My lashes started thinning at 41. I blamed perimenopause and got on with it. By 43, I had basically nothing left. My eyes looked tired no matter how much sleep I got. I'd forgotten what I looked like with proper lashes. I tried the lot. Two different serums from Boots. Castor oil for ages. Extensions, which destroyed what little I had. My GP shrugged. Said it was hormonal and that was that. A friend who works in dermatology research finally explained it to me. It's not just hormones in general. It's one specific hormone called DHT. Same one that causes hair thinning in men. After 40, it starts binding to lash follicles and shrinking them. That's the actual mechanism. Every product I'd tried was working on the surface while DHT was strangling the follicle underneath. She told me about a peptide-based serum called LashVanna that blocks DHT at the follicle level without using prostaglandins, the dangerous prescription ingredient that causes those sunken-eye horror stories you read about online. I was sceptical. I'd been sceptical for years. Used it for two weeks. My husband noticed before I did. Used it for a month. My mum asked if I'd had something done. If you're over 40 and your lashes have basically disappeared, the article below explains DHT properly. It's the first time I read anything that actually matched what was happening to my face. https://www.zifanna.com/UK/lashes
