Can Diabetes Turn The Eye Lashes White?

Posted on Thu, 4 Dec 2014

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Thu, 4 Dec 2014 Answered on

Wed, 31 Dec 2014 Last reviewed on

Question : Can diabetes make your eye lashes turn white?

Answered by Dr. Dadapeer K (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Diabetes is known to cause this problem.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to Health care Magic.

I am Dr. Dadapeer K, an ophthalmologist and I answer health problems related to eye.

It seems from the history that you are having white eye lashes.
This is called as poliosis.
The common causes are local inflammations like blepharitis, uveitis and systemic causes like hypothyroidism...
Diabetes is also known to cause this problem.

Hope the information is helpful to you.

Thank you
With regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar