Is it normal to rip out your own eyelashes?

is it normal to pull out your own eyelashes? whenever i wear mascara i get board through out the day and begin to scrape it off my lashes, but i end up trying to rip my eyelashes out (if it doesn't hurt). is this normal to do?

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  • Avant-Garde

    I read the title wrong and got scared for minute!

    Trichomania. It's normal, but not healthy. I sometimes pull out my eyebrows and I only pull out the lashes when they're about to fall in. Eyelashes help to catch dirt and dust from the air. If you keep pulling them out it might effect your immune system. Be careful!

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    • Pagan4Pride

      I'm just curious, how did you read the title initially?

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      • Avant-Garde

        "Is it normal to rip your eyes out"

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        • Pagan4Pride

          LOL yeah, that would be disturbing!

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  • karmasAbich

    I pull out the ones that i can see are about to falk out into my eyes. I don't rip out healthy lashes though. That would be ridiculous.

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  • Kie3PO

    Careful not to pull your eye out!!!

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  • joybird

    Don't wear mascara - get your lashes dyed.

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    • Avant-Garde

      What's the point if she ends up pulling them out?

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      • joybird

        She's pulling at them coz they're congealed with mascara and that makes them come out. If she wants the colour without the gunk then dye them - that's what I do.

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        • Avant-Garde

          I hope you know what you're doing! I don't want you to get blinded from it.

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          • joybird

            The salon tests you 24 hours before to make sure you are not allergic to the dye. It's really common now.

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  • Squeaky11

    I kind of have the same thing, except I pull at my nail beds.

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  • FUCK_SCHOOL_x

    You shouldn't do it too much, they don't grow out very fast..

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  • MnMxx

    that's actually a certain habit that can't be cured after six months, my best friend deos that, and she doesn't even realize she is doing it.

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  • Flaberghasted

    Ouch

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  • munkeemurder

    I have to pull on mine once in a while cuz if i dont then the lashes fall in my eyes and i hate getting them in my eyes so i try to beat it to the punch and get them before they shead.

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  • XxSnowLotusxX

    a lot of people do this and pull ot hair or eyelashes to releive subconsious stress or boredom try to something else like doodling
    I used to rip out a hair at a time from my eyebrows

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  • stardust08

    yessss!! i always do and have haha i completly understand what u r meaning x

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  • missy18

    Haha I do this but not when I'm wearing mascara

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  • SillyKitty55

    I pull an eye lash or two out every now an then. For ex when it itches too much at the base of it where my eye lid is, I typically pull that particular eye lash out. If the itching continues, I put eye drops in.Rhoto eye drops are the best. they always work.
    Also a suggestion. If mascarra irritates you during the day, stop wearing it and put on fake lashes(if you feel the need to have better lashes) or don't wear any at all.
    :)

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    • noid

      Finally someone else who pulls out eyelashes when there is an itch there! That happens with me too.

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  • smileyholly28

    Um.. kinda weird...

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  • Energy

    Do you really want to have no eye lashes, and have to wear fake ones? I suggest you stop doing that.

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