Wednesday, January 14, 2009

all in the name of fuller lashes!

First there was Botox and now there is Latisse, the first federally approved prescription drug for growing longer, lusher lashes (brought to us by the same pharma as Botox, btw). As a lady who loves to bat her lashes I can understand the desire for longer, fuller, more black lashes, but don't we get that from mascara??? Do we really need to use eye drops that were originally meant to treat glaucoma? I mean seriously, this drug was not meant for longer, lusher lashes, those are it's side effect. Plus, you would have to deal with the side effects of the drug itself, like red, itchy eyes and changes in eyelid pigmentation. Seriously ladies? is it really worth the money and potential issues???

And on top of all that, what is with big pharma trying to endanger women and at the same time give them even more socially proscribed beauty ideals to live up to. WTF???

NYT Article on Latisse

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