While fashion may dictate that long, thick, lovely eyelashes are ‘in’, scientists have announced that the optimal length of eyelashes is a third of the width of the eye.
This is based on the purely functional aspects of eyelashes – which are said to include –
Now a group of scientists have measured eyelashes in proportion to eye openings on animal pelts at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and shown that lashes get longer as the eyes get bigger. On average, animals’ eyelashes were a third of the width of their eye opening.
The human eye opening is about three quarters of an inch, or 20 millimeters, which makes our optimal lash length in the region of 7mm.
Density of lashes was also found to be important. David Hu, a mechanical engineer at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta said:
“The more dense you could make your eyelashes, the better it would be”
This would be better at blocking airflow from the surface of the eye. In fact, camels have two rows of eyelashes to keep the sand out of their eyes.
The researchers concluded that
“Wearing curved false eyelashes of low porosity can potentially provide extra protection to the eye and reduce dry eye.”
So it would appear that having eyelashes of the right length with a good thickness and density is not only attractive, it’s also good for your eyes too.
Skin treatments company Skinviva offers eyelash improvement serum, which is dispensed by their team of aesthetic medical professionals in their network of clinics and salons across the North West.
Average results achieved are lashes which are:
The benefit is that these are the patients’ own natural lashes, so there’s no need for glue or awkward false eyelashes.
For further information or to arrange a FREE confidential consultation, please call 0161 865 1141, email contact@skinviva.com.
Clinics across the North West in a choice of convenient locations including Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and home town Manchester.
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