What Causes Dandruff On Eyelashes?

Posted on Wed, 21 May 2014

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Wed, 21 May 2014 Answered on

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Question : I get too much dandruff on my eyelashes. It is difficult to clean the same. What is the reason for the dandruff? Is it protien deposition? It mostly happens in the night. ANd while cleaning, the eye gets a lot of irritation

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
photograph required

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the query.
Probably you are suffering from seborrhea.
If possible upload a photograph of the affected area. This will help me in giving a closer diagnosis and a better way of management. There is an option to upload photos on right side of query page.
Please utilize it.
Waiting for your response.
Thank you

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