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		<title>Brooke Shields Flogs New Eyelash Growth Drug</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Berry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the one hand these discoveries are good for the drug companies. They get to make money from an unexpected revenue source. And, I hope, some of the profit goes back into research. As for profit, it appears that they are charging about $50 more for a smaller dose. So the people who feel that they have inadequate eyelashes are making the manufacturer, Allergan, very happy.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought it was a joke when I saw the commercial. There was Brooke Shields telling me about the wonders of a drug called &#8220;Latisse&#8221;. We are told by Brooke and by the Latisse website that it is &#8220;the first and only prescription                     treatment approved by the FDA for inadequate or not having enough eyelashes&#8221;. I didn&#8217;t know that this was a problem. In the eyelash department I am one of the fortunate ones. Mine are long and full. But now these lashes are within the</p>
<div id="attachment_74" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-74" title="Brooke Shields Before And After" src="http://www.johnberry.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/brooke_lashes_sm-300x175.png" alt="Brooke Shields Before And After" width="300" height="175" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Brooke Shields Before And After</p></div>
<p>reach of everyone. Everyone, that is, who wants to risk the possibility of changing their eye color (a slight but real side-effect), and pay about $130 a month. The effect of lengthening your lashes is not permanent, the eye color change (it could add brown pigment) is permanent.</p>
<p>Sadly people imagine that all kinds of physical things detract from their personhood. Lack of hair, color of hair, wrinkles, and now eyelash length to name a few. And, luckily for drug companies, they keep finding that the unintended consequences of some drugs (i. e. Side effects), help &#8220;solve&#8221; these perceived faults. Latisse is actually a low dose of Lumigan which is used to treat relieve increased eye pressure in glaucoma patients.</p>
<p>On the one hand these discoveries are good for the drug companies. They get to make money from an unexpected revenue source. And, I hope, some of the profit goes back into research. As for profit, it appears that they are charging about $50 more for a smaller dose. So the people who feel that they have inadequate eyelashes are making the manufacturer, Allergan, very happy.</p>
<p>As for Brooke Shields and her inadequate lashes, is there a difference, yes. Does it matter? I guess it does to her and others like her. And, unlike things like Botox, it doesn&#8217;t make you look like a lifeless fool.</p>
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