Bimatoprost in dermatology

Authors :: Abhijeet K Jha
Rashmi Sarkar
Uday K Udayan
P K Roy
Amar K Jha
R. K. P Chaudhary
Source :: Indian Dermatology Online Journal, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 224-228 (2018)
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018.
Abstract: Bimatoprost is a prostamide analogue used for treatment of glaucoma in ophthalmology. Surprisingly, the side effects such as increased pigmentation of eyelids and hypertrichosis in patients being treated with prostaglandin analogues for glaucoma have opened new areas of application in various dermatological disorders such as alopecia mainly affecting eyelashes, eyebrows, and vitiligo.