Why do people pull out their eyelashes?
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There is a term for that - some people yank all their hair out.  Kinda like a compulsive habit.  It is called trichotillomania.  Hypnosis or therapy should help.\n\nhttp://groups.msn.com/HairpullingSufferers
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yeah..its irritating.\nsome people do that intentionally.
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pull out my eyelash's 4 when i stress, any one else no how to stop?
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Honestly, if you try to put on mascara and consciously keep your mouth closed, you can do it, it just takes effort. But, if you think about it, opening your mouth helps stretch your face, right?  Which in turn opens your eyes a little farther, making it easier to get to the lashes with a mascara brush.  Just a thought.
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It's probably a habit or reflex. Maybe it's a sign of nervousness. I think it's cool when they do it.
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When you close your eyes, they naturally roll up a little bit.  This is useful because if your eyelids don't close all the way, it keeps your cornea from being exposed.
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When I wore contact lenses, one would occasionally roll up and move way up into my eye. The way I got it out was to very gently get hold of my upper lid (by way of eyelash, just be super careful not to rip lashes out!), and pull the lid down to close your eye. This produces some tears and also gently moves anything you have up there, downward.\n\nGetting something out of your eye from the side or lower part of your eye is a different story, but if it hurts bad enough, I found that my eyes would tear up enough to make it move to a spot where I could get at it.\n\nJust take great care, we can't emphasis that enough, so much damage can be done trying to "play" with your eyes!
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while boys like to pull girls' hair for whatever reasons they have, girls wonder will pulling that boy's [you know what] will inflict as much pain.\n\nI'm not pulling your legs.. they do.. they do.
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Paradoxically they shed hair to make you ponder why they shed hair, forcing you to reach out to the Internet and provide me with two points. \n\nOr again even more paradoxically so that they have something to make the fur balls that they cough up in your shoes out off.
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Sorry, we don’t know why most people close their eyes when sneezing. Not all do. \n\nSome experts guess that we’ve evolved closing eyes to reduce sneeze spray landing in our eyes. However, our eyes are exposed constantly to bacteria and viruses and have good defenses without eye closing.\n\nClosing eyes (or keeping them open) is part of the sneeze reflex. It’s a reflex—meaning we have no conscious control of sneezes. Instead, the primitive part of the brain (called the medulla oblongata and located at the top of the spine) calls the shots. The reflex triggers major muscles of face, throat, and chest to fire out gunk going at 100 mph (150 kph) as fast as a pitcher’s fastball.\n\nMost people tighten the eye muscles, causing them to shut, as they tighten the other muscles involved in a sneeze. But not all do. Some sneeze with their eyes open. Either way, it’s part of the inborn sneeze reflex.\n\nIn 1888, Thomas Edison hit upon the idea of movies from looking at sequential pictures of someone sneezing
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The actual reason is to combat the pressure build up in your sinuses. \nSneezing releases alot of force.\nYour eyes are linked to your sinuses, and well - you wouldn't want to blast them out of your head now would you?
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You are more likely to loose the lenses in your bed, have them be damaged or to develop eye infections if you sleep with contact lenses in. It doesn't take long to take them out and it is worth the trouble.
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To help keep water from dripping into your eyes.  \n\nEyelashes also help to filter things from getting into your eyes.
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It sounds like your sister has trichotillomania.  Trichotillomania is a psychological impulse disorder characterized by an inability to resist the impulse to pull out your hair.  It can be made worse by stress, or conversely, by relaxation.  This behaviour can be treated with medications and also with pychotherapy.
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Trichotillomania\n\nHere is a website for you to read about it:\n\nhttp://psychcentral.com/library/hair_pulling.htm
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Eyelashes are hair. Hair is protein form DEAD skin cells. Therefore, eyelashes don't live at all.
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Staring is often viewed as a contest of wills. There is also a widespread belief in the evil eye which is the belief that people can malevolently spread a curse simply by staring at you or your friends or relatives.