A side effect of a glaucoma medication is being put to good use.
MedPage Today reports on Latisse, which is applied to the base of the upper eyelashes and promotes growth within eight to 16 weeks.
Side effects can include red, itchy eyes, as well as changes in the skin pigmentation around the application area.
The drug has to be continued daily, or else the eyelashes will return to their normal length during the next eyelash cycle.
Allergan seems to be the master of profiting from medication side effects. They also sell Botox, originally indicated to treat eye disorders, but mainly used for its unintended aesthetic benefit.
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Not me! I wear relatively thick glasses (although they have high index plastic lenses, not a candidate for lasik). I don’t like wearing mascara because the feeling when my lashes brush against the proximal surface of the glasses’ lens creeps me out.
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