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The eyes have it: Long lashes not so lovely

Too much extra length could sabotage protective effect of lash aerodynamics

goat eyelashes

LOVELY LASHES  Goat eyelashes have roughly the same length compared with eye size that many mammal lashes do — for good aerodynamic reasons.

G.J. Amador et al./Journal of the Royal Society Interface 2015

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

Here’s one aerodynamics research finding no supermodel should miss: Long, luscious eyelashes can, in fact, get too long.