Makeup And Your Eyes
You want to make sure you take all the steps you can to keep your eyes healthy. There are a lot of ways that you can harm or injure your eyes each and every day. Learning about eye protection is an important part of keeping them well. Learning how to be responsible with your makeup wearing habits is a very important part of preventing a lot of eye issues in the future. Here are some of the things that you should know about makeup and your eyes:
Avoid wearing mascara – If there is one thing most optometrists tend to hate the most about makeup, it is mascara. Mascara goes on your lashes where it clumps and some of it falls off and goes into your eyes. After you have this happen enough, like with anything else, your body will find ways to get used to it so you no longer even notice when you get a very tiny piece of mascara in your eye. However, this doesn't mean that it is okay for it to be in there. It will bring with it bacteria that is now transferred to your eye. Also, that tiny, unnoticeable piece of mascara also increases your chance of scratching your cornea, which is a very bad thing to have happen. You really should come up with a makeup routine that avoids the use of mascara.
Avoid eyelash extensions – You may like the idea of putting on eyelash extensions and taking your short and thin eyelashes and turning them into full and long ones. However, you should stop using eyelash extensions because they bring with them the chance of infecting the cornea, swollen eyelids, infection of your eyelids and loss of your natural eyelashes which could be temporary or permanent.
Don't use someone else's eye makeup – You never want to use anyone else's makeup or share your makeup with another person. When you take the same makeup that someone else has used on their eyes, you run the risk of transferring germs and bacteria right from their eyes to yours. This can lead to you ending up with eye issues, such as pink eye.
Wear UV protectant eyewear – When you go into the sun, you want to make sure you protect your skin and your eyes. You should wear a pair of sunglasses with UV protection, or have your prescription glasses protected with a UV protection tint.
Contact a vision clinic, like Southern Colorado Eye Care Associates, for more help.
