By: Billy BeerSlugger
So there’s this new drug out there that makes your eyelashes grow. I wasn’t even aware this was a disease but apparently hypotrichosis is when you have short eyelashes. Man that must suck. I mean of all the things to be afflicted with, I wouldn’t wish short eyelashes on anyone.
But seriously, some people may need this. In the 90 some seconds of research I’ve done for this article I’ve seen some pretty alien looking women with little to no visible eyelashes. The sad fact is that thousands if not hundreds of thousands of women will now ask their doctor for this drug that do not actually need it. Cougars will probably blow a pharmacist to get this stuff.
Latisse is a once-daily prescription treatment applied to the base of the upper eyelashes which supposedly increases eyelash prominence, length, thickness and darkness. Side effects include possible itching and redness, permanent darkening of the eyelid skin, possible brown pigmentation to the colored part of the eye, hair growth if Latisse is applied to the area outside the eyelashes and variation in eyelash growth direction. But hey it’s approved by the FDA and they are never wrong, ever.
What’s the next vanity drug to come out? If a drug that helps you get longer eylashes is any indication of what companies are going to market to women to look marginally better then the sky’s the limit. I mean come on if Women are injecting the Botulism Virus into their faces then they’ll pretty much do anything to look subjectively prettier.
A funny sidenote to Botox is that a little while ago their slogan on commecials was, “Express yourself”. It’s hilarious when you think that Botox is injected to paralyze muscles in the face. Typically facial expression is more or less limited after Botox, thus the Zinger.