Dry Eye Diva: Eye Makeup Mishaps, Mistakes, and Must-Nots

Have your beauty practices changed during lockdown? Are you doing DIY treatments at home because of spa or clinic closures? Are you contemplating permanent eyeliner tattoos or using eyelash growth serum so that your peepers always-look-perfect, during this pandemic or future closures? From necrosis of the skin to seared eyelids and eyelash loss, Drs. Selina McGee and Leslie O'Dell discuss why some cosmetic trends should never be done at home and why others should be seriously reconsidered. 

This podcast will definitely make you think twice before doing DIY-neurotoxin-injections or having needles filled-with-mysterious-ink shot into your eyelids.

Pandemic Pretty can be quite ugly!

Yes, it’s okay to wear eye makeup and contact lenses during this global health emergency. However, more than ever, hygiene is a key to your beauty routines. From eyelash extensions, glue disasters, growth serums or color-contacts, special guests, Drs. Jeffrey & Michele Sonsino, offer suggestions about beauty dos & don’ts and how to practice safe contact lens wear during the COVID-19 emergency and looking forward.

NYC eye doc Susan Resnick, OD enlightens the Dry Eye Diva listeners about makeup application for contact lens wearers as well as a scary story about an eyelash extensions allergy. Dr. Resnick also offers some tips to women about how best to have eyelash extensions with contacts, and recommends some treatment tips to manage beauty practices gone bad.

How many men do you know who discuss beauty routines and eye makeup application on a regular basis? For male eye doctors, this subject was not something that was more-than-blinked-at during their schooling. However, nowadays, addressing subjects with patients like waterlining, false eyelashes, or eyeliner tattoos are becoming more commonplace for men. In this podcast, optometrist Mark Schaeffer discusses how he recommends his male colleagues approach the subject, with both female and male patients. 

Do you wear eyelash extensions? How long do you leave the extensions on your lashes? 1 week? 1 month? 1 year? How long is too long? Listen to the Dry Eye Divas discuss what happens with eyelash extension excess! It's not pretty. 

Ever dream of longer, darker, more luscious eyelashes? There's a quick fix thanks to science! But… Before you slather on the eyelash growth serum, know what you're applying to your eyelids and understand the potential side effects. 

The market for false eyelashes in the US is valued at more than 200 million dollars… This growing trend is a hot topic for Dry Eye Diva, as using false eyelashes can impact your eye health. Is there a safe way to use fake eyelashes without compromising your eyelids and vision? Learn more from Drs. Leslie O'Dell and Amy Nau. When was the last time you booked an eyelid spa treatment?

How do you begin the conversation with your eye care specialist and patients regarding their beauty and hygiene practices?

New research from the Centre for Ocular Lens Research & Education (CORE) at Waterloo, Canada, investigated the impact of various cosmetics on the contact lenses. They showed that contact lens wearers may inadvertently expose their lenses to the chemicals in makeup products during the lens insertion & removal process or while wearing their lenses -- This can change the performance and fit of the lenses!

Ever get makeup goo on your contact lens? How to you clean it? How do you clean your lenses without hurting your eyes? Learn some Dry Eye Diva Dos & Don'ts for eye makeup usage and contact lens wear.