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A man in Ho Chi Minh City has been surprising everyone he meets, with many joking that he looks like someone “stepping out of a martial arts film” thanks to his naturally grown 23cm-long eyebrows.
Unusual eyebrows
Recently, a restaurant owner serving countryside-style dishes on Lu Gia Street in Phu Tho Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, has drawn attention for his strikingly unusual eyebrows. Instead of being short and neatly tapered, most of his eyebrow strands grow long like hair.
Over time, the eyebrows have grown longer than a hand span. To avoid inconvenience, he usually smooths them down and tucks them behind his ears.
The man is Dao The Nang (born in 1976). He said his eyebrows developed entirely naturally, without any chemical treatment or transplant techniques.
To demonstrate, he runs his hands through and stretches the strands, showing their strength. He is also willing to let curious visitors examine them.
He shared: “Since childhood, my eyebrows have grown unusually long. I notice they grow at about two-tenths the speed of my hair.
In the past, when they grew long and drooped over my eyelids, it was inconvenient and even made me look older. So whenever I got a haircut, I would ask the barber to trim them like normal eyebrows.
However, I later noticed that every time I trimmed them, my business would coincidentally run into trouble. So I decided to stop cutting them and let them grow naturally.”
Even so, when going out, Nang usually brushes his eyebrows upward onto his forehead and wears a cap to cover them, so only close acquaintances are aware of his unusual feature.
Finding joy in the attention
To keep them neat, he tucks his long eyebrows behind his ears. Photo: Ha Nguyen
As he does not intentionally cultivate them, Nang has no special care routine. Each morning, he simply smooths them by hand, uses a comb if they become tangled after washing his face, and tucks them behind his ears.
After appearing on social media, he has attracted many curious visitors who come to see and learn more. Witnessing the long, curved strands drooping down the sides of his eyes, many jokingly say he resembles a character from a martial arts film.
Recently, a social media personality visited to inspect his unusually long eyebrows.
After observing and testing their strength by pulling and smoothing them, the visitor used a ruler to measure the length. The result showed that many strands reached 23cm.
With this, Nang believes his eyebrows surpass those of Zheng Shusen from China, who was officially recognised in 2016 at the age of 80 as having the world’s longest eyebrows at 19.1cm.
Despite this, Nang said he has no plans to register a national or world record, instead viewing his eyebrows simply as a unique personal trait.
The 50-year-old admitted that the long eyebrows can sometimes be inconvenient in daily life. In windy conditions or during physical activity, they can droop into his eyes and obstruct his vision, requiring frequent adjustment.
He shared: “I used to feel shy about having such unusual eyebrows. But in recent years, I’ve come to enjoy this distinctive feature.
Thanks to them, more people notice me, and more customers come to my restaurant. Not only locals but also foreign visitors stop by to try Vietnamese countryside dishes and chat about my eyebrows.
Many customers even ask to take photos and say they are amazed to see someone with such unusual eyebrows,” he added.
Ha Nguyen
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