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[gfish]

There is a prescription drug for thicker eyelashes.

THERE IS A PRESCRIPTION DRUG FOR THICKER EYELASHES.

I'm so glad I'll be back on the playa in a bit over a day. Things make sense there.

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[rollick.livejournal.com]

I hope you'll be taking pictures and blogging the experience again. I loved getting to experience it vicariously through your particular mindset.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

That drug, lumigan, was originally used -- and is still used -- for glaucoma treatment for lowering your interocular pressure. The *side-effect* was making your eyelashes grow. Other common side-effects include reddened eyes, changes your iris color, and blurred vision. Apparently now people are sueing the company over some of those.

[kathrynt.livejournal.com]

I've heard that this drug is an enormous boon to people with alopecia, too. That it has a cosmetic benefit is hopefully enough to keep the price low.

[loree.livejournal.com]

It's for people like my mother, whose eyelashes tend not to grow back if they fall out. She's been missing about a third of them on one of her eyes for about 40 years.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

It may be used for that, but it is marketed as a cosmetic product. Take a standard makeup commercial, add a "side effects may include" section, boom. Scary stuff.