Will Lumigan instead of Latisse increase my eye lashes? Will it harm my eyes?

Essentially, Lumigan and Latisse are the exact same product, only packaged differently. The history of this is that Lumigan is a medicated eye drop used to treat glaucoma. Over the years, as glaucoma patients used Lumigan, they saw their glaucoma controlled, but also noticed their eyelashes becoming longer, thicker and more plentiful. Allergan, the company that makes Lumigan, approached the FDA in the United States and was allowed to repackage Lumigan as Latisse, and instruct patients that don't have glaucoma to put some Lumigan on a small brush(supplied) and apply it to their upper eyelashes. In approximately 6-12 weeks these patients noticed the same improvement in their eyelashes. It has been a hit!

The only side effect of Latisse I have ever seen is some mild irritation of the eye and I instruct these patients to apply a little less product to their lashes. There are some reports of Lumigan(remember, full strength and used as an eye drop for glaucoma....so much much more of the product is getting in the eye)causing some change in color of the iris pigment in a small number of eyes. I have never seen this or even read about this problem with Latisse use.

So, to answer your question, yes, you can use Lumigan in place of Latisse, if that is all that is available to you in Egypt.