Found it! You were correct surreality. the displacement map i had in the head skin map was getting in the way of the brows. when I cleared the displacement check box in the material room for the head tex-map, my brows rendered as they should with "Use displacement Maps" checked in render settings. Thanks to both you, surrealtiy, and Victoria_Lee for your help. I'm still a student of poser and i have just been taught. Thanx again.