Crap No-one Needs, #17
Eyelash Lengthening Drugs
In another milestone on the downward slope of Western civilization, you can now have your doctor prescribe an FDA-approved medication to make your eyelashes longer. Never mind about all the other challenges facing medical science today, at least vacuous bitches with faces paralyzed from Botox will now be able to obtain life-enhancing lash improvement through a drug called Latisse - what a tribute to our medical establishment.
Not only is this a damning indictment of the FDA, who frankly should have told the manufacturers to fuck off at the mere suggestion that they license a drug for no better reason than to make eyelashes longer, but it speaks volumes about the abject vanity and pettiness of so many women. What kind of mindless cow would seriously consider drugs for cosmetic eyelash lengthening? At what point does your life become so shallow that this becomes a priority for you?
And don't give me that old bollocks about women being the victims of the expectations of men. The average man wouldn't notice if his wife or girlfriend had their hair completely restyled. There is no fucking way they're going to notice 25% longer eyelashes. Here's a hint ladies: if your bloke comes home and compliments you on your eyelashes, chances are he really wants to have sex with other men. Strange men aren't going to check out your eyelashes - they'll go tits-arse-legs-face in various orders, and that will be that.
No, this is all about what women expect of each other, and the mindless perpetuation of airbrushed unreality in endless women's magazines. This eyelash crap is supposed to cost $120 a month; if you have $1,500 a year to spend on your eyelashes then you have more money than sense. About $1,500 more money, to be exact.
In another milestone on the downward slope of Western civilization, you can now have your doctor prescribe an FDA-approved medication to make your eyelashes longer. Never mind about all the other challenges facing medical science today, at least vacuous bitches with faces paralyzed from Botox will now be able to obtain life-enhancing lash improvement through a drug called Latisse - what a tribute to our medical establishment.
Not only is this a damning indictment of the FDA, who frankly should have told the manufacturers to fuck off at the mere suggestion that they license a drug for no better reason than to make eyelashes longer, but it speaks volumes about the abject vanity and pettiness of so many women. What kind of mindless cow would seriously consider drugs for cosmetic eyelash lengthening? At what point does your life become so shallow that this becomes a priority for you?
And don't give me that old bollocks about women being the victims of the expectations of men. The average man wouldn't notice if his wife or girlfriend had their hair completely restyled. There is no fucking way they're going to notice 25% longer eyelashes. Here's a hint ladies: if your bloke comes home and compliments you on your eyelashes, chances are he really wants to have sex with other men. Strange men aren't going to check out your eyelashes - they'll go tits-arse-legs-face in various orders, and that will be that.
No, this is all about what women expect of each other, and the mindless perpetuation of airbrushed unreality in endless women's magazines. This eyelash crap is supposed to cost $120 a month; if you have $1,500 a year to spend on your eyelashes then you have more money than sense. About $1,500 more money, to be exact.
posted by Mr Bison at
6:39 AM
6 Comments:
The drug has been used to treat glaucoma and other eye pressure raising disorders. Anecdotal evidence showed that it also increased lash growth, so Allergan sought a change in labeling in order to market it for cosmetic reasons as well, but that is NOT the reason the drug was approved by the FDA.
I don't have $120 a month to spend, but if I did, I might. While it's true that no one is likely to notice your eyelashes specifically, longer eyelashes have the effect of opening up, or highlighting the eyes and can contribute to the overall aesthetic of your face. Which is why women wear mascara.
Leaving aside the fact that your swift and articulate response leads me to suspect that you're paid by Allergan to post stuff like this, my understanding is that the FDA would have needed to approve the drug for this application before Allergan could market it that way, so the FDA did have to approve it specifically for eyelash lengthening. Off-label prescriptions by doctors would otherwise have been possible, but they're pointless compared with what can be achieved with the multi-million dollar ad campaign that was able to be unleashed once the FDA signed off.
In the unlikely event that you're not a paid Allergan weenie, feel free to check out my earlier posts on more entertaining subjects; I'd welcome your views on the merits of dog penis soup, for instance...
Cheers, Ed
No, sweetie, I don't work for Allergan. I do, however, work in an industry which requires me to be aware of research conducted by pharmaceutical companies (as well as others).
I'm not sure why the vitriol in your response, it wasn't like I was attacking you, but I wanted to point out that the FDA did not license this drug specifically for this indication, only expanded its labeling (via an IND, of course) and two, why a woman who is not a moron might consider this.
I'm not disagreeing re: the marketing blitz in order for Allergan to make the big $$$, this happens all the time with other drugs, or with drug companies that launch a new and improved drug when the patent on the first runs out (like Astra Zeneca did with Prilosec and Nexium). I'm far more bothered by this crap.
Eyelashes? Ha!
I'm getting a jar of the stuff to dip my pecker in!
Glad you're finally back, Bison, you lazy stoat...
Hey Christina, that wasn't vitriol in my response, although the original post was certainly acerbic. I don't tend to sprinkle smiley faces around so it may be hard to tell that I was grinning when I replied. I stand by my original comment on the dog penis soup - that was some of my less acerbic work! I just can't believe some of the pharmaceutical crap that gets shoved down the throats of the uninformed via TV ads...
Anonymous - why the fuck didn't I think of that?? Jesus, I'm losing my touch...
Skip the experiment, Bison. I tried it. My tallywacker is still miniscule, but now it has a beard...
And keep that make-up promoting shill in her place. What a racket! First they buy mascara, then they need some special mascara removing solvent. After using this silly-assed crap their eyelashes will be so long they will probably start selling eyelash shampoo!
Women, in the name of all that is good and holy, I can confirm to you few (if any males) give a shite about your eyelashes. Keeping your body mass index below 28 and acting rational once in a while will both work better and improve your quality of life.
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