Will Latisse Cause Hair Growth if It Gets in the Eyes?

Hair can only grow where hair has grown before, and it requires a complex known as the hair follicle. There are no hairs growing on the eye itself, and in fact the same exact medication is used for glaucoma marketed as Lumigan. There are no "hairy eyeballs" in patients who use Lumigan in their eye for glaucoma, and likewise if some accidently got into the eye when treating the eyelases, there would be no hair growth on the eyeball. Some people have hair in their medial canthus... more

I have not heard of this urban tale of Latisse getting in the eye and causing hair growth. Latisse needs hair follicles in order to work and there are none in the eye, only on the eyelid. Latisse is also Lumigan, a glaucoma drop that is put directly into the eye and has been used for many years with no reports of hairy eyeballs, only eyelids.