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Eyelash Connection?

elye

By elye
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elye Community Regular
elye
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Here's a very interesting one for you all: I went to our local celiac group meeting recently, and the speaker was the national chairman. I've heard him speak before, and man, this guy knows his stuff. Anyway, about halfway through his discussion on heredity and celiac, he said: "the gene responsible for starting up celiac disease, on the short arm of the sixth chromosone, is also responsible for lengthy eyelashes". !!!! Wow! Have any of you heard this before? He added, "So, if any of your relatives are undiagnosed but have long eyelashes, they should be tested". Fascinating, huh? My son has incredibly long eyelashes, (as do I...lucky me!) and I've just had him tested, which I would have done without this interesting factoid. Anyone hear anything like this before? Curiouser and curiouser...

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Carriefaith Enthusiast
Carriefaith
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I have heard that before. I guess that is a good thing about having celiac disease!

mart Contributor
mart
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I've heard this too. My son who has celiac has long, beautiful lashes. Can't believe I'm saying this but I guess this disease has a benefit!

StrongerToday Enthusiast
StrongerToday
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There was just a pretty lengthy chat about this subject, sorry I don't have the link but I'm sure you can search it. It was pretty interesting!

rache Apprentice
rache
Posted

wow, that true! but i noticed that my eyelashes do not seem as long as they used to since being gluten-free. is that weird?

dlp252 Apprentice
dlp252
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Here is the link to the other thread:

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trents Grand Master
trents
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wow, that true! but i noticed that my eyelashes do not seem as long as they used to since being gluten-free. is that weird?

Hold on now! The length of one's eyelashes is genetically determined, like blue eyes. It woun't be affected by changing your diet.

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rache Apprentice
rache
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Hold on now! The length of one's eyelashes is genetically determined, like blue eyes. It woun't be affected by changing your diet.

But seriously, my eye lashes are not as long as they used to be. im not sure why, its strange!

flagbabyds Collaborator
flagbabyds
Posted

i have such long eyelashes! OMG that is so weird, i have the longest in my family. I had heard that before but never really believed it.

plantime Contributor
plantime
Posted

My eyelashes are fairly long, but they are so thin and sparse, no one can tell. Every time I get into pollen, my eyelids swell, and my lashes fall out. Very aggravating!

lpellegr Collaborator
lpellegr
Posted

I have barely any eyelashes, while my husband, son, and daughter, who do not have celiac disease (kids were tested) have remarkably long, thick eyelashes. Gene expression is not a sure thing. ;)

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