Best eyelash growth serums
The industry of cosmetics and pharmaceutics is progressing worldwide. In the field of eye care, one of the frequent questions asked by the clients for cosmetic purpose is if they can use lash serums for eyelash serum growths. What are the best eyelash growth serums? Is using lash serum safe? As an eye care practitioner, what is the advice of their optometrist/ ophthalmologist? If they are good to go then what products should one be looking for while choosing the lash serum for oneself.
Our obsession with eyelashes
The eyelashes not only add beauty and captivity to the eyes but also they serve as a source of protection to our eyes. For everyday makeup; the girls make their eyelashes as well.
They either curl their lashes and add mascara or apply false lashes to add thickness to these hair strands at the lid margins. Some have also done the lash extension procedure. The idea of making lashes look thicker is to make our eyes and overall face to look more presentable and attractive.
The concept of lash serums
The lash serums have been introduced to replace the idea of putting lash extension or applying fake lashes. Moreover it also corresponds to enhance the natural beauty. Eyelash serums help lashes to look longer and thicker.
Major categories
There are majorly two categories for the eyelash serums
- Prostaglandin containing lashes serums
- Peptide based eyelash serums
Prostaglandin analogs
Prostaglandin analogs are being used to treat glaucoma by lowering intra-ocular pressure of the eyes. One of the side effect of prostaglandins in increase in length and thickness of lashes. One of the first eyelash serum falling under this category is LATISSE.The side effects of prostaglandin analog containing lash serums is similar to the side effects of these anti-glaucoma medications which include:
Side effects
Redness in eyes, skin discoloration of the eyelids, pigmentation of the iris, orbital fat atrophy leading to sunken eye appearance and dry eyes.
Common ingredients with their names
While looking into the ingredients of serum, it is really a task to find the prostaglandin ingredients in the product as the cosmetic companies will not mention them in the first row. However there are some prostaglandin analogs which are very common to be mentioned under ingredients list which can common person to recognize these products. These very versed common ingredients which are mentioned in the prostaglandin analog eyelash serums are:
- Isopropyl cloprostenate
- Ethylcloprostenoamide
- Methylamido Dihydro Noralfaprostal
Popular serums
The popular lash serums containing these analogs are Grandelash, Babelash, R+F lash Boost and LATISSE.
Peptide based lash serums
The other major class for lash serum is peptide based lash serum which can be used as an alternative to prostaglandin analogs. Peptides are amino acids and they support the natural growth of eyelashes by protecting breakage of the lashes. One of the common ingredients used in this lash serum is castor oil. Other ingredients are biotin, aloe, peptides and vitamin E.
Common ingredient
The commonly used ingredient for this class of lash serums is Myristoyl Pentapeptide-17 .
Brands in market
The known lash serums in the market are:
- Vegamour GRO lash serum
- The Ordinary Multipeptide Lash and Brow Serum.
What an optometrist suggests
The eyecare practitioner will not agree for anyone to use prostaglandin based eyelash serums based on their side effects. Those who are more prone to dry eyes should never use prostaglandinanalog based lash serums. It is important to do patch test even before using peptide based serums to confirm that there are no potential risks for allergies. It is recommended to do patch test for a week to avoid any delayed onset reaction as well.
Founder of EyesMatterMost- an optometry student who loves talking about eyes. I tend to cover topics related to optometry, ophthalmology, eye health, eyecare, eye cosmetics and everything in between. This website is a medium to educate my readers everything related to eyes.