LATISSE — First FDA Approved Eyelash Growth Treatment

March 2, 2009
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Monday March 2, 2009

Are you ready for some serious eyelash batting?

Latisse the only FDA approved eyelash growth treatment proven to grow lashes 25% more longer, 106 percent thicker, and 8 percent darker was approved by the FDA on December 26, 2009 and is now available only through a physician. I just got my hands on it. Yippie!

Allergan, the company that also brought us Botox and Restylane conducted a clinical trial with about 280 volunteers who agreed to use Latisse daily for 16 weeks. In a published, FDA reviewed clinical trial 78 percent reported a significant increase in overall eyelash prominence. In this study only 3.6 percent of patients reported red and or itchy eyes and none of them had a change of color of the iris, which was previously a purported side effect of the glaucoma drug Lumgan, from which Latisse’s main ingredient was, and resulted of the original Jan Marini eyelash conditioner to be pulled off the shelves by the FDA. It’s pretty exciting if you ask me!

Applied once daily to the base of the upper lashes with a sterile, single use brush applicator, Latisse user can expect longer, fuller eyelashes in as little as eight weeks with optimal result in sixteen weeks.
To maintain result, continued treatment with LATISSE is required. If use of Latissse is discontinued, eyelashes will gradually return to where they were prior to treatment over a period of weeks to months (average eyelash hair cycle).
By the way, I found the brushes that came with the drug completely useless and I’m using instead a regular eyeliner brush.

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The cost of $120 for a month supply isn’t cheap, but for $4.00 a day it’s still less expensive than a latte at Starbucks.

In the United States you will need a prescription. Online, I found SKIN1 a dermatology and laser center willing to ship me Latisse. They faxed me a patient form to fill out along with CC info. I faxed it back and a few days later Latisse arrived.

I’ll keep you all posted on my lashes progress.

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Sylvia

I really hope ladies take some caution if they decide to use this product… in my opinion, the pros out weigh the cons. Side effects are dark circles, change in the color of your iris, red/itchy eyes… hmm, I would think that out weighs having more eyelashes. Not to mention, why go through the hassle of a prescription DRUG. I have been using a cosmetic called Revitalash for a while now and it does what latisse claims to do and i don’t need to worry!

I hope you are lucky enough to have non of the horrid side effects
http://www.clrvue.com Dr. Wallace

I have had good success with Latisse so far. It is the same drug that has been used for years to treat glaucoma so I’m not too concerned about the side effects. They are mild with my glaucoma patients and Latisse uses much less. Since this product is new it will be interesting to see how often application is needed once the full effect has occurred. Clear View Eye Care
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Dr. Lorrie Klein

Latisse is very safe and effective. I have seen comments like Sylvia’s above circulating the internet, they all say the same thing, promoting Revitalash while complaining about Latisse. Since Revitalash is illegally putting in a prescription ingredient identical or similar to Latisse into their “cosmetic” product it should have the same side effect profile as Latisse does. In my experience putting over 1800 patients on bimatoprost (Lumigan/Latisse) for eyelash growth, I have never seen any side effects besides occasional, temporary irritation.
Revitalash is feeling very threatened now because of Latisse’s approval by the FDA. Latisse is the pure active prostaglandin (bimataprost) while Revitalash has an unknown mixture of the same or a related prostaglandin, mixed with other unknown chemicals. The company is very secretive about what they put in it. My guess is that it won’t be around much longer.
LOUISE

WILL LATISSE WORK ON GROWING EYEBROWS?
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  Hi Lousie, I heard it does, not sure how well though.