Open AccessBimatoprost in dermatology
Author(s) -
Abhijeet Kumar Jha,
Rashmi Sarkar,
Uday Kumar Udayan,
Priyamvada Roy,
Amar K Jha,
R K P Chaudhary
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/idoj.idoj_62_16
Subject(s) - bimatoprost , medicine , hypertrichosis , dermatology , vitiligo , glaucoma , ophthalmology , latanoprost
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.