It is said that the eyes are the window of the soul, and having a pair of bright and moving eyes can always add a lot to the value of the face.
Especially at the moment of the epidemic, the mask covers the lower half of the face, and the importance of the eyes is even more self-evident.
As a result, "beautiful eyelines" such as eyeliner, text eyeliner, and eyelashes in the painting have emerged in an endless stream, which has become the favorite of many people. But in fact, many "eye-catching operations" may "hurt the eyes".
Eyeliner, especially the "inner eyeliner" that is praised by beauty bloggers as being able to "create a smart makeup", is the first lesson for many beauty-loving girls.
However, to draw the inner eyeliner, you need to roll up the eyelids, and then draw the eyeliner to the root of the eyelashes and the inside of the eyelids.
So close to the eyeball, the pigment on the eyeliner may enter the eye directly, frantically probing at the sensitive edges of the eye [1].
Novices are often unskilled, and when drawing inner eyeliner, if they are too close to the eyeball, they will also make the bacteria carried by the eyeliner contact the eye, which may cause keratitis in severe cases [1].
Merchants also know that it is not easy to paint the eyeliner inside, so the beauty studios with a keen sense of smell have built the "Wen EyeLiner" into a gold medal project, and the "semi-permanent eyeliner" has become the gospel of the hand-dead star.
Tattoo eyeliner, not only saves the time to draw eyeliner in the morning, but also does not have to worry about smudging, and the most important thing is that the quality control of the eyeliner output is good, just like the beauty blogger himself, which is perfect.
However, the seemingly once and for all "eyeliner" actually hides greater risks behind it.
The principle of eyeliner is to pierce the dye under the skin at the edge of the upper and lower eyelashes, thereby increasing the thickness of the eyelashes, expanding the eyes, and changing the appearance of the eyes.
To put it bluntly, the eyeliner is a tattoo on the skin of the eye.
The chemical dye used for tattoos is more concentrated than the eyeliner.
Once the dye falls off and enters the surface of the eye, it is likely to cause corneal inflammation: severe pain in the eyes, difficulty opening the eyes, tearing and fear of light, and in severe cases, even chronic dry eye syndrome [2].
Some beauty salons that are not technically proficient may operate improperly in the process of eyeliner, and anesthetics and dyeing potions will mistakenly enter the eyes, causing corneal burns and affecting vision.
In addition, the eyeliner process may also injure the eyelashes follicles, change the direction of eyelashes growth, resulting in random eyelashes, causing foreign body sensation and corneal damage.
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According to Zhejiang Daily:
(Source: Zhejiang Daily)
Some ladies once felt that their eyes were painful and itchy the next day, they could not open their eyes, they were afraid of light, and they could not see anything clearly, and they were finally diagnosed by doctors as corneal epithelial damage [3].
So, if you want to have big bright eyes, you may wish to try the outer eyeliner. Apply eyeliner to the base and outside of the lashes without touching the inner eyelid.
To make the eyes more beautiful, in addition to eyeliner, eyelashes are also indispensable.
As a result, the "eyelash project", known as "the gospel of patients with sparse eyelashes and the savior of the hand-dead party", began to be sought after by thousands of beautiful girls, thick, curly, not smudged, and can also get the effect of accompanying eyeliner.
But can this lashes really solve eye makeup once and for all without risk?
The so-called "kind of eyelashes" is actually "sticky eyelashes", using glue to stick false eyelashes to the root of their own eyelashes, to achieve the purpose of "beautiful eyelashes" with false and real.
Because it is sticky, when the glue fails, the eyelashes of the "species" will naturally fall off, so the time limit is often shorter, generally less than a month will basically fall out, and it cannot be "once and for all".
If you encounter a bad business, the paste potion used is too inferior, and it is likely to cause allergies and eye inflammation.
Chutian Metropolis Daily reported:
(Source: Chutian Metropolis Daily)
23-year-old Ms. Tang saw a beauty shop grafting eyelashes when shopping, there was a preferential activity, she went forward to try, that night she felt the whole eye area hot, itchy badly, the next morning was even more red and swollen around the eye, applying ointment did not alleviate, she rushed to the hospital for treatment, was diagnosed with eye allergies, there was a slight blepharitis [4].
There are even people who have been infected with mites because of their eyelashes.
According to Chengdu Business Daily:
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Xiao Min, a 20-year-old college student, planted eyelashes at a beauty shop, and a series of troubles followed. Itchy eyes, red eyes, dry eyes, eye drops can not be relieved, and then her eyes appeared foreign body feeling, eyelashes also began to fall out sporadically, and finally, her eyelashes actually appeared on some visible secretions, and finally was diagnosed by the hospital as mite infection [5].
Seeing this, you who have not yet planted eyelashes may breathe a sigh of relief.
But unfortunately, in addition to the kind of eyelashes, the following common "eyelash operations" also hide risks:
Cut/burn eyelashes
Eyelashes and hair are also hairs, and their number and morphology are determined by the genes that control hair follicles.
Just like baldness can't be increased by cutting hair, cutting off one eyelashes certainly can't grow two, or grow longer;
If you cut it too hard, or even burn out the hair follicles, the eyes may have to "run naked".
Apply Vaseline
Vaseline is more greasy, improper application, but may block the hair follicles of eyelashes, eyelashes do not grow, but grow fat particles.
Therefore, for the safety of the eyes, it is recommended that you still give up a variety of "small methods", no special need for time, do not wear heavy makeup, if necessary, practice brushing eyelashes by yourself, or buy a pair of false eyelashes to paste. (Of course, you must buy qualified products)
postscript
Finally, we would like to share with you a study that surveyed 1360 women who rated eye cosmetics, and 65% of them believed that using eye makeup reduced eye comfort [6].
That said, a lot of times, makeup comes at some more or less cost.
Before pleasing others, we should first please ourselves, and do not let the pursuit of beauty become an additional health burden.
Life goes on every day, the sun rises every day, and it is either the same big eyes, long eyelashes or beauty. As long as you are confident enough, you are the most beautiful
Gao Xiangchun | Chief Physician of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
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[4] Chutian Metropolis Daily, Jimu News: Women's beauty shops plant eyelashes allergies cause redness and swelling of the eyes, doctors remind: be sure to choose a regular institution
http://www.hb.chinanews.com.cn/news/2019/0718/324092.html
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