What do long eyelashes mean

Today, there is a whole array of means women use to make their eyes and eyelashes look beautiful, like mascaras, eye shadows, eyeliners, etc. Dreams about eyelashes can have a special symbolism for the dreamer. The dream could reveal how attractive person feels.

It could indicate lack of self-esteem or abundance of self-esteem, and that all depends on the details of the dream. Eyelashes in our dreams can also reveal how pleasing we consider some situation to be and whether we consider it pleasing or unpleasing, that depends on the length and beauty of the lashes in our dream.

Dreams about eyelashes could indicate that the things that you are looking for are hidden from you. Maybe someone is preventing you from seeing or reaching the things you desire. Eyelashes could sometimes be interpreted as a sign of good luck, happy family life, and protection. Dreams about eyelashes could have various meanings and they all depend upon the details and the current circumstances in the lives of the dreamers.

Dreaming of eyelashes falling off — If you dreamed of your eyelashes falling off, that dream usually reveals your inner feeling regarding your appearance. You probably feel that you have lost your attractiveness, or that you are losing it. This dream could also indicate being betrayed by your partner and being shocked by the news.

In some cases, this dream might indicate the success and fulfillment of your goals, but it will take a lot of effort for you to reach that success. Dreaming of fake eyelashes — If you dreamed of having fake eyelashes, that dream could indicate your lack of self-esteem and confidence. It could indicate your insecurity and need to pretend that you are someone else. It is advisable to be cautious and double-check everything people say. This dream often signifies the potential of deception.

Long eyelashes are in no technical or biological sense a lady thing. But why? There are a few theories for why eyelashes are considered attractive or aesthetically pleasing.

For one, the presence of healthy eyelashes can be a sign of overall health; several diseases, disorders, and congenital conditions can cause eyelash loss sometimes referred to as milphosis or madarosis. Though that observation could have been based on a grain of truth: One condition that can lead to eyelash loss is syphilis. More recent research, however, points toward the notion that long eyelashes are valuable for the illusion they create of wide, gazing eyes. Other scientists have found eyelashes — particularly darkened ones, perhaps with eyelash enhancers like mascara and eyeliner — help emphasize the sclera the whites of the eyes, the brightness of which can indicate health and youth and the limbal ring the dark ring around the iris of the eye.

They begin to recede and fade in the late 20s and further decline due to age-related health conditions, such as glaucoma. Still, these theories explain little about why long or full eyelashes are considered feminine.

The earliest documented efforts to emphasize the eyelashes date back to as early as 4, B. This is known as eyelash trichomegaly. Eyelash trichomegaly can have several different causes.

These causes can include both genetic inheritance and environmental causes such as side effects of certain drugs. Sometimes trichomegaly occurs as part of a congenital disorder or syndrome. These are conditions that are present from birth, either due to genetics or otherwise.

Oliver-Mcfarlane syndrome and Cornelia de Lange syndrome both lead to very long eyelashes. But they also have a lot of other symptoms! Oliver-Mcfarlane syndrome leads to defects in the eye and severe hormone deficiencies. Cornelia de Lange syndrome also causes growth defects and facial deformities.

Both of these syndromes have more symptoms than just long lashes. There are only a few known instances of being born with just long eyelashes. To better understand the genetics of long lashes, scientists decided to look at familial trichomegaly. In other words, they looked where long lashes ran in families. Scientists compared DNA from family members with long eyelashes to their relatives with short eyelashes. When they did this, they found that family members with trichomegaly had mutations in a gene called FGF5.

The name of this protein? Everyone has two copies of the FGF5 gene: one from mom and one from dad. And in most people, these two copies of FGF5 are hard at work making their protein. This protein blocks extra hair growth, leading to normal eyelashes. But what happens if you have one mutated version of FGF5 and one regular version?

But the second, non-mutated version will still make protein. And it turns out that just having one working version of FGF5 gives you enough protein to block extra hair.

This makes trichomegaly a recessive trait. Both copies of the gene need to be affected to see long lashes.

How does someone inherit two mutated copies of FGF5? The only way this can happen is if you get one mutated version of FGF5 from each parent.