Latisse- Dangerous Medication! - Las Vegas, NV

I'm not a doc or nurse but it sounds like an allergic reaction when swelling is involved. I know it might have a slight irritation in the begining but it's your skin should get used to it. I would go to the place that you bought it becuase usually places will return it if it is an allergic reaction and if they won't I would contact Alergan the maker. The down side of this review is; if it is an allergic reaction Latisse just got a bad review for something that won't happen for MOST people. For most people the results will be pretty good.Bummer.

I'm sorry that you had a bad reaction to the medication, but I'm not sure that it's fair to call it "dangerous". I would highly recommend that you contact your doctor and let them know that you had an allergic reaction to the medication. Drug companies like Allergan have hotlines for doctors to report adverse reactions that their patients experience. I am not sure how many clinical studies Allergan had to conduct in order to receive FDA approval, but the one mentioned in the prescribing information had 278 patients. That's not a huge number and although only 4% of the patients in that group reported mild reactions like redness and itching, the percentage could change as a larger population uses the medication. If your reaction was that bad, make sure that your doctor notes a bimatoprost allergy in your medical records.

I love this product. I used to have thicker and longer eyelashes in my teens, 20's and 30's, but by 40 something they thinned out and got shorter. I began using this product on Feb. 9, 2009. I purchased it from my dermatologist. My eyelashes are so much longer now and starting to fill in as well. I have had no adverse reaction to this product and I have already ordered more of the product to continue using it. I am using a small eyeliner brush to administer the product to my lash line only and wiping off any residual on the lid with my finger. What I like the most is the curl and the darkening of the hairs. The price is high but I recommend putting only one drop on a sterile surface and dipping the eyeliner brush tip into it and applying as it will last a lot longer that way. Good luck and if you use it enjoy your beautiful eyelashes!

I had a less dramatic reaction -- very itchy lids, dry eye, but no swelling -- when I first used Latisse. I held off using it again for about five days, and then gave it another try. No reaction this time. I think that I put too much product on the brush the first time, and that I am slightly sensitive to it. You aren't supposed to get any IN your eye, and if you have blue or light-colored eyes, you face the possibility of getting brown splotches of pigment in your irises if you do (read the list of side effects... this is irreversible). I am still on my first bottle, and I see no change in the thickness of my lashes. I do think that they have darkened somewhat (although it's early to know if that's true, since this product works at the root level). I do have some eyelid darkening, but the precautionary statement says this is temporary. I figure I will do two bottles of this, and if I see no marked difference, I'll stop using it.

It is possible that you had an allergic reaction but more likely you just got it into your eye instead of on the skin at the base of the eyelash. One effect of the active ingredient is vasodilation, in other words the blood vessels dilate giving you a red eye. It is harmless and in any case avoidable if you just keep it out of the eye.