Latisse, Rogaine or Librow for Eyebrows?

Latisse has been used off-label by many of our patients for the eyebrows with excellent results. There is no direct comparison study to the other agent, although you may want to do your own little study and use Latisse on one eyebrow, and Minoxidil on the other eyebrow.

Latisse is the only product FDA approved for use around the eyes. Although not FDA approved for eyebrows (yet), it's the only product with formal clinical studies with FDA approval for eyelash growth. Rogaine is meant to be used on the scalp. LiBrow - a sister product of LiLash - "may" accomplish the same thing, but the active ingredient is not bimatoprost, which is the FDA-approved agent that extends eyelash hair growth cycles.

Latisse works by prolonging the growth cycle of hair, so hairs that would normally have fallen out in a certain time span, stay active...that's why you see the length. The thickness comes from having adjacent hairs active when they'd normally be dormant. Hair cycles include a rest phase, an active phase and a shedding phase.

If you change that cycle you get more hairs present at the same time for a longer period of time.

What none of these products will do is activate a "dead" follicle, so if you never have eyebrow hair, you won't get it from these as the follicles which respond as the ones with some potential to respond.

That said, once the product kicks in, you may find you need to trim individual hairs as each follicle runs on its own schedule.