Why Are Bald Guys Using Latisse?

Allure Daily Beauty Reporter

By Sarah Wexler, Allure magazine

Apparently men are starting to use Latisse, the glaucoma medicine that's now an FDA-approved drug to grow longer eyelashes, to fight their receding hairlines. (I'm dubious about this new beauty trend because I think some men look better bald anyway, like Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio or America's Next Top Model's Nigel Barker.)

The thinking is, when used off-label, Latisse dabbed along the hairline or on bald spots can stimulate hair growth there just as well. "Where patients were applying Latisse, especially in areas where the hair was thinner and wispier and less pigmented, the hair grew thicker, stronger and healthier," Dr. Alan Bauman, a dermatologist and hair-restoration specialist, told the New York Times; he says it's worked for 70 percent of his patients.

But before you imagine a world where you'll never see another cueball, know that Latisse, like Rogaine and Propecia has limitations: while it can make hair grow thicker, darker, and stronger if the hair follicle is still alive, once the follicle is dead, it won't do a thing.

More from Allure:


Photo Credit: WWD