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drug that grows longer, thicker eyelashes
Washington:
A drug for glaucoma is now being marketed to make eyelashes
longer, darker and thicker. US pharmaceutical firm Allergan,
which also markets popular wrinkle treatment Botox, is the company
behind the drug, Latisse. It uses the same formula as glaucoma
drug Lumigan after scientists noticed the anti-blindness treatment
boosted lashes. "This is a new innovation for lashes. Latisse
fulfills a significant and previously unmet aesthetic need in
the marketplace," Discovery News quoted Frederick Beddingfield,
Chief Medical Officer for Allergan, as saying. According to
clinical trials conducted by Allergan last year, 278 patients
taking Latisse averaged eyelashes that were 25 percent longer,
106 percent thicker and 18 percent darker. That translates into
1.4 millimeters of eyelash growth after 16 weeks of use. Allergan
is currently shipping Latisse to pharmacies nationwide. With
a doctor's prescription, patients could be applying Latisse
within months.
-Mar
19, 2009
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