14 DAY TRIAL // They say a woman with long, thick and curved eyelashes has an aura of mystery about her that can hardly be expressed in words. Sadly, Mother Nature has not been equally generous with all the women out there, which means they have to find a way to get this kind of eyelashes elsewhere – like, with fake lashes. The damage caused by these is so extensive that more and more women, left without natural lashes almost completely, have to seek solutions wherever they can, the Daily Mail says.
Some women would even wear up to three pairs of fake eyelashes at a time to get the desired effect. If this is something that happens with regularity, changes are the ladies in question have lost almost all of their natural lashes because of the glue used to apply the fake ones, and the fact the latter are removed by one swift gesture. In other words, if you pluck a natural hair enough times, chances are great it will not grow again – and the same can happen to lashes. Thus, women face two possibilities: growth serum or hair transplant in the eyelid.
“The news comes after thousands of women crashed the Boots website as they clamored to get hold of a new ‘miracle’ eyelash thickener. Growing numbers of women are turning to hair transplant surgery after damaging their natural lashes through repeat use of false ones and extensions, experts said. A specialist in intricate hair transplant surgery has been approached by more and more young female patients left with a bald patch on their eyelid. The glue used to fix the lashes can pull natural eyelashes out as the fake set is removed, and if repeated frequently can stop hair growing,” the Mail writes.
Of course, these worrying numbers don’t stop women from wearing fake lashes, especially if they’re promised a quick fix with the various brands of growth serums available. Debenhams, for instance, is reporting a 1,000 percent increase in sales of fake lashes, while, at the opposite pole, a waiting list for a newly released growth serum at Boots has topped 1,000 customers, making it its most successful product ever. However, this may prove to be just a means of deceiving oneself because damaged eyelashes can only be restored to their former glory by means of an transplant – and it can cost up to £3,000.
“We’re seeing a significant number of enquiries from patients who have suffered from damage caused by repeatedly wearing false eyelashes. As with any hair follicle, eyelashes will cease to grow if they are repeatedly plucked out at the root. Hair transplant surgery may seem like an extreme solution, but in many cases it’s the only way to restore hair permanently,” Dr. Bessam Farjo of Farjo Medical Centre says for the Mail.
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