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“For the safety of your eyes and the health of your natural lashes, you should always wait for an expert to remove your eyelash extensions,” says Andra Ciulei Marin, an eyelash extension stylist and the artistic director at Courtney Akai Lash Boutique in NYC. Los Angeles–based makeup artist Ashley Gomila agrees.

Although you might be desperate to remove all of the remaining lashes at once, the last thing you should do is take out the tweezers. “Picking at your lashes would be the worst possible thing you can do,” says Clementina Richardson, celebrity lash expert and founder of Envious Lashes in NYC. “This will result in bald spots throughout the lash line. The extensions are attached to the natural lashes, therefore picking on the extensions will take the natural lashes along with them.”

The good news? Although you can’t perform a professional-style removal in the comfort of your own home, there are steps you can take and products you can use that can help speed up the removal process—just don’t be surprised if it takes a few days or even a little longer for them to eventually all come off. Patience is key here.

When it comes to removing eyelash extensions, most of the “don’ts” your lash technician shared with you after your application are now encouraged. That includes using an oil-based eye makeup remover, taking a steamy shower, and using a slippery oil like castor oil.

“Two known enemies of lash adhesives are heat and moisture,” Marin says. “Alone, and especially together, these elements can dissolve cyanoacrylate when applied in large enough and intense enough quantities.”

When you're on the hunt for an eye makeup remover, Marin suggests looking specifically for formulas that feature glycols. She explains: "Glycols are used in cosmetics as solvents and have been shown to dissolve adhesive bonds.” By loading up a cotton pad with an oil-based cleanser and applying it to your lashes daily, you will ultimately weaken the bonds of the eyelash glue so that they'll detach on their own.

While hitting the showers (or even a steam room) might not be as effective as it would be when the lash adhesive is still setting, a long, steamy shower can help loosen the eyelash extension glue.

Just like using an oil-based cleanser, you shouldn’t expect to see all of your lashes fall off after one hot shower. “If a good quality adhesive is used, it will take a lot of steam and hot water to affect the lifespan of the eyelash extensions,” says Marin. It’s important to be patient here for the health of your lashes.

If you’re desperate to get your lashes off, you can use castor oil or baby oil as a nightly treatment to dissolve the bonds while you sleep. “Oils that have been shown to weaken extension adhesives are mineral oil, vegetable oil, coconut oil, canola oil, and castor oil,” Marin tells us.

After you remove all your eye makeup, coat a spoolie or a cotton swab in castor oil (Gomila prefers coconut oil) and brush it on your lashes during your evening skincare routine. “Rub the swab or spoolie along the top of your lash line where the extensions are bonded, taking great care to not allow any of the oil into your eye,” Marin explains. If oil does enter the eye, be sure to flush it out immediately with water. An added bonus: castor oil may even help to promote longer natural eyelashes.

Even if you’ve tried the above tips and are still stuck with one random lash, resist the urge to reach for the tweezers, because you could wind up leaving your natural lashes severely damaged, especially if the natural lashes you pull are in the early stages of growth.

“Do not pull lashes out, cut them off, or use a hot compress,” Gomila says. “Keep the lashes clean and limit rubbing or anything else that could irritate them.” Not only can pulling and picking leave you with sparse lashes, but repeatedly doing so could be extremely detrimental. “Constantly pulling off your eyelashes could result in extreme follicle damage, which could result in irreversible damage,” Marin adds.

Eyelash extensions typically need to be removed after two or three weeks after their application. This time period is generally how long a growth cycle for natural eyelashes is. By this time, it’s natural to see your extensions grown out and you might have even noticed a few have fallen out.

Instead of picking or pulling, you might try to conceal the remaining lash extensions with lengthening mascara and eyeliner.

“Using a good black liner on your upper lid will mask those stragglers right up,” Marin says. Not only can mascara help blend stubborn extensions that seem to be holding on for dear life, but using mascara on a daily basis can also help weaken the adhesive keeping the extensions attached to your actual lashes. It’s basically a two-for-one.

“My tip would be to put mascara on every day,” Marin continues. “Most mascaras are loaded with waxes and oils so should come right off after about a week of using it.” To really speed up the process, you might try using a mascara like drugstore favorite NEUTROGENA Healthy Volume Mascara during the day. This formula is loaded with both olive oil and sweet almond oil. Then remove the mascara at night by loading up a cotton ball with an oil-based makeup remover. This is one time when two major lash extension wrongs make a right.

“I would recommend going to the lash tech that applied the lashes for the easiest and safest way of removal. Not all lash bonding agents are the same and could cause permanent damage,” Gomila explains. “In addition to possible damage, it would take trial and error to remove them at home.”

Trying to take your eyelashes out too prematurely can cause damage and breakage your natural lashes. It’s important to note the at-home methods above only aid in removal once your extensions are already falling out.

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