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I am losing mine.

No kidding. There is a 1/4 inch chunk of my right eyelid that had no lashes. I can see little ones growing in. The left eye is thinner, but no gap yet.

I have changed back to my old moisturizer and stopped wearing make-up for now. I will see in 2 months if that changes things.

Anyone ever have anything like this?

peacock2121 wrote:Anyone ever have anything like this?

Only when that chemistry experiment went wrong - seriously.

I think that you need to see a doctor, there may be something more serious going on.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I think that you need to see a doctor, there may be something more serious going on.

I was afraid someone would say that.

peacock2121 wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I think that you need to see a doctor, there may be something more serious going on.

I was afraid someone would say that.

If you have new ones growing in, then you're probably recovered from whatever it was.

Do you ever wear false ones? If so you might just have ripped the real ones out.

I am sorry.

Another explanation is that you might be pulling them out when you sleep.
One of my moms had a friend who had this odd compulsion to pull out her eyelashes and eyebrows. The sad thing is that her daughter, who was my age, inherited the trait.

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peacock2121 wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I think that you need to see a doctor, there may be something more serious going on.

I was afraid someone would say that.

If you have new ones growing in, then you're probably recovered from whatever it was.

Do you ever wear false ones? If so you might just have ripped the real ones out.

Never have. I did think about that I might have to start using them if they keep falling out.

Everyone I have told says they have to get way to close to my face to see the missing ones, so I think I might be a little bit too self conscious about it.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Another explanation is that you might be pulling them out when you sleep. One of my moms had a friend who had this odd compulsion to pull out her eyelashes and eyebrows. The sad thing is that her daughter, who was my age, inherited the trait.

That's called trichotillomania.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I am sorry.

Another explanation is that you might be pulling them out when you sleep.
One of my moms had a friend who had this odd compulsion to pull out her eyelashes and eyebrows. The sad thing is that her daughter, who was my age, inherited the trait.

yikers

How does one discover one is doing this?

I am not sure.

My mom's friend had to wear false eyelashes and pain on her eyebrows. She looked very odd without makeup.

I've never even used eyebrow pencil.

Are you losing hair up top more than usual, too? Alopecia can cause eyeleashes to fall out, along with brows and regular hair, too.

I had an eye infection once and the doctor had to remove several of my eyelashes. And that was just about as much fun as it sounds like.

Your problem sounds much less painful but I hope it is not a sign of something serious.

mrkelley23 wrote:Are you losing hair up top more than usual, too? Alopecia can cause eyeleashes to fall out, along with brows and regular hair, too.

I don't think so. I just got a haircut (way shorter than usual), so I am not sure if the less hair is actually less length or less hair.

My eyebrows are normal.

andrewjackson wrote:I had an eye infection once and the doctor had to remove several of my eyelashes. And that was just about as much fun as it sounds like.

Your problem sounds much less painful but I hope it is not a sign of something serious.

ouch

You ever pluck your eyebrows? I bet it's way worse than that.

peacock2121 wrote:

andrewjackson wrote:I had an eye infection once and the doctor had to remove several of my eyelashes. And that was just about as much fun as it sounds like.

Your problem sounds much less painful but I hope it is not a sign of something serious.

ouch

You ever pluck your eyebrows? I bet it's way worse than that.

Never plucked my eyebrows. If it is more painful than having eyelashes pulled out I don't want to ever do it.

Come to think of it, I don't want to ever pluck my eyebrows, period.

andrewjackson wrote:

peacock2121 wrote:

andrewjackson wrote:I had an eye infection once and the doctor had to remove several of my eyelashes. And that was just about as much fun as it sounds like.

Your problem sounds much less painful but I hope it is not a sign of something serious.

ouch

You ever pluck your eyebrows? I bet it's way worse than that.

Never plucked my eyebrows. If it is more painful than having eyelashes pulled out I don't want to ever do it.

Come to think of it, I don't want to ever pluck my eyebrows, period.

Ever try to epilady your legs?

The first time is the only time it really hurts. I almost cried. If I hadn't spent $50 on the thing, I woulda thrown it away.

Now.... I will never shave again.

peacock2121 wrote:

andrewjackson wrote:

peacock2121 wrote: ouch

You ever pluck your eyebrows? I bet it's way worse than that.

Never plucked my eyebrows. If it is more painful than having eyelashes pulled out I don't want to ever do it.

Come to think of it, I don't want to ever pluck my eyebrows, period.

Ever try to epilady your legs?

The first time is the only time it really hurts. I almost cried. If I hadn't spent $50 on the thing, I woulda thrown it away.

Now.... I will never shave again.

Nope, never did that either. Not planning to.

I have had to shave various parts of my legs when I have been bandaged up for various reasons but that was not often enough to worry about.

A lot of these threads seem to turn into me reminiscing about old injuries. But they are all old injuries. Being a librarian is much, much safer than most of my previous occupations.

There's something new out that's supposed to help your lashes, but I can't think of what is right now. Give me some time and I may come up with it a bit later today.

I have done some internet research and I found some women saying that their's started to fall out during the worst of the hot flashes.

Joy

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Joy

They blame everything else on menopause, so why not losing your eyelashes?

kayrharris wrote:They blame everything else on menopause, so why not losing your eyelashes?

My mother in law has been going through menopause for 20 years.
After being around her for a while, my mom always marvels at how lucky she was because she didn't have hot flashes or anything of the other symptoms.

My mom is a nicer person than me, I think that my mother-in-law just likes to complain.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:

kayrharris wrote:They blame everything else on menopause, so why not losing your eyelashes?

My mother in law has been going through menopause for 20 years.
After being around her for a while, my mom always marvels at how lucky she was because she didn't have hot flashes or anything of the other symptoms.

My mom is a nicer person than me, I think that my mother-in-law just likes to complain.

I notice that women who don't have the hot flashes tend to think women who do, don't really, but like to complain.

I have them - bad.

peacock2121 wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:

kayrharris wrote:They blame everything else on menopause, so why not losing your eyelashes?

My mother in law has been going through menopause for 20 years.
After being around her for a while, my mom always marvels at how lucky she was because she didn't have hot flashes or anything of the other symptoms.

My mom is a nicer person than me, I think that my mother-in-law just likes to complain.

I notice that women who don't have the hot flashes tend to think women who do, don't really, but like to complain.

I have them - bad.

But have you had them for 20 years? Seriously, my mother in law has been complaining about hers for 20 years.

The manager of my hair salon says that she had them for a year or two, then they stopped and came back - 20 years..... no.