MYTH #1. "My eyes are green but sometimes when I'm sad they turn blue and when I'm happy they're kinda hazel."
BUZZZZZ! No, I'm sorry that's a load of horse apples.
"Unlike what is commonly believed, the iris does not change colors in an adult (except in the case of certain pathologies, such as pigment dispersion syndrome), although it may appear to do so depending upon the color of clothing a person is wearing. Moreover, the color(s), texture, and patterns of each person’s iris are as unique as a fingerprint."
Ted M. Montgomery,
Optometric Physician
MYTH #2 "I can't shave my ____, it'll come back thicker and darker."
BUZZZZZZ! That's a crock too.
"Cutting does not stimulate new growth. (If it did, those going bald would be shaving afflicted areas to encourage regrowth of what they're losing.) This belief probably stems from the perception that short hair seems to be tougher than longer hair. Hair expert Philip Kingsley recommends thinking of a bamboo cane: a long cane flexes easily, but the same cane cut short feels harder and tougher. Another reason for the belief resides with the naturally finer ends of uncut hair: compare the end of a long-lived hair with that of a hair recently cut or shaved, and you'll see the one is thicker than the other. That could lead the less-than-careful to conclude that the whole of the hair's shaft became thicker as a result of the hair's being cut (which it didn't) rather than to realize that shaving or cutting results in a blunt termination, whereas natural outgrowth concludes in a tapering."
Snopes.com
Okay? Everyone clear?
Please stop perpetuating these myths. I'm done arguing about them.
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