hey there ^^
All right, as most people know, asians have p0ker straight and usually very short eyelashes. The greatest invention for us is mascara ^^! But....if you're like me and dont deal with makeup unless forced lol, how do you solve this problem? weeelll, besides and eyelash curler, there is a way to make them longer ^^. It takes time though..... so are you ready to know ^^!?

you cut them! take small scissors and becareful!!! but just cut off the tips of them. it will feel strange and you may be sad that your eyelashes are even shorter!! BUT in about 1 month time, they grow back LONGER than what they originally were. you 've got to believe me! I had short eyelashes and even my eyelash curler couldn't REACH them because they were so short!!! I cut just the tips of my eyelashes off and in about 4 or 5 weeks (of course, it depends on each person on how long it takes for them to grow back) I had longer eyelashes than normal! now my eyelash curler can reach them and they are oh so long...now they are not as long as many americans....but you can tell the differences.

just remember to BECAREFUL with those tiny scissors (I used the scissors that come with pocket knives)....and be sure to have mascara handy while they are growing okies? oh! and remember to cut only the tips... I think it's like hair. you cut off the split ends and they will grow faster....
good luck!!!!
~mich

awww wow thanks for the tip i never thought about it that way, i always considered using fake eylashes but was too scared to stick them on plus they do look really fake, i think im going to try your way then thanks again for the tip

my mom used to tell me about it, but i'm a little skeptical. anyone who could confirm this please?

Hehehe I can confirm it but like what wildstyled said, what you need is patience. I've heard bout it before but didn't dare to try it. Vanity soon got the better of me...... could not really tell the difference at first and got sad when they didn't seem to grow back. After a while, noticed that they were slightly longer and look fuller. Just trimed them again yesterday for the 3rd time ...... I use the scissors that comes in a manicure kit as they are curved, it's easier to follow the contour of the eye. But pls be careful!!!

me too...i can confirm that it too..becos i did use to have short eye-lashes but now i do cut the tip every few moths with a special scissor.....that u can buy from any of the beauty section...the end of the scissors is blunt so it will not hurt u....

I'm intrigued but I'm scared to actually try it. I've heard of people shaving their eyebrows and their eyebrows don't grow back. What if I cut the tips of my eyelashes and they don't grow longer? Then I'll be stuck with permanently shorter eyelashes.

oOo maybe i should try that but yea..kinda scared. but then again its free and that way i wont have to buy products just to make my eyelash longer XD

I just told you ^^ I did it a little while ago and now I really have longer eyelashes!!! at first i really did think it as a joke, but then I thought you know what? what do I have to lose? the worst that can happen is that they will grow back to the normal length....(it's hair, it WILL grow back)....but after it grew back to the normal length, it actually grew LONGER. I'm telling you, I did it and I want to share it with my fellow asians ^^ because it really works. Don't forget to keep mascara handy while it is growing back though. ^^
~mich
oh good ^^ *huggles* see!!! 2 people have done it with a 100 percent success rate!!!! w00t!!! lol
~mich

MoodiBunni, xcutie, and solemnite::
lol trust me....2 people besides me have already done it here....we've all said that it grows back longer and fuller. Now eyebrows I haven't tried...lol....
it grows back, I promise....you will not end up with permanently short eyelashes ^^. it takes patience though. I mean, mine took about 5 weeks for them to grow to what I have now. It does vary for each person though. I suggest having mascara handy while they are in the process of growing.
please please please do be careful though. remember to only cut the tips......and becareful!!!!
~mich

I don't think I trust myself with trimming my own eyelashes. It is an interesting idea, however. I'll be sure to let my friends know about it.

only the tips ? humm.. but it is so hard to cut it by urself.. is there any special scissors that i should use?

yeh it does work! my aunty did it to me when i was young and i have really long eyelashes now!

and recently she cut my baby cousin (whos a boy) eyelashes and they are now longer than mine!

Hehe.... my cousin did it on her baby son too and his lashes are quite long now

I've heard this before but many people say not to cut it too because when you 10 or something it'll stop growing..so I'm really scared to try.My mom did that on my brother and sister when they were small and now ther eyelashes are so long and mine...SHORT!

many people have said to use manicure scissors, but I used the small scissor that come with pocket knives. Be sure to have a steady surface and good light. support your hand or arm or wrist.....you don't want to accidentally shake and then make a cut on or IN your eye. PLEASE becareful. lots of light so you can see well too!!
if you are too scared, maybe someone you TRUST can help....make sure they have lots of light and a steady hand...even with a steady hand, make sure they support it with something like a table or a counter!!!
~mich

that's all the more reason to cut them!!!!
lol and they don't stop growing at 10....I mean, that's like saying HAIR stops growing at ten...and EYEBROWS stop growing at ten...lol why do you think old men have long long eyebrows and nose hair and ear hair...well at least american old men do....(ewww huh?) if they stopped growing then...lol our hair would be the same length forever from ten all the way to the day we die!! haha ^^

of course, it's up to you whether you want to try or not. there have been many people already that agree it works...so now the decision is yours to make ^^
good luck.
~mich

thnx for the tips..i'll try this out..but what if they not grow back..?

now i've cut it but i'm afraid that they not will grow back..
they're now short!

i only have cutting the tops of my eyelashes..or that don't helps?
must i cut the whole eyelashes?

wahhhh i wanna try too even though my lashes aren't that short. but im scared that i cut them and they don't grow back :s

my mom cut my eyelashes when i was 1 and i really do have long eyelashes now. hahaha

A lot of my friends told me that tricks too...but i dont trust them...

Hey can you post a before and after pic of your eyes??

I heaard that the dhc tonic works too.

Don't think I'll try this. I have clumsy fingers and might snip off more than I intended to.

Anyway I am currently using vaseline, and my inches did grow longer by a bit.

I cutted them!!! lol. I will come back in about 2 weeks and tell you the results. Hopefully, it will be longer and thicker and PRETTIER. but for now i look hideous!!! Lol, i cutted my eyelashes, and my mom think that im crazy and yelled at me. she said that if i cut them i will see ghosts? wtf ?

mmmhhh...i am a bit skeptical too. I have long eyelashes myself, but i think they can be longer, how longer how better right. So maybe i should try it out too...but if they don't grow back i have shorter eyelashes than before ... don't know whether i should risk it or not.

Erm...does a guy need longer eye lashes? and does this method apply to everyone? hHaha

lol take a chill pill. i was just curious! but thanks for the tip, and the confirmation and will definately give it a go!

Wow, I never thought of it that way. Definately will try it, maybe even recommend it to my friends.

But then, after cutting the ends of the eye lashes, and they've grown back, longer and fuller. Would you need to frequently, cut them from time to time? But why, if so?

Wow cutting really works? *going to get some scissors* I find putting vaseline on your eyelashes helps a bit too.

I tried this twice and it worked everytime. lolx. Just the first few weeks were really annoying, and you felt as if they were never going to grow ><

well here's hoping to that it works the 3rd time too XD
but even though I trimmed a lot away they're still pretty long. It definitely does work.
I think my eyes look decent without long lashes too. good either way whether they grow back or not
by the way.
I DO do the bottom lashes, and that's how I can tell it works... they are are long bottom lashes after a few weeks...or longer.. ^^

one note: im quite hairy for a girl, plus my hair grows back really fast. Therefore the same would be for my eyelashes. Maybe other people's genes are different.

hmm ....

in this term it might works ..
i will give a try .. longer eyelash is attracting specially woman

guys....it's not going to only take 2 weeks. not even your HAIR grows that fast. like I said, it took mine about 4-5 for results. lol that's why I said to keep mascara handy!!! you will look strange, but they WILL grow back...and will grow back longer.
you mean your bottom eyelashes? I don't think so. I've never done the bottom ones before....I don't know what to tell you about the bottoms beccause I've never done it, so I can't give you my experience. All I've done are the top eyelashes...
after you cut them once, you can cut them again. I've done mine three times and I find that the still grow longer than before....but of course, there IS a stopping point lol. it's not like the more you cut the longer it'll grow and it'll be like that forever. after about 3 or 4 times, the amount that they grow is smaller and smaller and it'll come to the point where no matter how many times you cut them, they'll grow to the longest they can grow and will not grow anymore. so you don't have to worry about them never growing back, just know that they will stop at some point...so your eyelashes will not be so long that it is ridiculous lol.
sorry haha ^^ it's just that, I have something to share that can benefit EVERYONE ^^ and I'm very excited to share it and spread my experiece with everyone lol ^^;; didnt mean to sound mean or anything...sorry about that.
haha if you want to have longer eyelashes...then why not. although i do hate it when a boy has longer eyelashes than me lol because girls would KILL to have lush and long eyelashes and the boy is like born with it. lol...makes me wanna cry

~mich

yeah agreed! im so jealous of guys with long lashes.. because i love them!! thanks for the tip mich i shall try this sometime soon.. hehe

hope it works cos my eyelashes are so short!!!

my mum use to cut my eyelashes when i was younger.. n then its just so slow n its not that long now ><

this does sound vey interesting, I'm tempted to give it a ty. I'm not too much of a mke-up person too, so any way to improve w/out make-up is a plus for me!

a bit scary wif the scissors...but wat if it doesnt grow bak? LOL dats embarassing

i'm scared that this is the kind of thing that only works for one person and not everyone.think i'll stick to the mascara thanks

lol it's like hair...it WILL grow back..I promise you --


it doesn't work for one person...it works for everyone. I made this thread and AIMED it to asians because we have short and very straight eyelashes.....lol what you're saying is like if one brand of toothpaste ONLY cleans american teeth and no one elses LOL no such thing!! ^^
~mich

lol i want my lashes to be longer even though they are kinda long anyway, but it sounds scary, im scared my lashes won't even grow back to their length.

Against my better judgment, I cut the tips of my eyelashes a few days ago. My friend told me the other day that if your eyelashes get pulled out, they don't grow back. I'm not sure if the same is true for some people if they cut their eyelashes...I really hope mine grow back.

ya this works, my girlfriend told me about it and she was succesful. Its just liek when u cut the tip a plant, it grows back rapidly and even longer

but ya eyelashes takes mcuh longer ^^, and u should eat nutriousily

i think its true.. its just like any other hair on ur body.. like when u cut ur hair.. it grows faster

like many others, im afraid too about not growing back, but maybe ill give it a try since im in vacations, and like how long to i have to trim?? 1 mm? 2mm? can somone tell me please, since i see many of you tried it and succeed

lolol
i tried it a few times
does work a bit heheh ^^;;

yea
when i was small.. like... 1.. mii auntie cut mii eyelashes.. o.O;;
when mii mommie told me about that when i was 7, i was
like "o.O;; why the heck did she cut mii eyelashes for?"
i started panicking and feeling my eyelashes wif mii fingers

yea
but it does work
i cut mii eyelashes by myself nows ^+^

try it
lolol

This only works for little kids
many ppl have tried it and their lashes never grew back to the same length
I'm scared

it helps abit ((:
a tw artist mentioned b4,when he was still a kid, his mum cut a bit of his eyelashes when he was sleeping.thats why people often ask him why he long eyelashes.

OH MY GOD...i cut my top lashes and it seemed to grow back to normal length..aint growing longer though. But i was so dumb to cut the lower lashes and geez...it isnt growing back...ARGH ITS SO BLOODY STRAIGHT AND SHORT!!Anyone tried cutting lower lashes before?

whoa, so many true and satisfied accounts, i'm tempted but i got really clumsy hands! haha.. don't think i will try though, always wear specs compared to my contacts, and my lashes can already though the lens!

How much is 'enough' to cut off so it will grow? Like just a tiny snip at the very tip, would it work? Or have to cut more?

How much is 'enough' to cut off so it will grow? Like just a tiny snip at the very tip, would it work? Or have to cut more?

HAHAHA.....omg. my mom is the most superstitious woman in the world and she doesn't even believe that. lol don't worry. out of the couple times that I've done it, I haven't seen any ghosts --; LOL too funny.....

really, you just cut the tips.....um just lol cut off the very ends of your eyelashes. that's all really....

yeah, most definitely eat nutritiously. for example, if your body has a shortage in iron, protein, and/or vitamin E and C....your hair grows a WHOLE lot slower than if you didn't have the shortages. so yeah....eat like a health freak so you can get back your lusher and longer eyelashes as fast as possible!
^^
~mich

lol, my mom did thta to my little brother. hahaha. yeah, he's so cute with his eyelashes. it so stupid since he's the guy and i'm the girl with stupid short lashes! grrr.. but this is cool!

wow it really sounds like it helps but i'm still scared and skeptical about it... i think i would go for artificial oness

lol ok i'll try it. i'm kinda convinced, HAHHAa. but.. after my graduation. i don't wanna look like a freak for grad.