Talk:Eyelash/Archive 1

Growing Mascara

There is a product sold to women for growing longer, more, and darker eyelashes and I was wondering if this has any basis in scientific fact or are these products just selling expectations (brands include: mavala, talika lipocil, etc.)And, are these products maybe a different kind of rogaine?

Eyelash Question

Does anyone have any information on reducing the amount of eyelash oil/grease that appears on your glasses as a result of too long an eyelash that paints the grease/oil on your glasses causing a blurly fog on your glassses you cannot see through?

Ishika - please see you talk page regarding removed links. brenneman^(t)(c) 14:00, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Do dogs use mascara ?

There is a sudden break. I discover than other species than man have eyelashes.

Why not some information about them ? Horse's and cow's are quite nice. Hera was said to have cow's eyes (greek boôpis). Fish are jumping (and the cotton is high), and some have lashes too. --DLL 23:48, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Back here

Still suggesting some encyclopedic dichotomy :

• eyelash
• health
• human
• animal
• mythology or trivia

--DLL 23:30, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

What does this mean

From the article:

According to [2],the insertion of the eyelashes is hidden amongst Japanese.

What does that mean, exactly? I'm thinking we can lose it without much harm. -66.226.105.98 23:19, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm taking that whole part out. Kundor 00:48, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Life

What about the fact that there's life on your eyelashes, shouldn't that be in there somewhere?72.39.213.248 17:50, 21 January 2007 (UTC) sorry wasn't signed in Darkn00b 17:51, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Growth

I assume they do, but does anyone know if eyelashes grow back? Cricketgirl 01:11, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah they do. My eyelashes often stick together and press against my eye or eyelid annoyingly. So I have to cut them in order to keep myself sane. If I pull them completely off, they will grow back usually in a month. If I cut half of them, they will grow back to their full size in about a week. --91.154.63.211 (talk) 16:55, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

On NPR, What is the life span of an eyelash? Answer: Based on the book Your Hair & Its Care, it's 150 days. (1946) http://www.npr.org/blogs/theprotojournalist/2014/12/20/371851621/before-google-who-knew Kdammers (talk) 08:24, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

Gender Wars

Do Men have longer eyelashes than Women? (Obviously without mascara?)

yes we need research related to this issue — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.71.104.47 (talk) 04:12, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Terminology

Is it true that the term "cilia" properly applies to eyelashes? Mrnatural (talk) 19:53, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Cilium (plural cilia) is an eyelid, a rim (outer edge) of an eyelid, or an eyelash. So yes, it does properly apply to eyelashes. kwami (talk) 06:56, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Trimming?

I have been having a problem with my eyelashes; they grow curled up that they end up getting into the eyes as a resolt i cut them. MY question is is it ok to cut them and how long what can do to avoid them growing like that for i do use mascara but it does not help!

It won't hurt to trim them, except that they might not keep dust out of your eyes as well. And be sure you have special idiot-proof eyelash-trimming scissors which are extra blunt nosed and have a short blade--otherwise, sooner or later, you'll be exhausted or drunk and cut yourself. (Sorry if I'm stating the obvious.) You could pluck them out entirely if you like (some cultures do), but that's probably considered unattractive in your culture. But if there's one lash in particular that's causing a problem, I'd yank it.

Yeah, I wouldn't expect mascara to do much good. And a curling iron is probably not a good idea! Because this could cause medical complications (an ingrown eyelash, esp. one growing into the eyeball itself, could have serious complications), you might want to ask your doctor the next time you visit, or see your school (?) nurse. Who knows; there might be s.t. they can do. I have no idea if this can be expected to change as you age, or if trimming your eyelashes will be part of your life like trimming nails is for most of us. That's why I think you should seek medical advice: getting a finger infection from badly trimming a hangnail is just a painful inconvenience, but getting an eye infection from cutting too close or slipping could be dangerous, and it's likely to happen if you do this decade after decade. kwami (talk) 06:56, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Eyelashes getting stuck in the eye

We've all had this happen, probably multiple times. Any information that could be added about the possible consequences (like irritation of the eyeball) and safe removal of the offending eyelash would probably be appropriate in an article about eyelashes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rimmer7 (talk • contribs) 08:16, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Detecting dust mites?

"thus providing a warning that an object (such as an insect or dust mite) is near the eye" Given the size of dust mites I doubt that. Any experts that can shed light on this? Stevemiller (talk) 16:49, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Error

"Since the hair is <<tranplanted>> from the hair on the head [...]". There is an "s" missing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.93.199.105 (talk) 02:28, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

sexual dimorphism

My section was deleted because of the study mentioning "daily makeup use" and not enough people in the study. If anything, mascara use weighs down eyelashes which could potentially have a negative effect on them. It is also generally made of a thick, dry, waxy material. This study says that mascara use actually has a negative effect. The Finnish study was not invalid. It said, "Women had longer eyelashes than males. A strong association was also observed between the thickness and length of eyelashes" and the study had 689 people. That those two studies were deleted and that then it was added that "hairier people tend to have thicker eyelashes" - a reference from a book, not a study with measurements - seems to imply men have thicker eyelashes, when testosterone has no effect on it. Testosterone has varied effects on certain follicles. It can even have a negative effect, such as with head hair. The Deniker reference listed also says that people with more body hair have the least amount of hair on their head - that is also not true. East Asians have the thickest strands but the least amount of hair on their head. If general hairiness is mentioned head hair should be too - however I haven't found any studies which measure eyelashes against general body hair. Sleepyed (talk) 21:51, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

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