Xalatan (Latanoprost) For Growing Eyelashes

I received the following from a patient:

Guess what I’ve discovered? Indirectly, of course :) Turns out that THIS stuff had an odd side effect (it’s a glaucoma medication) it grown hair and has become RevitaLash. There’s more to the story (possible lawsuit, etc) about the product… how interesting! Anyway, I would like to buy the Xatalan (if you can/will write a prescription) and test it on my hairline. Does that sound interesting to you?

Xalatan is the brand name that Pfizer uses to market the generic drug latanoprost.

This is interesting, but upon looking up the drug for risks and potential side effects, I am not sure about safety. My one and only real caution is the safety issues. For example, if you accidentally got this into your eye, then there are pressure changes in the eye that might damage your vision — and there are verbal reports from doctors experienced with this drug that have told me it can change eye color. The medication is normally used to drop high eye pressure under the direction of a physician, but if your eye pressure is normal, it can drop to below normal levels and possibly cause injury.

As far as hair growth, it would be interesting to see if anyone has tried it, but the cost is high on a per drop basis so you would have to be quite wealthy to put drops of this stuff on your scalp.

• MedLine Plus – Latanoprost
• Wikipedia – Latanoprost