Mum Attacked After Admitting She Plucks Her Baby's Eyebrows

Mum sparks online debate after revealing she plucked her 15-month-old daughter’s brows as she slept.

The mum has since taken to Reddit to ask ‘Am I An A*****e’ , after ‘feeling insecure’ over her friend’s horrified reaction.

“I gave birth 15 months ago to a beautiful baby girl. She’s always been hairy. It’s nice in a way because she was born with hair on her head and she has really full eyelashes,” the mum started her post.

“But she also developed a unibrow. It was light at first. But over the last 4-5 months, it’s gotten fairly prominent.”

She went on to say that ‘for aesthetic reasons’ she decided to pluck it while she slept, but stressed that if her if her daughter were to have woken up she would have stopped immediately,

“I managed to get it all off in a couple days,” she continued.

She explained how a friend questioned her about it, “She’s an extremely observant person and she mentioned my daughter’s eyebrows,” the mum continued.

“I was honest and said I plucked the middle while she slept. She had this horrified look and said she was surprised that I did that. I didn’t really know what to say, but obviously I felt a little insecure about my decision after that.”

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Some people were appalled that the mum would take a pair of tweezers to her daughter’s face, while others say nothing wrong with it.

You may recall the story last year after one mum shared a rant after she claimed that day care workers secretly waxed her two-year-olds eyebrows.

Her post soon went viral, with another mum also claimed the same thing happened to her child. Read more here.

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18 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 30 Apr 2023
    9:23 am
Good lord…..it sure does take all sorts to make a World

- - AmbieBambi said
  - 16 Jul 2019
    12:56 pm
Oh goodness! I wouldn’t even think to pluck them lol

- - MisChip said
  - 08 Jul 2019
    4:12 pm
It’s awful that she felt she had to do that. I wonder if the mum will continue to do it or if it was a one time thing?

- - becstalou said
  - 03 Jul 2019
    7:46 pm
If the baby really didn’t wake up it can’t have been painful. Not something I would do but I would never risk waking the baby up.

- - Mum2archer said
  - 29 Jun 2019
    2:47 pm
I personally wouldn’t do that to my child, but it’s her choice

- - rovermum said
  - 26 Jun 2019
    9:22 am
Wow, I’m horrified by this. Firstly, it hurts just a little plucking your eyebrows. I understand her daughter will never know… or is this now something that will have to happen regularly for the rest of her life? I can’t imagine a time when I would think that my baby/young child would need something like this.

- - tessie said
  - 25 Jun 2019
    11:06 am
I don’t think I would have done this to my child but who knows for sure. Maybe this Mum was teased when she was young for having a unibrow. She probably thought she was saving the child from being ridiculed as she got older and at least she did it herself while the child was sleeping.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 25 Jun 2019
    10:39 am
I’m a little divided about this. At first I was horrified, but if it was a unibrow maybe not so much, but I maybe might have waited until the child was a bit older.

- - carrie-anne said
  - 25 Jun 2019
    9:37 am
I think its not as bad as it sounds. Its like biting of finger nails really. would i of done it prob no.

- - DaffyD said
  - 25 Jun 2019
    8:37 am
Disgusting sorry this is so unnecessary and cruel

- - Ellen said
  - 25 Jun 2019
    7:55 am
Probably not much different then adding to the beauty of your child by piercing the ears, or having floppy ears corrected. I wouldn’t do it myself though.
I LOVE unibrows, my 5 year old has it and it’s just gorgeous

- - mom62527 said
  - 25 Jun 2019
    7:33 am
Personally I wouldn’t do this to my baby but it’s her baby and her choice. A little too young also in my opinion but once again it’s not my place to say if she’s right or wrong. Her baby her choice.

- - mom101628 said
  - 24 Jun 2019
    11:26 pm
She isn’t hurting anyone so why all the hassle. The child will tell her mom what she thinks once she is old enough and in the meantime the child won’t get teased or laughed at.

- - mom265671 said
  - 24 Jun 2019
    11:00 pm
No too young! Just leave it and embrace it

- - nealsq said
  - 24 Jun 2019
    9:49 pm
ouch,no way! If your kid doesn’t like it they can fix it when they are old enough

- - BellaB said
  - 24 Jun 2019
    7:24 pm
I wouldn’t do it, but I wouldn’t bother having a go at someone who decided differently. It’s not a big deal.

- - ashna9 said
  - 24 Jun 2019
    5:24 pm
It’s her baby, she can do as she pleases.

- - serotonin said
  - 24 Jun 2019
    2:24 pm
I don’t see it as an issue if it’s not upsetting/hurting her child. There’s a girl at the school here, grade 6, who has her eyebrows waxed because they are very hairy. I’m not sure if it was the child who wanted it done or the mother, or how long she’s been doing it, but I can see why if it worried her she might be teased or simply felt self conscious and didn’t like her brows. I would personally wait until my child was old enough to ask herself or give permission if I suggested it (would have to be pretty massive for me to consider). There’s a baby on The Simpsons that rocks a very prominent unibrow, it’s awesome.