May 06, 2009

I FEEL A CASE OF GLAUCOMA COMING ON!

FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL:

The Next Botox: A Drug for Longer Eyelashes By Jacob Goldstein



In another century, Botox was a drug to treat eyelid spasms and other neuromuscular problems. Then Allergan, the company that sells the drug, seized on a side effect — the way it makes some wrinkles vanish temporarily — and turned the drug into a cosmetic superstar.

The same thing could happen with Allergan’s Lumigan, a glaucoma drug with a potentially lucrative side effect: It makes eyelashes longer.

WHOLE ARTICLE: WSJ.COM