Thin eyelashes can be embarrassing and searching for the best eyelash treatment is overwhelming. If uninformed, you may choose the wrong product and experience disappointing results. A popular prescription and FDA-approved eyelash enhancement product is Latisse. You can only get Latisse with a doctor’s prescription, but is this product is much better and safer than store-bought treatments.
Store Bought Eyelash Treatments Might Not Cut It
The key ingredient in most over-the-counter eyelash serums is biotin. Products that use biotin claim that it helps strengthen the hair protein, keratin. Unfortunately, there’s no scientific evidence biotin helps grow your eyelashes. Typically, store-bought eyelash serums include vitamins, peptides, and sodium hyaluronate. These ingredients may help prevent breakage or make your eyelashes shiny, but it won’t make them fuller.
The Science Behind Growing Eyelashes
Eyelashes follow a growth process similar to other follicles on the body, encompassing three stages—the anagen, catagen, and telogen phases. While in the anagen phase, the eyelashes are growing. This typically lasts four to six weeks. Latisse lengthens the duration of the anagen phase, allowing the lashes to grow for a longer period of time.
Latisse is an FDA-Approved Eyelash Treatment
Many over-the-counter products boast they can grow your lashes, but they do not have scientific evidence to back those claims up. Latisse, on the other hand, was the first FDA-approved treatment for eyelash growth, meaning it has studies that prove it works. Plus, these studies verify the product is genuinely safe to use.
The key ingredient in Latisse is bimatoprost, which elongates the anagen phase of the eyelash cycle. Originally, a treatment for glaucoma to reduce eye pressure, patients noticed that their lashes grew fuller and darker when using the drug. Latisse is a regulated drug, making it a more effective and safer product than its over-the-counter equivalents.
You can only get Latisse with a prescription from a doctor, like the certified physicians at North Scottsdale Laser & Skin Care Clinic.
Want to speak with a doctor about how Latisse can help you grow thicker, darker lashes? Schedule a consultation with one of our experts at North Scottsdale Laser & Skin Care Clinic. Call us at (480) 513-2888, or book your appointment online.
