LATISSE^® solution is a prescription treatment for hypotrichosis used to grow eyelashes, making them longer, thicker and darker. Eyelash hypotrichosis is another name for having inadequate or not enough eyelashes.  LATISSE^® received approval from the FDA in December 2008 as the first and only prescription treatment to grow lashes longer, fuller and darker.  LATISSE^® does not work in place of mascara, but rather is a treatment to grow lashes for those with inadequate or not enough lashes and requires a prescription from a doctor. Many of my LATISSE^® patients still use mascara.

Growth is gradual over time. Some may start to notice longer lashes after about a month and many should experience full results in approximately four months. This is similar to the clinical trial results, but individual results may vary. Just like it takes some time for LATISSE^® to work, if use of LATISSE^® is discontinued, eyelashes will return to their previous appearance over the course of several weeks to months.