“The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers. …Many girls who love beauty are keen to buy eyelash serum and eyelash nourishing solution to achieve the effect of long eyelashes. But can these products really promote eyelash growth? Are they really safe?
Reporter visits
Consumers are easily fooled by “can grow”
“I heard the anchor in the live broadcast that the eyelash nourishing solution can make eyelashes longer, and with the discounted price, I couldn’t resist the temptation.” Qi Shu, a junior in college, said, “At first I bought the eyelash nourishing solution because I wanted to achieve the effect of color and brightening, but then I bought two or three brands because they advertised that they could grow my eyelashes.” When asked if the eyelashes were long, Qi Shu said, “I didn’t use a ruler to measure them, so I couldn’t feel it.”
The reporter then searched for “eyelash nourishing solution” on the online platform, the search results showed a variety of eyelash growth solution, the cheap one is as little as 14 yuan per piece, net content of 6 ml, the expensive one is as much as 338 yuan, net content of only 3 ml. one of the eyelash growth solution ingredients are citric acid, glycerin, bitter ginseng extract, white lupine protein, lupine protein, lupine protein, lupine protein, lupine protein, lupine protein, lupine protein. The ingredients of one of the lotions are citric acid, glycerin, bitter ginseng extract, white lupine protein, biotin/folic acid vitamin B12 and sodium hyaluronate. The customer service told the reporter that all are natural plant ingredients, mild and non-irritating, without any side effects.
Regulators
Most of them are just a “decoration”
In this regard, Wu Xiufang, a staff member of the Drug Administration of Yuhuatai District, told reporters that most of the products on the market that claim to make eyelashes “thicker” and “longer” such as eyelash nourishing solution and eyelash serum are instant mascara products. The main ingredients are tinting agents and film-forming agents, which are usually applied to the lashes in a physical way to quickly form a film that wraps around the original lashes, achieving the effect of coloring, thickening and lengthening the lashes. These products are a kind of “decoration” and do not have the function of making eyelashes grow in themselves. “These products are ordinary cosmetics, but these mascaras do not have the effect of promoting eyelash growth.”
Doctors recommend
Reduce the use of eyelash growth lotion
“These eyelash growth solutions basically claim to contain mild and non-irritating ingredients such as citric acid glycerin, biotin/folic acid vitamin B12, but some of the trace drug ingredients added by some mechanical or makeup products are not all marked out, so there is no guarantee that there are no safety risks.” Kong Yulong, an attending physician at Nanjing Jiangbei Hospital’s dermatology department, told reporters that from a medical point of view, all methods of using drugs to make eyelashes “grow” are unscientific and have minimal effect, because the length of your eyelashes is determined at birth. If you really want long, thick lashes, mascara is a relatively safe option.
However, there are indeed medications on the market that can help with hair growth. “But drugs like minoxidil, which is inherently more irritating, cause more local adverse reactions, such as irritant or allergic dermatitis, which can cause itching and tingling.” Kong Yulong said that drugs that can make eyelashes longer will basically have the presence of side effects. Reducing the use of these chemicals in eyelash growth solution and protecting the local microenvironment of the eye surface around the eyelashes is also a kind of protection for the eyes.
