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MYTH-BUSTING:
Does Cutting Lashes
Make Them Grow?
A recent YouTube video in which the vlogger proclaimed
her extremely lengthy lashes are the result of regular
trims hit a fever pitch when commenters debated the
merits of this claim. Half of the commenters believed the
practice of nipping the lashes works like snipping split
ends from hair; the other half cried foul. Which is it?
The verdict: Trimming lashes does nothing more than
unnecessarily put a sharp object near the eye. That's
because eyelashes have a natural growth cycle ( just like
hair, which, sorry, doesn't grow because of trims) that
occurs in three parts:
ANAGEN PHASE: During this 30-to-45-day active
growth period, hair synthesis occurs. Blood feeds
the dermal papilla (responsible for growth) in the
bulb of the hair follicle and cells in the hair matrix
divide and add rapidly to the hair shaft.
CATAGEN PHASE: Known as the transitional
phase, this two-to-three-week period fi nds the
bulb shrinking and detaching from the dermal
papilla, cutting off the blood supply and growth.
TELOGEN PHASE: This is the resting phase—and it's
exactly as it sounds. The hair sits in the follicle, no
longer receiving new cell growth, until it eventually
sheds.
If your client asks about this myth, kindly let her know
that it's simply that: a myth!
trend watch!
"The hottest trend I'm seeing right now for
extensions is super-light lashes. We're using
.03s because they're so subtly soft and very
youthful in appearance. They provide a look
that is the complete opposite of the Mega
Volume trend that's still hugely popular in
the lashing world."
—AMY YOUNG, OWNER &
MASTER LASH ARTIST, THE BLINK BOUTIQUE IN
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OHIO
Sources: The Essential Guide to Lash Extensions Technology by
Sophy Merszei and Sophia Navarro; Cohen, JL. Enhancing the growth
of natural eyelashes. Dermatologic Surgery, offi cial publication for
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. 2010.
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