Do your eyelashes always prick your eyes? This is also a disease!

Have you ever had this experience: suddenly you feel discomfort in your eyes, a foreign body sensation, and some photophobia. When you look in the mirror, you find that an eyelash is growing towards your eyeball. Clinically, this is called inverted eyelashes . So why do inverted eyelashes occur, and how can you treat them?

Inverted eyelashes, as the name suggests, are an abnormal condition in which eyelashes grow inwards towards the eyeball. Normal eyelashes should grow outwards away from the surface of the eyeball to block light and dust, but inverted eyelashes are caused by various reasons that cause the eyelashes to grow inwards and touch the surface of the eyeball.

Usually, it will cause the eyelashes to frequently rub against the corneal epithelium, causing a foreign body sensation, photophobia, tearing, and may also cause eye congestion, conjunctivitis, keratitis, corneal ulcers, corneal leukoplakia, etc., which will affect vision .

Eyelid entropion not only occurs in children and teenagers, but is also common in the elderly. There are many reasons for its formation. Among them, children and adolescents are mainly due to lower eyelid folds, orbicularis oculi hypertrophy, and tarsal plate hypoplasia; while the elderly may be caused by infection, inflammation, trauma and other reasons.

Having "inverted eyelashes" makes your eyes very uncomfortable. Many people try to remove inverted eyelashes by themselves in order to save trouble, but this is not advisable!

1. Many people think that simply pulling out the eyelashes can solve the problem. A few parents even dare to pull out their children's eyelashes. But this can only relieve the discomfort of eyelashes in the short term. After pulling out, the eyelashes will recur 2 to 6 weeks later, and the regrown eyelashes may be harder, causing more severe irritation symptoms.

2. In addition to "pulling" eyelashes, some people hope to correct inverted eyelashes by applying tape, but the adhesive on eyelash tape may cause allergic reactions, tearing off the tape may damage the skin, and repeated tearing and sticking will pull the skin and aggravate skin sagging.

3. Trying to perm your eyelashes will not solve the fundamental problem. Inverted eyelashes are not a problem with the eyelashes themselves. For example, for inverted eyelashes caused by common entropion, perming your eyelashes is not only useless, it can also easily cause eye damage.

What is the correct way to deal with it?

It is not easy to treat "inverted eyelashes" by yourself, and it may damage your eyes if you are not careful. When treating inverted eyelashes, you should pay attention to the following:

1. For a small amount of inverted eyelashes, electrolysis treatment can be considered. Radiofrequency electrolysis has the characteristics of stable energy, precise electrolysis and little damage.

2. Eyelashes entropion accompanied by entropion require corrective entropion surgery , which is minimally invasive and has a short recovery period.

In any case, if you feel discomfort in your eyes or a foreign body sensation, you should go to the hospital for a check-up and a clear diagnosis. Do not wait until the discomfort in your eyes becomes unbearable before seeing a doctor to avoid causing other eye problems.