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What race has the shortest eyelashes?

Ethnicity does not have an impact on your eyelashes length. The difference is in eyelashes shape as Asian people and those of Spanish and Eastern European descent have commonly straight lashes while others have curlier lashes. A lack of double eyelid creases causes straight lashes.

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6 Facts About Length of Your Eyelashes

Aesthetically, long eyelashes have been a symbol of beauty for many centuries. Psychologists explain that long eyelashes create a contrast between the eye and the eyelid, making eyes visibly larger and thus more attractive. Biologically, eyelashes protect our eyes from debris, dust, and other particles in the air and environment. The eyelash length is influenced by genetics, but other factors can affect it too.

Genetics

Cosmeticians probably won't agree, but scientists say eyelashes have an optimal length: a third of the eye’s width. With this length, your eyes stay wet and cleaner. It also means that if you have bigger eyes, then your eyelashes are possibly longer too. There is also an "official" length of 12mm determined as a definition of longer lashes. This condition is also known as eyelash trichomegaly. Sometimes trichomegaly occurs as part of a congenital disorder or syndrome (Oliver-Mcfarlane syndrome and Cornelia de Lange syndrome). If both parents have long eyelashes, you have a high chance of inheriting them due to a mutated FGF5 gene. This gene makes a protein responsible for blocking extra hair growth. If the FGF5 gene gets mutated, it can't make its protein. And if the protein isn't around, your hair just keeps growing!

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Age, Hormones and Diseases

Ageing and menopause are leading factors that cause shorter eyelashes due to specific hormonal imbalances that affect the growth cycle of hair follicles. Loss of eyelashes may also occur with several conditions, including various skin diseases, drug side effects, endocrine disorders, metabolic abnormalities, traumatic insults, inflammations, toxins, psychiatric disorders, and systemic disease.

Nutrition Deficiency

Severe malnutrition can cause chronic hair loss. Hypoproteinemia causes hair loss by early onset of telogen. Zinc deficiencies, like acrodermatitis enteropathica, can lead to the loss of eyebrow/eyelash hair. Other deficiencies like biotin and iron make it possible to lose hair as well.

Styling

There are so many ways to enhance the length and shape of your eyelashes with extensions, lift, tint, and curling. Before committing to any of these procedures, make sure to use a reputable and safe salon with estheticians who specialize in extensions. Incorrectly applied extensions can cause premature loss of lashes, while curling can break them off in half. It is recommended to use a serum that will strengthen natural lashes, keep them in the follicle for a longer time (less shedding equals extensions for longer), and help minimize the damaging effects often seen with the prolonged use of lash extensions.

Cosmetics

There are some lifesaving cosmetics available on the market that can help you with increasing your eyelashes length. One of them is lash serum. When choosing the serum, make sure that they have active growth ingredients (example: peptides), nutrition (example: biotin, arginine), DHT blockers (example: clover), and have a non-irritating formula. Don't choose unknown brands or harmful prostaglandin drug based cosmetics, and always check ingredients and where the product is made to assure the highest quality of the serum.

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What is the rarest eye Colour in the UK?

Out of all the unusual eye colours, pink and red are the rarest in the world. According to the National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation, only one in 20,000 people have albinism. Heterochromia is also rare. This is when one iris or part of it is a different colour to the other iris.

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Where do rare eye colours originate from?

Rare eye colours originate from genetic mutations. Scientists believe that thousands of years ago, everybody in the world had brown eyes. They believe that the first person to have blue eyes had a genetic mutation that caused the body to reduce its melanin production. Blue eyes are most common in the UK, Ireland, Finland and Sweden. According to World Atlas, 8% - 10% of people in the world have blue eyes. Between 55% to 79% of people have brown eyes with dark brown eyes being most prominent in Africa, East Asia, and South East Asia. Light brown eyes are most common in West Asia, America and Europe. Green eyes affect around 2% of people worldwide; however, they make up 86% of the population in Ireland and Scotland. People are not born with green eyes; they usually develop at around 6 months old. Green eyes originate from areas around the Caucasus Mountains. Around 3% off people in the world have grey eyes. They are most common in Northern and eastern Europe. Only 1% of people have pink and pale red eyes; they are typically albinos. Albinism happens when there is a problem with one of the genes inherited from the mother. Like red eyes, heterochromia is rare and effects less than 1% of the population. Heterochromia is the result of a genetic mutation caused by variations in the distribution and concentration of melanin. However, it can also be caused by an eye injury or a medical condition.

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