The six common senses that false eyelashes hide ＂beautiful＂ hidden dangers must be kept in mind.
Many female friends are keen on the "three-piece set" of Chinese New Year: perm, manicure and eyelashes. A new look for the New Year, welcoming a good mood, and a sense of ceremony before the New Year is full. Thick, slender and curled beautiful eyelashes can make eyes bigger, more beautiful and more beautiful. No wonder they are "essential beauty artifacts" for beauty lovers in Chinese New Year holidays and important occasions.
The most common use of false eyelashes is pasting and grafting.
Sticking false eyelashes is to stick false eyelashes near the root of their own eyelashes with glue, which is generally closer to the eyelid margin. It lasts for a short time, and it usually comes loose after cleansing on the same day.
Grafting eyelash is also called "planting/attaching eyelashes" or "semi-permanently extending eyelashes". In fact, false eyelashes are not really implanted into the skin, but are forcibly bonded to real eyelashes one by one with glue. About 40 to 80 false eyelashes will be attached to each eye. After carefully adjusting the radian of each false eyelash, it can make the eyelash natural and thick, and the grafting lasts for 2~6 weeks at a time. Although the small false eyelashes are small in size, the cost is not low, and the consumption per planting ranges from hundreds to thousands.
In recent years, there has been a prevailing wind of magnetic eyelash attraction. Magnetic eyelash attraction is said to be fixed on the eyelid margin by its own magnetism without glue, which is similar to the first two in beautifying the eyes.
Which is better to use and which is healthier? Today, let’s talk about false eyelashes together, so that we can be healthy while becoming beautiful.
false eyelashes
Is the invisible killer of eye health.
The main components of false eyelashes are synthetic fibers (such as polyester fibers), and the chemical components of the adhesive used at present are complicated. From the current standard product labels, we can see the following main components: latex, acrylate copolymer, lauryl alcohol, methylparaben and so on.
The eye is an extremely sensitive visual organ, and these chemical components are highly irritating, and long-term use has a great impact on the health of the eye surface.
What’s even more frightening is that if bad merchants use inferior false eyelashes and glue, formaldehyde, lead and benzoic acid may be added. Lead is a heavy metal, long-term cumulative effect can lead to heavy metal poisoning, and the harm to the body is well known.
Formaldehyde is a colorless irritating chemical. In the list of carcinogens published by the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research on Cancer in 2017, formaldehyde belongs to Class 1 carcinogen. Benzoic acid has long been used as a dye carrier and preservative in industry, and long-term contact has no small irritation to skin and eyes.
In addition to these, let’s take a concrete look at what eye problems will be caused by long-term use of false eyelashes?
one
Keratoconjunctivitis, blepharitis and dry eye
Usually manifested as eyelid tingling, dry red eye, foreign body sensation, photophobia and tears. Within a few hours after the false eyelashes are grafted, the glue containing formaldehyde may be directly dispersed to the eye surface, or the glue may directly penetrate into hair follicles or block the opening of meibomian gland at the eyelid margin, resulting in folliculitis and abnormal lipid secretion for lubricating the eyeball.
A population study of 32 people in grafting eyelash in 2023 found that after one hour in grafting eyelash, 84.44% of them reported eye discomfort, and the most common foreign body sensation accounted for 59.38%.
With the extension of the use time, the tear film rupture time of the population is significantly reduced, and the incidence of corneal staining is greatly improved.
From a professional point of view, the reduction of tear film rupture time is an important indicator for the diagnosis of dry eye, while ocular surface staining means that the corneal conjunctival epithelium on the surface of the eyeball is damaged, and those who are jealous and tearful will cause visual impairment, which is extremely unfavorable to eye health.
2
Eye allergy
Usually manifested as redness, tingling, itching, tears and so on. These symptoms may not appear until a few hours or days after using false eyelashes. The main reason is that the stimulation of various chemical components causes allergic reactions to eye skin or keratoconjunctiva.
Of course, some people may mention, didn’t you have an allergy test on your skin before using glue? What needs to be reminded is that the nerve endings in the eyes are extremely rich, and their sensitivity is not the same as that of the skin. According to ophthalmologists, almost every day, patients with eye problems caused by various allergens come to see a doctor, but not all of them are accompanied by skin allergy symptoms.
three
subconjunctival hemorrhage
The main manifestation is scattered flaky bleeding spots in bulbar conjunctiva (white eye). This usually happens after grafting eyelash or mechanical damage caused by violence in the process of removing false eyelashes. Slight bleeding may not be serious after slow absorption, but obvious bleeding block means that the eye is mechanically damaged by greater force and should be avoided as much as possible.
four
Primary eyelash damage
The position where false eyelashes are pasted and grafted is near the hair follicle at the eyelid margin. Long-term chemical stimulation causes hair follicle damage and affects eyelash regeneration. Many people will find that real eyelashes and planted false eyelashes will gradually fall off together, and their eyes will be bare and their eyelashes will not grow again. Even if there is growth, it may appear very sparse and even have the risk of damaging the cornea with inverted eyelashes.
Some time ago, there were news reports that girls actually grew white eyelashes after long-term use of false eyelashes. These consequences are not worth the loss because of the damage of harmful chemicals to hair follicles.
Is it healthy to magnetically attract eyelashes without glue?
In recent years, the magnetic false eyelashes advocated by merchants that can be stuck without glue have gradually become popular, and its selling point is said to have the following advantages:
The main principle of magnetic attraction of false eyelashes is to apply magnetic black eyeliner on the eyelid margin, and then fix the false eyelashes at the eyelid margin by magnetic attraction.
The main components of magnetic eyeliner are iron oxide black, propylene glycol, decamethylcyclopentasiloxane, silane, hydroxymethylimidazolidinyl urea, etc. Although these industrial chemical raw materials have no definite carcinogenicity, they are also highly likely to cause eye allergy or block meibomian glands or hair follicles due to their irritation, causing eye infection or dry eye.
In addition, magnetic eyelashes have an unexpected "killer": it will seriously interfere with the magnetic resonance examination.
Through research, it is found that magnetic eyelashes can not only produce a large number of artifacts, which affect the clarity and accuracy of magnetic resonance images, but also may have the risk of falling off and being adsorbed on magnets during scanning, and may even burn the examinee.
Therefore, these potential risks deserve our attention and avoidance.
Pay attention to these 6 points when using false eyelashes.
Knowing that false eyelashes are so harmful, many people will definitely ask: Is it impossible to use false eyelashes? Of course not, but we must pay attention to the following points:
Minimize the frequency of false eyelashes. If you occasionally plant false eyelashes, you must choose a formal beauty medical institution and choose experienced personnel to operate;
Choose false eyelashes and glue with qualified quality, and resolutely give up inferior products containing highly toxic ingredients such as formaldehyde and lead. If the product doesn’t even have a component list, it is recommended not to use it;
Customers with a history of eye diseases or allergies should try to avoid using false eyelashes;
Make-up remover should be thorough, and there should be no glue or eyeliner residue. Always use special eye wipes to keep the root of eyelashes clean.
Don’t wear false eyelashes all day at ordinary times, and see a doctor immediately if your eyes are itchy, red and swollen.
People who wear magnetic eyelashes must remember to remove false eyelashes before MRI.
No matter whether the eyelashes are long or short, more or less, your own is the best. Beauty cannot be achieved at the expense of health. Let’s take good care of our eyelashes, and like eyes will protect our eyes.
Transferred from: Popular Science China
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