Monday, November 30, 2009

Why Are Your Eyelashes Falling Out?

By Melanie A. Thompson

Falling eyelashes has become more of a common occurrence than ever before due to a variety of reasons. Environmental factors are a big reason as the toxins and pollutants in the air can make eyelashes more prone to breakage. Other factors are medical as well as usage of bad cosmetics or allergic reactions to chemicals present in eye make up.

Sometimes mental stress causes the person to develop a habit of pulling the eyelashes or constantly rubbing this region. This psychological condition of trichotillomania results in eyelashes falling off.

Blepharitis is another chronic problem which causes redness, burning, itching, excessive watering and a gritty sensation in the eyes. This leads to excessive rubbing of the eyes causing damage to the eyelash hair follicles and making them fall out. Someone suffering from this may see his eyelashes also falling out.

Chronic hair loss which involves any hair bearing part of the body is called Alopecia Areata and this may also cause eyelashes to fall out. However, the possibility of this disease being solely confined to eyelash loss is rare.

The cosmetic reasons are very simple; inferior quality eye make up, over use of eye make up, sharing of eye make up and careless removal of eye make up.

Apart from these medical causes, the other most common cause is the use of bad eye make up. Inferior quality or expired mascara, eyeliner etc. as well as improper removal of eye make up causes bacterial infection and eyelashes start falling. Also, some eye make up products may contain certain ingredients which may cause an allergic reaction in the user. Sharing eye make up or its brushes amongst many people also causes infection leading to falling eyelashes.

Now that the mystery of falling eyelashes is solved it is expected that proper steps will to taken to avoid recurrence of the problem.

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