Glaucoma medicine grew eyelashes as a "side effect"

Jon Dishler, MD answers: Glaucoma eyedrops for eyelash growth?

I read on some web sites that they use the glaucoma medication as an eye drop for lash growth instead of brushing it on lids (like Latisse). They said that worked fine. Is there any harm in doing it that way if you do not have glaucoma?


Jon Dishler, MD
2 months ago
By Jon Dishler, MD - Denver Ophthalmologist

It was discovered that Lumigan which was prescribed for glaucoma had the effect of growing lashes, and the manufacturer, Allergan, studied this effect and received an approval to market the same medication for application to the eyelids to grow eyelashes.  It works well for both, but in the case of Latisse, the application is planned to be on the base of the eyelashes, and not in the eye.

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