Most of my life I didn't really pay attention to the issue of wrinkles or expression lines. I never thought I had too many of them, but it could have been only a denial. Being 50+ now I thought I would try one of those eye creams with retinol to see if the expression lines around my eyes would diminish as all advertisements claim. So, I got the cream at the beauty counter and started my "therapy". Before I go any further I have to say I was always fortunate to have nice, long eyelashes which I really liked, and since 12 yrs old I always wore light makeup.
So, about two months ago, on Friday night, before bedtime, I took the makeup off and applied the eye cream which contained retinol. I went to bed with great hopes of transformation. I woke up the next day and ... didn't notice any difference in the state of my wrinkles. I thought, it was not enough time. I did the same treatment the next day. On Sunday, the third day, in the morning, I noticed a couple of eyelashes fallen out from around each eye, but I didn't give it much attention. All weekend I didn't wear the makeup to let the face rest and help the eye cream work. On Monday morning, the third day of using the retinol cream, I panicked... 1/3 of my eyelashes were GONE! I have washed my face immediately. I had to go to work, so I applied my regular, lite makeup. I never again used the retinol cream.
My eyelashes kept falling out for next 3-4 days, but just a couple per day. After about a week, they stopped falling out. The whole experience was absolutely terrifying. I didn't know if my eyelashes will ever grow back. Today, about 2 months later, my eyelashes have almost completely grew back. What a relief! Retinol may work on reducing wrinkles, but at the same time it may ruin the eyelashes. To me, this side effect was not worth using the product. I'm back to my old, all natural, and well tested facial cream.
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