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04/08/2013
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A cosmetic procedure has gained ground among women worldwide: the length of eyelashes. Beauty salons, cosmetic clinics and even eyelash extension kits sold over the Internet have popularized the practice.
Nowadays every woman gets bigger and artificial eyelashes alone, without the aid of beauty salons, only with a little glue and patience.
The eyelash extension is a beauty treatment in which synthetic yarns are glued, one by one, to the natural lashes. "The procedure is becoming popular worldwide because - according to the evaluation feminine - the end result is more natural and lasts longer than other types of false eyelashes available.
However, queries in ophthalmic clinics motivated by complaints regarding this procedure have greatly increased. One study, conducted in Japan, published in The Journal of Cornea and External Diseases, is an important analysis about eye disorders caused by the extension lashes.
The study analyzed the cases of 107 women, aged 21-60 years, who looked eye clinics in Japan, between March 2007 and March 2010, resulting in ocular symptoms of eyelashes extensions. None of the women had a prior history of eye disease.
According to the researchers, all women were successfully treated with eye drops and / or ointments for the following diseases:
• Keratoconjunctivitis (64 cases);
• allergic blepharitis (42 patients, four of these patients developed both as allergic keratoconjunctivitis allergic blepharitis);
• Erosion of the conjunctiva (3 cases);
• subconjunctival hemorrhage (1 case).
According to ophthalmologist Meibal Junqueira, the main cause for the appearance of the eye problems were the levels of formaldehyde found in many adhesives used to glue the lashes. In fact, all glues containing formaldehyde, a product that causes keratoconjunctivitis. The researchers also detected lead and benzoic acid in the composition of these glues, although at levels unlikely to cause problems in the eyes.
Other causes for the emergence of ocular diseases have also been identified such agents as ingredients to remove the glue, wounds which have arisen due to the attachment of tapes or the eyelids apply too much pressure on the eye during removal of the extension.
"It's very important to alert the population, especially women, that procedures for eyelash extension can cause serious eye disorders, such as allergic blepharitis and keratitis. In fact, all glues for eyelash extension analyzed in the Japanese study contained formaldehyde, a substance highly toxic to eyes, "warns the ophthalmologist.
For the eyelash extension is done in a manner minimally safe, you need to disinfect all devices that come in contact with the eyes; provide handling instructions of organic solvents to the practitioner; improve the ingredients of glues and improve knowledge ophthalmic practitioners.
Source: Uol - Modern Consumer
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