Is it just me, or do men generally have longer eyelashes than women?

[Anonymous]

I've been on Lumigan to control high eye pressure for two years. A side effect is eyelash growth. It has caused my eyelashes to grow extremely long and very dark. Some touch the bottom of my eyebrows. Being a guy, I was a little self conscious of having such long noticeable eyelashes, but no one has made any comments, so it doesn't bother me any more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been on Lumigan to control high eye pressure for two years. A side effect is eyelash growth. It has caused my eyelashes to grow extremely long and very dark. Some touch the bottom of my eyebrows. Being a guy, I was a little self conscious of having such long noticeable eyelashes, but no one has made any comments, so it doesn't bother me any more.

Lumigan and Latisse are the same exact thing. The drug companies figured out the side effect of eyelash growth, and decided to make more money off of it by marketing it under a different name and charging hundreds of dollars. I'm a female who works in the eye care field and I take samples of lumigan from work to use on my eyelashes (shhhhh). For the blue eyed people concerned about Latisse changing your iris color, yes this can happen....but just don't put it in your eye! If using it for eyelash growth it is only going on the lash margin, not in the eye..just apply it very carefully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I have not noticed this. My DH has almost no lashes or brows, and he is quite hairy elsewhere.

How unnerving that must be.

[Anonymous]

I believe it is evolution long time ago and some places people still do this today the women stay home to tend to kids while the men go hunt for food. We have long eyelashes to protect our eyes from sun and dust and wind while hunting where as women did not need that as they tended to children and the house to stay out of dangerous situations and weather conditions. Not saying they never went outside but just my opinion believe it is because we were in harsher conditions.
Not to be taken as sexist.

[Anonymous]

I believe it is evolution long time ago and some places people still do this today the women stay home to tend to kids while the men go hunt for food. We have long eyelashes to protect our eyes from sun and dust and wind while hunting where as women did not need that as they tended to children and the house to stay out of dangerous situations and weather conditions. Not saying they never went outside but just my opinion believe it is because we were in harsher conditions.
Not to be taken as sexist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have noticed this too. Maybe it is like how males have more colorful features than females in some species.

Agreed.

Ridiculously long, lush, thick lashes, I have seen in men. Women have to use eyeliners...

waaah....we are not even the fairer sex!!!

But the trade off is that it comes with other facial hair, like sideburns and mustache. As seen on harry women.

[Anonymous]

Yup, my DH and DS have beautiful, long lashes. Italian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe it is evolution long time ago and some places people still do this today the women stay home to tend to kids while the men go hunt for food. We have long eyelashes to protect our eyes from sun and dust and wind while hunting where as women did not need that as they tended to children and the house to stay out of dangerous situations and weather conditions. Not saying they never went outside but just my opinion believe it is because we were in harsher conditions.
Not to be taken as sexist.

Instead of a crazy inherited environmental characteristic theories, let's pretend testosterone plays a role in hair growth.

[Anonymous]

Interesting theories… I’m a woman, with southern European origins and I have lots of hair, thick eyebrows - but short, albeit black, eyelashes. I don’t wear mascara so it isn’t that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've seen so many men with thicker, longer eyelashes (my father being one such person). I don't think that they're wearing false eyelashes

Has anyone else noticed this?

If yes, what do you make of it?

I think it's your imagination.

[Anonymous]

I find myself envious of my boys lashes

[Anonymous]

Yes. To include perfect eyebrows.

I on the other hand -- use Latisse - ha!