If you or your technician ever worry about the health of your natural eyelashes, you may need a break. However, if the extensions applied are the right length and thickness for your natural eyelashes, you've gently cleaned them with an oil-free cleanser and an eyelash shampoo, there's no reason you can't keep using extensions. In fact, a large proportion of our customers here have been using eyelashes continuously for 5 to 10 years without any problems. If you start to take extra care when cleaning eye makeup (which can block hair follicles and hinder hair growth), you'll probably see that your own eyelashes return to good health.
Most eyelash extensions look great between 2 and 4 weeks. During that time, the extensions will continue to look and feel full and fluffy. When your eyelashes stop looking and feeling good, you'll need to go back to your eyelash artist for a retouch. Touchups are generally cheaper than the original set of eyelashes.
Eyelash extensions usually last 3 to 4 weeks, but can last 6 to 8 weeks if you take care of them. Eyelash extensions are expensive and require maintenance, but they give the eyes a natural volume that makes mascara unnecessary. Eyelash extensions aren't dangerous or bad as long as the technician follows the right methods and uses the right materials. Natural eyelashes fall out every 45 to 60 days, which means that some extensions can last up to 2 months.
A certified and licensed eyelash expert will customize each set of eyelash extensions for each individual client, using between three and five different lengths and up to two different curvatures, Richardson says. With classic eyelashes, a single extension is attached to a single natural eyelash; with the fan, the technician can apply a few extensions to a single tab to add volume; the hybrid is exactly what a combination of the two looks like. Keep reading to learn all the basics you'll be happy to know (a bar I'd like to know) before an appointment for eyelash extensions. To keep your eyelash extensions in perfect condition, you should gently brush them with a sponge from time to time and then apply a conditioning serum.
One of my clients came to the salon a couple of days before she booked the removal of eyelash extensions, worried that she wasn't doing the right thing to remove them and wanted a second opinion. However, there is a very small risk of developing traction alopecia, says Dr. Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, adjunct professor of ophthalmology at Baylor School of Medicine in Houston, where natural eyelashes can fall out as a result of the consistent weight of repeated eyelash extensions. If you feel that mascara isn't enough and you're okay with the additional maintenance and money that eyelash extensions require, it's definitely worth looking for a specialist and having a consultation, in my opinion.
But with proper application, eyelash extensions won't ruin your natural lashes, Richardson says. You can't have eyelash extensions if you experience redness, itching, swelling, pain, or any other problem in or around the eye area. While you may need to do a retouch about 3 weeks after applying your extensions, not all eyelash extensions fall out evenly.
