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What Is It?
Latisse is an FDA-approved treatment for making eyelashes grow longer and thicker. Its active ingredient is bimatoprost ophthalmic solution, which is also used to treat glaucoma. Although the precise reasons for its ability to create lusher eyelashes are unknown, Latisse appears to lengthen eyelashes by prolonging their growth phase and to thicken them by increasing the number of eyelash hairs that are in the growth phase at any one time.
In a clinical trial conducted by the company that manufacturers Latisse (Allergan), 78 percent of participants who used Latisse for four months experienced a significant improvement in the length, thickness, and/or darkness of their eyelashes compare to 18 percent of participants who used a placebo product.
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How Do I Get Latisse?
Latisse is available only by a physician’s prescription. To help ensure good, safe results, however, make sure you receive the prescription from a physician experienced in treating patients with it.
How Is It Used?
With a special applicator, you will apply Latisse once a day (in the evening) to the base of each of your upper eyelids. The solution must be applied carefully, as excess solution that strays repeatedly from the eyelid can encourage hairs to grow where you don’t want them. (Carefully dabbing away the solution from non-treatment areas can help prevent this problem.) Latisse should never be applied to the lower eyelid line.
What Can I Expect from the Treatment?
Full results may appear within 8 weeks of using the product, although it’s more common for results to become evident after 12 to 16 weeks. Latisse is only a temporary solution for the creation of longer, thicker lashes, however. Once you stop using it, your lashes will eventually return to their normal length and thickness—usually within weeks or, perhaps, a couple of months.
What Are Its Possible Side Effects?
Eye redness and itching are Latisse’s most common side effects. They can indicate that you’re having an allergic reaction to the solution—one that requires medical care. So be sure to contact your physician if you develop these side effects.
About 4 percent of the people who use Latisse develop other side effects, such as eye dryness or irritation, reddened eyelids, and darkening of the skin around the eyes (where the solution has repeatedly strayed). In addition, the active ingredient in Latisse, bimatoprost ophthalmic solution, can darken the pigmentation (color) of the iris—even changing blue eyes to brown—if it ends up directly in the eye (as it does when used to treat glaucoma). The darkening of the skin is usually reversible, but the darkening of the iris is not. If you develop any of these side effects, stop using the product and call your physician.
Is Latisse for Everyone?
No. If you have an allergy to any of the ingredients in Latisse, you should, of course, avoid the product. You should also avoid it if you feel you’ll have difficulty applying the product to your eyelids correctly.
Be sure to tell your doctor if you have elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), or if you have a history of abnormal IOP. You may be able to use Latisse, but you’ll need to be closely supervised during treatment.
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I started using Latisse about a month and a half ago, and my eyelashes are already so much thicker
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I started using Latisse about a month and a half ago, and my eyelashes are already so much thicker and longer. I am really bad about putting it on every night and I have still seen amazing results. When I wear mascara, it looks like I have really good false eyelashes on!! I have never had long eyelashes, and now I do, its great! And I have not experienced any negative side effects. I will absolutely continue using it.
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