Getting Long Eyelashes

The hair follicle is an important part of the hair, and also the eyelash. As the body ages, the hair follicle weakens. This combined with environmental and health factors, can slow the growth of new eyelashes, and at the same time increase the breakage of existing lashes.

Over time, eyelashes can become dry and brittle. They can break and even fall out. Although eyelashes naturally fall out and get replaced with new lashes on a continual basis; as we age, this process slows down. The use of eye makeup, eyelash curlers, eyelash extensions and false eyelashes increases the dryness of eyelashes even more, making them more brittle and more susceptible to breakage.

A healthy diet and hair conditioning can help decrease the dryness and brittleness of hair, which of course includes the eyelashes. Similar to salon conditioning hair treatments, there are conditioners for eyelashes. Some eyelash conditioners understandably work better than others because of their higher quality ingredients. The higher quality eyelash conditioners usually work fast on conditioning the eyelashes, making a noticeable difference in their length and thickness.

Another issue to be concerned about is eye irritation. Since the eyelashes are so close to the eyes, you don't want to treat them with the same ingredients you would put on your regular hair. You don't want to use just any eyelash conditioner either. As eyelash conditioners have become more advanced, so have the ingredients. You can now get eyelash conditioners with all-natural botanical ingredients that have been tested by doctors, and in most cases cause no eye irritation to the user. Eyelash extensions can help your lashes look better, but they can also be bad for you at the same time. They are also very temporary, lasting only a couple of weeks, maybe around a couple of months at the most.