How fast do eyelashes grow and what does it depend on?

Many girls today resort to eyelash extensions. It allows you to get an expressive look for the owner of any source data. However, as a result of prolonged wearing of artificial hairs, their own can weaken and fall out. Especially often this happens after the procedure with low-quality materials. In such cases, the girls try to restore lost eyelashes as quickly as possible. Of course, they are interested in the question of how soon this can be done.

However, such a question may arise in other circumstances. Hair can thin out, even if there was no extension. Our article tells about what are the possible causes of the problem and how quickly it can be solved.

Renewal of eyelashes in a healthy person is a normal physiological phenomenon. Periodically, the hairs fall out, but new ones quickly take their place. Since eyelashes frame the eyes in large numbers, the process is completely invisible. This is explained by the fact that each hair in its development goes through several phases. Each eyelash can last from 60 to 200 days. The exact amount of time depends on various factors.

There are 4 phases of the life cycle of a hair.

• Anagen - active period. At this time, the eyelash is growing. The period lasts from 2 to 5 weeks.
• Catagen - phase of rest. During this period, the hair gradually dies. The duration of the process is from 3 to 5 weeks.
• Telogen - shift phase. At this time, the hair falls out, and a new bulb is emerging in its place. This phase takes 2.5-3 months.
• Early anagen - the stage at which the resulting hair develops.

If for some reason a large number of eyelashes are lost at the same time, the process of restoring them from scratch can take from 2 to 3 months, depending on the situation. New hairs grow back a long time, but with the help of some techniques (they will be described later), this process can be slightly accelerated. Of course, it is important to solve the problem that led to the loss.

Consider the main causes of slower eyelash growth.

In the human body, everything is interconnected. Often the cause of the loss of eyelashes becomes a careless attitude of girls to their health. The main factors may include:

• lack of vitamins in the body (in this case, pay attention to your diet, introduce useful dietary supplements into the diet);
• diseases of the eyes and eyelids (you should consult a doctor and cure the disease);
• bad habits (it is advisable to quit smoking and alcohol abuse).

Often lead to the problem in question. negative external influences on the body and, in particular, on the eye area.

• Adverse environmental conditions. This can also include excessive dry air, high or low temperatures, strong winds and much more. If you can’t change your place of residence, you should pay special attention to the quality of food, the intake of necessary vitamins, and the external care of the area around the eyes.

• Using inappropriate cosmetics. This can be low-quality or expired shadows, mascara, aggressive makeup removers. It is possible that an allergy to some components of cosmetic products may occur. In this case, you should abandon the usual means, replace them with hypoallergenic cosmetics from trusted manufacturers. If the allergic reaction is strong, for some time it is better to abandon makeup altogether (until the moment when the skin calms down and returns to normal).

• Mechanical impact. Staining, curling, eyelash extensions can lead to loss. All these procedures consist in exposure to the hairs of chemical components (adhesives, dyes). In the event of a severe deterioration in the appearance of the area around the eyes, it is worth taking a break in visits to the beautician and doing restoration. There are situations when girls try to unsuccessfully increase the length of the eyelashes by cutting them.

There are general simple rules that will not only allow you to restore lost eyelashes as soon as possible, but also help keep them in good condition in the future.

• Daily makeup remover. Never go to bed with makeup. At night, mascara can roll on the hairs and adversely affect their condition. The same applies to eye shadow, because the condition of this part of the face is directly related to the eyelashes. Leather must rest from decorative products.

• Exclusion of household products with alcohol in the composition. This component adversely affects the condition of the skin and hairs. Therefore, it is better that it is not in the foam for washing, micellar water, tonic, cream for the skin around the eyes, decorative cosmetics (mascara, eyeshadow).

• Minimizing mechanical stress. If possible, do not rub your eyes with your hands; do not sleep with your face in the pillow. Never cut or tear your eyelashes.Such manipulations will not help to increase the length and density of existing vegetation. On the contrary, this can lead to a deterioration in the appearance and stress of the body. Minimize chemical dyeing and curling of hairs.

First of all, it is advisable to choose mascara with caring ingredients. Thus, you not only give the hairs the desired length, volume and bend. You nourish and strengthen them at the same time, reducing the negative impact of chemical components.

As a part of decorative cosmetics, the following ingredients are welcome:

• wheat proteins;
• panthenol;
• melanin;
• lanolin;
• keratin;
• UV blockers;
• vitamins (A, E, F, B5 and others);
• plant extracts, for example, from quince seeds, rice bran, neem leaves, black tea, eyebright;
• healthy oils such as castor, argan, sasanqua, jojoba, passion fruit, cocoa.

Liquid vitamins and oils sold in pharmacies are well suited as eyelash care products. Many girls use castor oil, vitamin A and E solutions to care for the area around the eyes. They are used as makeup removers or lotions on cotton pads or napkins. Many apply oil to the eyelashes with a cotton swab.

Some manufacturers offer natural products in convenient bottles with special brushes that simplify the application of the composition. These products contain several valuable oils, vitamins and extracts. With regular application, they make the hairs stronger, stronger, more elastic. And also they accelerate the regeneration processes, provoke the rapid growth of new cilia. The most popular products include DNC, Elma, Oleos.

The Crimean firm “House of Nature” earned great trust. Her Products Growth Formula and Gloss Formula sold in dark glass bottles with a pipette. The products are good in that they can be applied not only to the hairs, but also to the eyelids along the ciliary edge. This is especially true for girls who have lost a large number of eyelashes and grow them from scratch. The unique Usma oil helps wake dormant bulbs, strengthen them and accelerate the appearance of new healthy cilia.

Some women leave oil on their eyelashes all night. Others apply them for a couple of hours in the evening, and wash them off before bedtime to avoid swelling of the eyes in the morning. Such a reaction to oils is individual, sometimes it is not for everyone. This nuance is verified empirically. It is better to do this on the eve of the day off, in order to have time to put yourself in order in case of an unsuccessful experiment.

Some girls resort to folk recipes for masks that have a beneficial effect on the condition of the area around the eyes and help with the restoration of eyelashes.

For this mask, you need to brew leaf tea. It is important to take a natural product without dyes and artificial flavors. Welding should turn out strong. Having filtered the liquid, it should be poured into a clean bowl and add a few drops of nutritious oil. The optimal dosage is 10 ml of tea with 5 ml of oil. Castor, almond, burdock is ideal.

A good option would be linseed or olive unrefined cold-pressed oil. And you can also take an oily solution of vitamin E. The resulting composition must be applied to the eyelids and ciliary edge daily in the evenings.

Instead of tea leaves, you can use a decoction of chamomile, calendula or sage. These herbs have a pronounced anti-inflammatory, calming effect. They are suitable for the care of sensitive skin of the eyelids, contribute to the regeneration, strengthening of existing hairs and the appearance of new ones.

This useful herb not only saturates the skin around the eyes with vitamins, but also brightens it, making the look more rested and expressive. This is especially true for those women who are familiar with the problem of blue circles under the eyes and hyperpigmentation.

Parsley is crushed. Then oil is added to it (suitable options were discussed earlier). The resulting composition is thoroughly mixed and squeezed using gauze. The result is a nutritious fluid that is recommended to be applied to the area around the eyes and eyelashes.

The healing power of this plant is known to many. Therefore, using aloe to restore eyelashes is quite logical. In this case, the juice of the plant is mixed with nutritious oil. The recommended proportions are 1 to 1. The resulting liquid is applied to the eyelashes and eyelids. It is important (this applies to other recipes) that the mixture does not get into the eyes. After 15-20 minutes, the mask is carefully washed off using a moist cotton pad or napkin.

In the next video you will find some tips to stimulate eyelash growth.