Latisse may soon be inducted into the hair club for men (and women, too).
The drug, which in its earliest, unsexiest incarnation existed solely as a glaucoma treatment, is best known as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved wonder drug that can grow and darken your poor listless lashes . Now, it's being tested for a new use: growing hair on your dome.
No one tracks just how many doctors across the country are using Latisse off-label to target hair loss, but Dr. Alan Bauman, a Boca Raton, Fla., board-certified hair restoration physician has been using the drug this way for about three years, beginning around the time the FDA approved it for eyelash growth in December 2008. He describes his own personal "eureka!" moment:
"Patients who were using it for eyelashes sometimes have eyebrow problems, so it’s a short hop to the eyebrows," he explains. "So, of course, if it was working there, too — from the eyebrows, it’s just a short hop to the hairline."
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2 comments:
Perhaps the biggest fact about Latisse is that it’s the first and only FDA-approved eyelash enhancement solution. It’s manufactured by Allergan, the same company behind Botox.
Well I haven't heard about this but if Latisse would be as great as that hands down. =)
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