I have been taking Lumigan eye drops for a couple of years now. Works fairly well on my glaucoma. But it has given me long, feminine eyelashes, yikes! And contrary to what you may have heard, most gay men don’t want that. (Off topic: I have a moustache and am rather large and hairy. So I think I am what they call a bear. Just to give you the complete picture .)
People agree that I certainly shouldn’t try to trim them. Or let the barber do that either. I asked my eye doctor what women like her would do in a similar situation. She pointed out ironically, they’d rejoice.
Has anyone else had a similar problem or experience? I am just wondering if there is something that I haven’t considered. As I said, I don’t like my eyelashes that way.
On an ironic note, hey women (or ironically transgenders, transvestites, etc. ), if you want long feminine eyelashes, take Lumigan. I can attest to the fact it does have a marked effect.
Thoughts? Advice? (Thank you in advance .)
EDIT: I used the terms ‘women’ and ‘transgenders’ as if they were separate. Some transgenders are indeed women, and I realize that .
Is that a known side effect of the drug? Does it happen to everyone or just a subset? If applied to other body parts (top of head) will it grow hair there, too? Are you taking any other medications that have known side effects of hair growth?
@Spiderman There seems to be agreement among my doctors that that is the reason why. Plus you don’t know what my eyelashes look like. It’s ridiculous . Plus read the article I gave. It is a top side effect.
As to hair in other places, I couldn’t say. The drops invariably drip down the sides of my eyelids, and there seems to be an unusual outgrowth of hair there, and just where it drips. So you may be onto something .
I didn’t realize that eyelashes could be a secondary sexual characteristic.
My father has the longest eyelashes of any human being I’ve ever known, but that was down to his extravagantly Nordic heritage, along with extreme eyebrows and a wonderful head of wavy hair almost to the end of his days.
When I was younger, I had women say they wished they had lashes like mine. I don’t know if it’s actually a secondary sexual characteristic, but there is definitely an association there, to the point that women’s makeup often includes ways to make their eyelashes look longer, fuller, etc.
It may just be like longer (scalp) hair. Women don’t actually have longer hair, but it has been associated with femininity for a while–even as more and more men wear their hair long. It’s been a thing for at least 2000 years, since it’s mentioned in the Bible.
I use Lumigan, too, and it has the same effect on me. And unfortunately, the excessive lashes sometimes grow curving downward, and fall out easily, too. And then get in my eyes.
Yes. In fact a stronger version of the drug is available to people who don’t have glaucoma but want longer lashes; it’s marketed under the name Latisse and is applied directly to the lash line instead of in the eye. I looked into it once for myself. My eyelashes are normal, but they look a bit short without mascara because they’re dark at the roots and blonde at the tips. I have sensitive eyes and don’t like eye makeup or fake lashes; it would’ve been cool to have “real” long, dark, thick lashes. But when I read about how some women have suffered irreversible fat loss around the eyes as a side effect, leading to older-looking skin, I decided it wasn’t worth it.
I feel like there must be a safe way to trim lashes, but maybe there hasn’t been sufficient demand to develop and market such a product. I’m picturing something of an ultra-safety electric razor, something that will nip off any hairs inserted into it without pulling or exposing the skin/eyes to the blade.
The thing about lashes is that they are tapered and would probably look worse if you trimmed them. Instead of long lashes that taper into beautiful wisps, you would have slightly shorter lashes that looked like tree stumps.
@Jim_B other than how you think they are too feminine for you, do they cause you any other problems? Are they bending into your eyes? Do they fall out too much like @teelabrown?
Have you tried using an eyelash curler, if this is a problem for you? (the bending, not the falling out)
I’ve never heard a woman or a gay man disparage a man with beautiful eyelashes. I’ve only heard them gush about how beautiful a man’s eyelashes are. I personally can’t imagine them looking bad, even on the manliest of bears.
@ZipperJJ No problem with them falling out (I was actually surprised to hear that one—mine are certainly solidly in place ). But they do have a nasty habit of constantly hitting my glasses when I wear them. No, my problems are purely aesthetic. I don’t think that men should have long eyelashes. But no, so far no one has complained, I have to admit .
A few years back, my wife and I attended a costume party, in which she and I gender-swapped our costumes: she went as Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean, and I went as Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley’s character).
As part of the costume, my wife put makeup on me, including mascara. I have long eyelashes, but they’re blonde. Once that dark mascara hit my lashes, they really popped.
When we arrived at the party, the wife of the couple who was hosting (and who is a dear friend of mine) declared that I made a pretty scary-looking female (she wasn’t wrong ). But, she then noticed my eyelashes, and dragged me around the party, showing my lashes to the other women there. “Look at his eyelashes! They’re gorgeous! It’s not fair!!”
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