Would you bat an eye at this trend? The latest in men’s aesthetics is eyelash trimming, in which men are cutting their lashes to appear more “manly” — much to the dismay of the rest of us.

For instance, some people have abnormally long eyelashes – termed trichomegaly. This is considered where length is more than 12mm or the eyelashes are abnormally curly, pigmented or thick.

When Betty Boop wants attention, she flutters her long, luscious eyelashes. In Thomas Hood’s poem Ruth, he is captured by her “long lashes”.And beauty TikTokers lather on layer after layer ...