that but have seen various health concerns re that for humans and the fish.

To Captain Scarlet - eyebrow threading is plucking eyebrow hairs between strands of cotton wound tightly together rather than using tweezers.

[giggirl]

There's a lot that doesn't bear thinking about if you look too hard. On a scale of 1 to 10 (one being a bit of spit and ten being Howard Hughes), I can go to about a 3 and remain in my comfort zone. I wouldn't let those pedi-fish anywhere near my toes though. Yuck.

If anyone wants to seriously treat themselves then the absolute QUEEN of the Arch is Shivata at Harrods. Wildly inconvenient (she only works Wednesdays), but she'll have you looking like a movie star in about 7 minutes flat.

[womanofdulwich]

but probably not if you over plucked them when you were 13 ( the shame)