Lashes Gone Wrong: The Horrors of a Bad Lash Extension Job

In this video, I want to share my recent experience with a client who had eyelash extensions done at another studio just two weeks before visiting me. As you’ll see in the video, her lashes were in pretty bad shape.

There are many reasons which we’ll cover right now.

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This client had made an appointment for a hybrid refill. Her existing extension had been done only two weeks prior at a different Studio. Let’s take a closer look.

You can see that the extensions are attached way too far from the skin. Yes, they are only two weeks old, but they’re too overly grown for the length of that time, and there are two possible reasons why this can happen.

First, in order to maintain healthy lashes and aesthetics, the extension should be applied near the skin as possible without touching. When they’re attached too far, you can see this on the client, that the weight of the extensions is causing her natural lashes to droop, sometimes causing a natural lash to shed prematurely. I recommend at least one millimeter away from the skin. This would provide enough distance that the glue and extensions wouldn’t touch the skin and leave enough space that the client can clean their lashes properly. But these were way too far.

Secondly, what could have happened here is that the full-length extensions were applied to her baby eyelashes, and that had experienced some overgrowth. In order to make sure that the set stays beautiful, shorter extension should be applied to the shorter natural lashes so that when these natural lashes reach full length the extensions will still blend in within the design of the set.

Another issue I had noticed with this particular set was that the extensions attached were way too long and too thick for the client’s natural lashes. If maintaining the health of the natural lashes was the goal, we would recommend extending the natural lashes by two millimeters. However, in her case, the length is almost double her natural lash length. This diameter is also very thick. It looks like the Stylist has used 0.15 diameter extensions to create some volume fans.

When 0.15 diameter extensions are used as classic lashes applied one to one it’s not a problem but when creating volume fans the diameter of the extensions must be thinner ranging from 0.03 to 0.07 diameters in order to maintain a healthy weight. Because of these many reasons we decided the best course of action was to remove her extensions. Since they were so thick, I had to reapply the cream remover a couple of times for the remover to break down the thick layer of adhesive. And finally, the really stubborn extensions I had to remove using my tweezers.

Eyelash extensions don’t cause any damage but only when they’re done properly. So in her case, the extension should have been applied with proper distance closer to the roots of her natural lashes without touching the skin, applying an extension length and thickness appropriate for her natural lashes, and carefully applied with her natural growth cycle in mind.

If your natural lashes are thin, sparse, and short and you wish to have thick, fuller, and longer eyelashes, eyelash extensions may not be the best option for you. There are some limitations with eyelash extensions since the length and thickness still need to complement what you already have.

I hope you enjoyed watching this video and like always if you have any questions or comments please leave them below because I would always love to hear from you.

See you next time!

~ Asako