If I Stop Latisse Treatment Will I Lose my Lashes or Will They Just Stop Growing? Doctor Answers, Tips
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If I Stop Latisse Treatment Will I Lose my Lashes or Will They Just Stop Growing?

I am just afraid that if treatment stops I will lose what I have grown.

4 Doctor Answers | Asked by Mim Mim in Houston tx
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What Happens if you Stop Latisse

There are approximately 100 to 150 eyelashes on each upper eyelid. The growth of eyelashes is cyclical, going through 3 stages: a growth phase, a transition phase, and a resting phase. At any given time, numerous hair follicles can be found in each of the different stages. The growth phase of an average eyelash hair is approximately 1 to 2 months. Latisse has been shown to increase the amount of time each eyelash hair remains in the growing phase. The application of Latisse has also been... more
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Latisse Over the Long Term

If you have been using Latisse for several months and have seen nice improvement in thickness and length of your eyelashes, it is now time to switch to what I call a "maintenance dose" which you should continue indefinitely. What I recommend is applying Latisse in the usual manner(to the upper eyelash margin only) 2 or 3 times per week instead of every day. If you discontinue Latisse entirely your eyelashes won't immediately fall out, but do know that everyones... more
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Maintain lash improvements with latisse

Yes, if you stop cold turkey you will lose the gains you have achieved with Latisse.  That's why you should just slow down the application schedule, to every two or three days.  That will be enough follicle stimulation to keep your gains.  And therefore the maintenance dose will be affordable. 

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Consequence of stopping Latisse

Latisse works by keeping more hair follicles active in their growth phase. This results in MORE and LONGER hairs (in this cases eyelashes). If you stop using Latisse abruptly, a large number of the follicles would go into their dormant stage and the lashes would fall off until the follicles wake up and each re-grows a hair.  It is better to decrease the frequency of Latisse use than to stop its use abruptly.
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