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Pulling out eyelashes
Pulling out eyelases, generally always pathologic, is termed madarosis. It is a nervous tic in young people and reflects psychological conditions going on in their lives. Rarely it is a pattern in the psychotic.
Dr. Richard Bensinger reviewed this
54 year experience in Ophthalmology
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How do I stop my habit of pulling out eyelashes?
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What is the definition or description of: Pulling out eyelashes?
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Can plucking or pulling out eyelashes cause ptosis?
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How can I stop pulling out my eyelashes
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A 45-year old asked:
I keep pulling my eyelashes out and i don't know why I do but i need some tricks on how to stop doing it?
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How do I stop pulling my eyelashes off because Dey hurt because I pull too hard ?
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A 34-year old female asked:
My inner eyelashes are missing from pulling them out months ago. Usually my lashes grow back but these arent. Are they gone for good? What can I do?
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A 39-year old female asked:
I was pulling apart the mascara on my eyelashes w-a safety pin & poked my eyeball-its not hurting, have contact in?
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Why do people pull their eyelashes?
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What is the name of the disorder people have when they pull out their eyelashes?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I pull eyelashes. Have for about four years. Stopped in the summer. My eyelashes growing in bad some go sideways etc. Have i perminently damaged them?
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A 17-year old female asked:
It's been 3-4 weeks and my eyelashes haven't grew back. I pull them out because they start to irritate me what do I do about them not going back yet??
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A 18-year old female asked:
I pull my eyelashes all the time.I try to stop. I just couldn't. I also like its feeling. It's been over a year and I still pull them. How can I stop?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have pulled my eyelashes and eyebrows out since i was 9 and now im 21 and still doing it, i pull and eat them I've never had help should i?
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A 50-year old asked:
Can you tell me if i pull my lower eyelash down I have yellow color on there is this normal?
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I pull my eyelashes out , never my hair, only some spots where my eyelashes aren't perfect , I am trying to stop what should I do?
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A 66-year old female asked:
I've had a small chalazion above my upper eyelashes for about a year. I scratched at it when removing makeup and now tender if I pull at lid. Tx??
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A 21-year old asked:
I pull out the hair from my eyelashes and eyebrows and nibble it, it has got to a chronic stage.. Have been to doc no help. Any advice? Thanks
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A 33-year old female asked:
Every morning for the past few weeks I have been waking up with a pulling tension pain in in lower head oneside it's stiff causing headache why?
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I felt somone was pulling or streching my head, yesterday after this sensation the same happened on the chest from sides to the center. what is it?
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What causes head tingling like shooting tingling which makes my swaying in my head worse I feel like my body is pulling back and forward and Im still?
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I have been getting headaches. When the touch the right side of my head i feel a pulling sensation in the middle of my headache?
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I have a randon pulling sensation in the back of my head. In the center but a little toward the left it comes and goes within a few minutes?
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Why do i feel from time to time on my neck like its pulling down my head to the back and feels like i am going to faint or collapse?
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My 7.5 month old has just started pulling himself up. Can he hurt himself if he falls and bumps his head on the floor or in his crib?
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I'm uncircumcised, can I stretch the frenulum area to allow more retraction before the skin begins pulling the head downwards. It's not severe.
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Uncomfortable ( sometimes painful) pulling in front of tragus when turning my head in either direction. I normally turn my whole body to try to avoid the feeling. Any ideas?
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When I sit and turn my head to the right my left shoulder hurts, almost like if shoulder is pulling. What?
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During a violent assault can violent hair pulling damage ligaments in neck? Head was jerked up and back very forcefully.
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