The difference between eyelash extensions and eyelash extensions

Many girls pursue long and curly eyelashes, which can make their eyes more lively. In order to make their eyelashes longer and curled more conveniently, many girls choose eyelash transplants and eyelash extensions, but they often fail to understand the difference between the two. So, what is the difference between eyelash transplants and eyelash extensions?

The difference between eyelash transplants and eyelash extensions

1. Different principles

The principle of eyelash transplants is to transplant your own hair follicles to your own eyelashes. Eyelash extensions are bonded to the surface of real eyelashes with professional eyelash adhesive and are grafted one-to-one.

2. Different materials

Eyelash transplants are made by doctors directly transplanting hair follicle tissue from the back of the head and occipital area to the eye area. Because the transplanted hair follicles are your own, the characteristics of the original hair follicles are maintained. The grown eyelashes will also have a cylindrical shape like hair, so the transplanted eyelashes need to be trimmed after they reach a certain length. Eyelash extensions use artificial fiber false eyelashes or eyelashes made of dog hair, pig hair, or mink hair as the grafting material.

3. The retention time is different

The grafted eyelashes last for a short time, usually about a month. Because they are pasted with special glue, they need to be grafted like this Eyelashes need to be applied regularly to maintain the effect.

If eyelashes are transplanted, they will never fall off easily, because the transplanted hair is your own hair, and the survival rate of hair follicles is very high, generally above 95%. After transplantation, it will be metabolized like hair, so there is no need to worry about shedding. It is truly permanent, while eyelash grafting is temporary.

4. The recovery time is different

Eyelash transplantation is a minimally invasive medical aesthetic surgery, which will leave a minimally invasive wound and requires three months of recovery time.

Lash extensions adhere false eyelashes to your own eyelashes. You can see the effect of eyelashes immediately, and there is no recovery period.