How to Get Natural Long Eyelashes without using Latisse — the $35 solution

Published: August 25, 2009Posted in: Face
Carrie
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Carrie

Can I also use the reg­u­lar Bimatoprost 0.03% instead of Latisse?

Latisse is a diluted ver­sion of a glau­coma med­i­cine called Bimatoprost. Bimatoprost was launched in 2002 by the mak­ers of Botox and Latisse, Allergen Pharmacueticals.   About 1,800 peo­ple world­wide have been exposed to Bimatoprost in clin­i­cal tri­als.  Allergen used the clin­i­cal data from Bimatoprost to gain FDA approval for Latisse — i.e. the two are essen­tial the same prod­uct, except for Latisse you are also pay­ing over $130 which will cover the pack­ag­ing and mas­sive mar­ket­ing Allergen has been invest­ing in, while for $35 you get a plain, generic ver­sion of the same prod­ucts, with a dif­fer­ent name (Lumigen) but the same effects.

Possible side effects
This prod­uct reduces the pres­sure in your eyes and used mostly by older patients.  Reduced pres­sure in the eyes may per­ma­nently alter your vision but no one knows the long (over 10 years) affects of such products.

Many dermatologists and doctors agree that Latisse and Bimatoprost are sim­i­lar med­i­cine so it is up to you and Allergen will not pro­mote this usage but you prob­a­bly can use either prod­uct.  Bimatoprost is much cheaper with some users report­ing costs $15 US in India (from Allergen) or through online phar­ma­cies for $35 for Lumigen, Allergen’s Bimatoprost.

Do you still want to pay $130 for Latisse instead of $35 for Lumigen? Well you decide :)