who's your dermatologist?"Allergan, the company that turned an obscure muscle paralyzer for eyelid spasms, Botox, into a blockbuster wrinkle smoother, hopes to perform cosmetic alchemy yet again. At the end of the month, the company plans to introduce Latisse, the first federally approved prescription drug for growing longer, lusher lashes."
So begins an amazing front page article in the NY Times today.
When I first entered dermatology, back in the Pleistocene no patient ever asked about moisturizers, anti-wrinkle creams, fillers, and on and on. Sadly, these hold no interest for me and I realize that I am a curmudgeon deserving of the title "Dinosaur" -- or perhaps "Dermosaur."
"Allergan plans to introduce Latisse this month, primarily to cosmetic doctors like dermatologists. Some women who have already tried Latisse are fans.
“People would say to me ‘Are you wearing false eyelashes?’ — even my own mother asked,” said Cindy Ross, vice president for sales at Young Pharmaceuticals in Wethersfield, Conn., who participated in the Latisse clinical trial."
Stay tuned, but pleas don't refer any of these patients to the Dino-Dermo Centre at which I work.
I had just written the compounded version of latanoprast for a 12 years old with alopecia areata of the eyebrows and eyelashes after a year of treating her with intralesional steroids in the eyebrow region. It is difficult for young girl to have all her eyelashes missing. Just remember if your patient has blue or green eyes that medicine can change their "blue eyes to brown" an unwanted side effect in most people.
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