what is it called when your eyelashes turn inward
Answers (2) 1  The abnormal growth direction of the eyelashe is generally called trichiasis. For children and teenagers, the cause of trichiasis is usually the abnormal growth of the epiblepharon and the epicanthus, or the congenital eyelid introversion. 2  That your eyelashes turn inward means you are suffering from trichiasis. If your eye lashes grow inward, you will feel uncomfortable because that the eye lashes are coarse. Trichiasis is usually caused by entropion, blepharitis, eye injury, distichiasis and idiopathic.