Page 43 - The Law of Lashes Ultimate Lash Ebook

EYELASH EXTENSIONS AND NATURAL LASH GROWTH

We have a duty of care as professionals, to ensure that our client’s eyelash
growth cycle stays healthy. They must not be harmed by any lash treatments.
You need to know these key points about each growth phase

Anagen: Do Not Treat

Isolate well
Too weak to treat
Lash grows, carries extension far from lid line
Lash would droop
Uncomfortable

Catagen: Best to Treat

Will last longest
For natural looks
Be growth at infill
Re-treat at infill so extension is closer to lid line

Telogen: Treat for Volume

Due to shed, don’t treat for natural look
Treat with catagens for noticeable, and glamourous looks.

Your treatment must never overload the lash line. The extensions should not
be too thick and / or too long for the natural lash to cope with it. This is a
common error. We should never do anything that may cause harm, even
temporarily. The natural lash can be treated with an extension that is around
double its thickness but no more. For example, a 0.07mm natural lash can
carry a 0.15mm thick extension but no thicker. Anagen lashes are far too
immature to take the weight of an extension and should never be treated. They
will also grow rapidly, and they will carry your extension beyond the lash shape
that you have created, and they will ‘stick out’. A fiddling client will be tempted
to pull it out!

If you have an Anagen lash that is accidentally bonded to the side of an
extension, that infant lash could be pulled out prematurely or it could grow into
a ‘hook’. If you break them free at their next infill, the lash will remain crooked
shaped.

If you have an Anagen lash that is accidentally bonded to the side of an
extension, that infant lash could be pulled out prematurely or it could grow into
a ‘hook’ shape as illustrated here. If you break them free at their next infill, the
lash will remain crooked shaped.