There is nothing written about fashion. On health yes. And in one of the latest trends that has gained strength in networks among men, both (fashion and health) collide so clearly that medicine professionals are already warning of their risks. The reason is simple: the trend It consists neither more nor less than raining the eyelashes to achieve a more “manly” appearance. Aesthetic issues apart, experts remember that it is a horrible idea for health.
“Ojito with this,” they warn.
Tessels and fashion. The relationship between eyelashes and fashion is old. A lot in fact. In the nineteenth century the perfume Eugène-Priml has already invented a mask for them so popular that their last name was linked to the world of cosmetics. Since then the industry has devised false, curizers, serums and a long etc. of products designed for eyelashes. It is not surprising. After all, they have helped to lock great stars like Elizabeth Taylor.
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Goodbye tabs (male). Perhaps because of that ancient association between long eyelashes and female faces, on Instagram, Tiktok and X has begun to be the opposite: men who are shaved. A quick search arrives to find a good handful of videos (especially on the bytedance platform) of boys determined to get rid of the hairs that border their eyelids. They do it with the help of barbers, machinillas or scissors.
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But … What is the reason? They supposedly look for a “more masculine” aspect, as the CNN chain explained recently in an article about the trend. The same idea can be read in some videos that circulate through networks. The Truth The Barber Artist specialized account has shared one for example in which he ensures that the trend He is “totally true” and recounts a specific case: “I saw a client to ask a barber to shave the eyelashes. He said he did not like how long they were and that his wife criticized them because they seemed feminine.”
Another account of an Auckland Barber (New Zealand) has shared a video in which a hairdresser can be seen by profileing the tabs of a teenager with a machinilla. “I wanted to look more masculine cutting the eyelashes,” he says. They are not unique cases. More pieces circulate on Tiktok that basically show the same thing: men shaking the eyelashes in order to look “virile”.
History is complicated. That’s how it is. Not everyone believes that the objective of those who shave the eyelashes is to strengthen their masculinity. There are those who slide that the end (at least part of the videos) is another good: strengthen hair. According to them, they do it with the belief that it will grow again longer and thick.
The most widespread theory points, however, in the first direction, which relates the trend with the search for a more virile aspect. “No, they don’t do it for their eyelashes to grow thicker. They do it for toxic masculinity and because they believe they look more masculine with shaved eyelashes,” says another user.
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Where are they doing it? In Tiktok, pieces in English can be found, but that does not mean that the phenomenon is limited only to countries like the US. Fashion has extended enough to also find videos in Spanish and has caught the attention of media as New York PostBuzzfeed or the CNN. If the viral video that supposedly started the trend was or not a trolley, the truth is that it has spread so much that the CNN gives by a practice that other men are replicating. Not just that. He has also made the alarms jump.
“Don’t do it!” You can find videos of men paying for their tabs to be shaved and videos of health professionals can be found (more and more) warning that it is a lousy idea. In February Helena Rodero, a pharmacist with about 1.2 million followers on Instagram, warned of the risks of the tendency to ocular health. “The eyelashes have a very important function, which is to protect the eye. They avoid the entry of particles and sweat.”
In a similar line, nurse Jorge Ángel or Pharmacist Fernández has been spoken, who warn that the eyelashes shave can lead to a greater risk of eye irritation and contract infections. It is not even a good idea for those who want hair to improve its growth. “Shaving the eyelashes will not make them grow stronger or long. In fact it could damage the follicles and affect their normal growth,” recalls Fernández Pharmaceutical.
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The surgeon Vickie Lee adds a reason to think better how to say goodbye to the eyelashes: “In addition to acting as a barrier and triggered the protective reflex of flickering, the eyelashes help reduce the flow of air over their eyes, keep moisture and healthy eyes, filtering sunlight, reducing the dazzle and improving visual quality.” The trend coincides with a strengthening of the manosphere and its stereotypes about masculinity in social networks.
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