A medical practitioner, Dr Ayopo Adeyemi, on Sunday warned women against the use of artificial eyelashes, commonly used to enhance beauty, in view of its grievous consequences.

Adeyemi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the health implications of fixing false eyelashes included corneal abrasions or ulcers, damage of the natural eyelashes, eye sensitivity, amongst others.

She said fixing of artificial eyelashes had become an increasingly popular trend in the fashion world as most ladies, regardless of the health implications, seek perfection and glamour.

According to her, natural eyelashes had its natural way of preventing dirt, sweat, bacteria and other foreign materials from entering into the eye by trapping and keeping out anything that comes near.

Adeyemi, a practitioner at Mushin General Hospital, Lagos, said false eyelashes would accommodate the dirt, thereby causing different forms of allergy and infections.

“The use of harmful chemicals on the eyelashes can cause them to fall out quicker than they naturally would and it is also dangerous when tools to be used come in close proximity to the eye.

“Artificial eyelashes can cause trauma to the eye either through the glue and other materials used or unprofessional operators; there could be introduction of microbes into the eye causing conjunctivitis of all types.

“The lashes themselves can cause allergic conjunctivitis trapping and retaining dirt around the eye,” she said.

Adeyemi advised ladies to minimise the rate at which they fix false eyelashes if they must retain healthy natural ones.

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Posted: at 28-05-2018 06:55 AM (5 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Serious case

Posted: at 28-05-2018 09:19 AM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Too much ARTIFICIALLY kills.

From FALSE EYELASHES to WEAVE-ON to FALSE B.U.M.S

Be HAPPY and GRATEFUL for the NATURAL things God has given you.

Posted: at 28-05-2018 10:06 AM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac

To those that love fake eyelashes me am out

Posted: at 28-05-2018 12:42 PM (5 years ago) | Hero

I agree with the doctor, but as a makeup artist, I disagree on two things, first, the doctor is generalizing the use of all eyelash extensions when he should know that there are natural and treated eyelashes so that when they reach the client's eye they have no problem and the other is that the type of glue influences a lot, on the other hand, there are already more natural procedures such as natural eyelash extensions that with this type of eyelashes you do not run the risk of damaging your client.

Posted: at 20-07-2021 12:24 PM (2 years ago) | Newbie

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