Article of the Week: Lumilash for Eyelash Growth
Friday, August 29th, 2008Coming Soon! Lumilash
As reported in the news and several financial analysts’ reports, hopefully sometime in 2009 Allergan will receive approval to market its eyelash enhancing product Lumilash (note, this is the proposed name and has not been finalized.) Lumilash contains the patented prescription medication Bimatoprost, currently approved as Lumigan, an ophthalmic eye drop for the treatment of glaucoma. Lumigan is currently being used off label by thousands of my patients to grow their eyelashes longer and thicker. It is applied to the base the eyelashes, on the eyelids, rather than in the eye, and has proven itself to be safe and 100% effective in all of my patients who have used it. As I have never seen any drug be 100% effective, in my 23 years experience in medicine, these results are extraordinary to me! I have even seen it grow lashes in patients who have lost them due to chemotherapy and alopecia areata (a disease that causes loss of scalp and sometimes facial and/or body hair.) Patients who have had sparse lashes their entire lives, as many of my patients of Asian descent have, are especially thrilled with their longer and thicker lashes.
Within weeks of daily use, lashes grow longer and thicker, and will continue to grow until use of this medication is reduced. In fact, many of my patients have to trim their eyelashes at this point. They sometimes grow so long they look like extensions. We recommend that daily use is reduced at this point to two to three times weekly for maintenance.
We have over 1000 patients on it now and they love it! I personally will continue to use it too!