The Danger of Lining Your Waterline!

Oh wow - gross! Yeah I have definitely always avoided eyeliner getting too close as it irritates my eyes - no point putting all this effort into eye make up if it just gives you red bloodshot angry looking eyes!

I used to model and the amount of times I could pull my eyelid down to reveal a tonne of gunk that accumulated in my eye throughout the day. This honestly doesn’t surprise me that it could be doing damage, I certainly noticed some sensitivities in my eyes over time and always put it down to excess amounts of make up in my eye and having brushes/pencils going over such soft tissue

Most days I do my upper lash line but after reading this article I am bit reluctant to continue although I have never had any problems.

Dang! I don't do this everyday, but I really like how it looks when I do do it. I will have to stick to only doing this occasionally I guess.

I always found it hurt to put pencil on my waterline so I’m glad I’ve never carried on over the years.

I gave up years ago wearing eyeliner as it came off or looked like I was stuck in my grunge era hahaha. To find out it's actually not good from a medical perspective makes me feel good not to bother with it form now on :-)

My Optometrist told me I have Melbomiam Gland Disfunction and she also said I have a small cyst on the edge of my eyelid which was caused by the condition. I suffer from weepy eyes,wake up with red itchy eyes and have to use warm flannels or a wheat bag to heat the oil glands and unblock them. I also use eyedrops and cleanse my eyes with Systane Lid Wipes which prevent infection. I rarely apply eyeliner and mascara now as it usually irritates my eyes.

I have done the waterline with a kohl pencil almost every day for years and never had any side effects. I did once affect the glands by wearing contact lenses everyday and sitting in a place at work where there was a constant air flow on my face and my eyes became very dry. This took unite a while to heal though they are fine now and I can wear lenses and waterline pencil without any problems. I do cleanse thoroughly at night and find the Bion Tears are are very helpful for dry eyes. Also, a good way to help the glands is to rest a damp, warm cloth on your eyelids for a while.

Oh wow, what an eye opener! I use an eyeliner pretty much everyday and both top and bottom. I feel I look tired if I don’t. On a positive haven’t been using it regularly while in lockdown.

I use eyeliner every day especially now that I’m getting older, as I look tired and like I don’t have eyes if I don’t. I don’t know if I’ll be able to stop ??

Yikes. I tightline my top lashes EVERY DAY. Is that as bad as waterlining on the bottom? Please tell me it's not! I love my eyeliner :(

I don’t put liner in the waterline nearly as often as I used to. Probably a good thing.

I had to look up where the water line is. And realized I always put my eye liner there. I won't from now on though.

Most of the time, tightline the top lashes. And every now and then bottom lash liner.

That was so descriptive, i'm glad that tik tok has not popped up on my feed. Ew..yucky.

I always tightline my lash line. I do like a nice nude eyeliner in my lower waterline but sometimes skip it because I'm tight on time. But I always double cleanse off my makeup at the end of the day.