Tears are your eyes' friends, so to speak. Board-certified dermatologist Marisa Garshick, MD, FAAD, explains to Byrdie, "Tears help to protect the eyes from irritants. With crying, the tears help to clear debris from the eyes, including particles and dust." If you have oily skin, tears also might help with your complexion. "[F]or oily skin types, the salt in tears can likely benefit the skin by drying out excess oil and potentially killing bacteria on the skin that can cause acne," board-certified dermatologist Erum Ilyas, MD, tells Shape.
However, the post-cry eyelash effect is an illusion. "Crying does not make the eyelashes grow but the eyelashes may appear darker or straighter as tears lubricate the lashes," Garshick reveals to Byrdie. So, your eyelashes definitely look longer after you've cried, but they haven't really grown in length — they're just moisturized. "There is no evidence that crying actually increases eyelash growth," says Rebecca Marcus, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and founder of Maei MD.
Unfortunately, crying your way to luscious lashes isn't happening. Before you try to make yourself cry on purpose to get the look of longer lashes, consider an emotionally easier route.
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