Latisse® Eyelash Extension
FDA approves New Prescription Product Increases Length, Thickness And
Darkness Of Eyelashes
Our Los Angeles based medical office will be the first to
offer LATISSE® treatments for extensions of eyelashes.
This procedure is intended for use on the skin of the
upper eyelid margins at the base of the eyelashes. increases the growth of
eyelashes, making them longer, thicker and darker
Eyelash hypotrichosis is another name for having inadequate or
not enough eyelashes. LATISSE® is the first and only science-based treatment
approved by the FDA to enhance eyelash prominence as measured by increases in
length, thickness and darkness of eyelashes.
Available only through a doctor, LATISSE® is a once-daily
prescription treatment applied to the base of the upper eyelashes with a
sterile, single-use-per-eye disposable applicator. LATISSE® users can expect to
experience longer, fuller and darker eyelashes in as little as eight weeks, with
full results in 16 weeks. Latisse® Eyelash Extension in Los Angeles Woodland
Hills West Hills and Sherman Oaks To maintain effect, continued treatment with LATISSE®
is required. If use of LATISSE® is discontinued, eyelashes will gradually return
to where they were prior to treatment over a period of weeks to months (average
eyelash hair cycle).
Bimatoprost
is the active pharmaceutical ingredient in the formulation of LATISSE®
and is a
structural prostaglandin analog, a lipid compound derived from fatty acids
designed to bind to prostaglandin (PG) receptors. PG receptors are present in
hair, particularly in the dermal papilla and outer root sheath. Although the
precise mechanism of action is unknown, PG receptors are thought to be involved
in the development and re-growth of the hair follicle, by increasing the percent
of hairs in, and the duration of, the anagen or growth phase.
Latisse® information from
Allergan, Inc.
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