Hair growth..strange

[GardeningDorset123]

I have noticed I have dark hair on my upper cheek bones..I'm guessing the eye drops have caused it. Any one else?

[stephanie1977]

Hello! Yes I have a bit of dark hair growth on my cheeks as well as eyelash growth. Prostaglandins are a know cause..which drops do you take?

[Safehaven23 in reply to stephanie1977]

Some of them do stain...I have a mark just below my left eye and keep having to put cream on it and hope it will gradually rub off - now being more careful about dabbing the eyes when closed after drops inserted - and holding the corner of my eyes for a minute or so.

[swanlady123 in reply to Safehaven23]

I wonder if a very light touch of vaseline around eyes preinsertion might help re staining. I currently use light touch on eyelids to keep them moist but wonder if light touch in other areas round eye might prevent staining?.....just a thought......applying v light touch wouldnt affect eyes I dont think.

[GardeningDorset123 in reply to swanlady123]

Very good plan

[Safehaven23 in reply to swanlady123]

Probably a good idea...I try and wipe it off straight away but have started to wet it to do so now - or it's becoming a permanent fixture!

[GardeningDorset123 in reply to stephanie1977]

Ganfort and brinzolamide

[PeterRabbit62]

Yes side effects of eye drops cause hair to grow there, I have very long eyelashes, lots of people remark on my eyelashes, saying they want to have long eyelashes too, I say know you don't because I have gluacoma and it is the drops that make my eyelashes long.

[GardeningDorset123 in reply to PeterRabbit62]

Yes I have great eye lashes but I wish I didn't have glucoma

[PeterRabbit62 in reply to GardeningDorset123]

Yes I wish that I did not have either

[Safehaven23 in reply to PeterRabbit62]

Ganfort does darken the lashes - and makes them longer...so that makes sense now.

[Safehaven23 in reply to Safehaven23]

And it's the plus side for most of us!

[Cavapoochonowner]

Hello there,I use latanoprost and my eye lashes have become lovely and dark,also thicker.I have noticed however that when I use a magnifying mirror to pluck my eyebrows ,there are dark hairs growing under my eyelashes at the outer corners of my eyes.I tried to pluck these but it was a bit painful so I just use my little facial hair trimmer to remove them being careful not to catch my eyelashes.It is a side effect of the eye drops.

[autumnlass]

I have as well!! Not very pleasant as on steroids too which makes one hairy! I instil Dorzolamide/Timolol twice daily and Bitamoprost (Lumigan) at nighttime. Also Dexa twice daily as I had Vitrectomy in May. I don’t know which one is the cause.

My beautician has been gently threading as near as she can that area which makes it look better! 🍀

[PeterRabbit62]

I have used several drops over 10 years all different I started off with Latanprost, and ended up using Ganfort and two others Brinzolamide and Brimonodine and it is a side effect of all those, I think you will find that most eye drops do.

[Crafty-gran]

I’ve just been diagnosed with normal

Tension glaucoma and been prescribed salfultan eye drops

Reading the side effects has got me a bit worried about staining, hair growth so finding your tips very useful

Thank you