Long and lovely, healthy and strong lashes aren’t the priority. However, I believe that every woman cares about the way they look and feels worried seeing them fall out excessively, break or get thinner and sparse. We do our best to make our eyelashes look stunning and healthy. How to hold lash loss at bay?
Every human owns from 100 to 250 lashes on the upper eyelid and from 50 to 100 lashes on the lower eyelid. Obviously, the upper lashes are longer having the length ranging from 8 to 10 mm whereas the lower lashes are up to 5 mm long. Of course, there’s isn’t just one set of lashes given for the whole life. Each lash has a certain life span and falls out after some time (3-4 months). Tiny hairs are meant for protecting the eyeballs from infection, dust, flecks, impurities. Besides that, there’s a feature making us pay lots of attention to eyelashes – they enhance our femininity. Love at first sight? Only with a fan of long lashes! That’s why we feel worried when this female weapon and an essential flirtation tool starts deteriorating all of a sudden. Why are there sometimes more lashes falling onto your cheeks?
Thinning lashes – causes & remedies
Why lashes thin out? The problem is often as serious as hair loss for some women. Patients tend to count each and every lash falling onto their cheek, which causes extreme stress and tension.
- Atopic dermatitis – AD is a condition which may be the cause of thinning lashes. Atopic dermatitis sufferers struggle with chronic itchiness making them rub their eyes, even while asleep. This kind of physical irritation makes lashes fall out.
- Eyelash mites – the name doesn’t evoke positive feelings. These microscopic parasites may live on your lashes. The mites are tiny arachnids belonging to the Acari family. They intensify the symptoms of acne rosacea in humans. This arachnid lives in hair follicles and causes the inflammation of the eyelid.
- Hypersensitivity to cosmetics – a mascara and makeup remover you use turn out to have an impact on the health and looks of your lashes. If possible, use high-quality products containing the best ingredients. Nowadays, even a mascara is able to have a conditioning effect. The high-end ones feature an array of nutrients: not only do they protect tiny lashes from damage but also stimulate their growth. You don’t know which mascara to choose? Try out e.g. Lashcode which gives amazing makeup and repairs weak lashes.
- Lack of nutrition – eyelashes, similarly to head hair, need reinforcement, especially in the essential part which is the bulb. A product which is cut out for strengthening the bulb is an eyelash serum – applied with a thin eyeliner brush to the lash line, it penetrates the skin and reaches the bulbs to strengthen lashes, keep them from falling out, extend the growth phase and make lashes grow more rapidly. The effect you get? Lashes out of your dreams, long (even over 10 mm), intensely black, growing fuller and prettier day by day. The best eyelash serum gives results after just a month.
- Medication – of course, sometimes there’s nothing we can do about it. Health wins over good looks so we won’t give up on pharmaceuticals because we start losing more lashes. Still, we must be aware that outside elements are not the only cause of our lashes getting weaker. The food and medication matter too. That’s why we should support lashes from within as well, trying some supplements e.g. nettle and horsetail.
