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Who doesn’t want fuller, healthier eyelashes? Beauty bloggers and YouTubers swear that thickening and growing your eyelashes is as simple as coating them with an ingredient you probably already have stashed in your kitchen: olive oil.
But is olive oil truly an effective remedy for eyelash growth? Here’s what the research and dermatologists have to say.
A primer on eyelashes
Eyelashes are a type of hair — but instead of sprouting from your scalp, they grow out of your eyelids. They’re actually most similar to eyebrow hair. They’re coarser and grow slower than scalp hair, says Dendy Engelman, MD, a dermatologist at Shafer Clinic in New York.