{"title":"Revisiting the Safety of Prostaglandin Analog Eyelash Growth Products.","authors":"Kenneth D Steinsapir, Samantha M G Steinsapir","doi":"10.1097/DSS.0000000000002928","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The FDA approved bimatoprost ophthalmic solution 0.03% for treatment of eyelash hypotrichosis in 2008. Consumer concern persists regarding potential side effects of this product.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify gaps in the safety information associated with the use of prostaglandin eyelash growth products.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Literature searches were performed using PubMed, Embase, and Nexis Uni databases without restriction to publication date, language, or study setting.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The literature pertaining to bimatoprost for treatment of eyelash hypotrichosis is dominated by industry-sponsored clinical trials. Study design choices create gaps in our understanding of the clinical safety of these products.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Because of study design choice, clinical trials of bimatoprost for eyelash growth may have systematically underreported the incidence of drug application discomfort and prostaglandin-associated periorbitopathy. The risk of increased iris pigmentation remains inadequately investigated. Consequently, there is an ongoing need to educate and monitor patients who choose to use these products.</p>","PeriodicalId":2,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Bio Materials","volume":" ","pages":"658-665"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6000,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ACS Applied Bio Materials","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000002928","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: The FDA approved bimatoprost ophthalmic solution 0.03% for treatment of eyelash hypotrichosis in 2008. Consumer concern persists regarding potential side effects of this product.
Objective: To identify gaps in the safety information associated with the use of prostaglandin eyelash growth products.
Materials and methods: Literature searches were performed using PubMed, Embase, and Nexis Uni databases without restriction to publication date, language, or study setting.
Results: The literature pertaining to bimatoprost for treatment of eyelash hypotrichosis is dominated by industry-sponsored clinical trials. Study design choices create gaps in our understanding of the clinical safety of these products.
Conclusion: Because of study design choice, clinical trials of bimatoprost for eyelash growth may have systematically underreported the incidence of drug application discomfort and prostaglandin-associated periorbitopathy. The risk of increased iris pigmentation remains inadequately investigated. Consequently, there is an ongoing need to educate and monitor patients who choose to use these products.
期刊介绍:
ACS Applied Bio Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of biomaterials and biointerfaces including and beyond the traditional biosensing, biomedical and therapeutic applications.
The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrates knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, and chemistry into important bio applications. The journal is specifically interested in work that addresses the relationship between structure and function and assesses the stability and degradation of materials under relevant environmental and biological conditions.