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Bimatoprost Repigments Vitiligo Patient Skin

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Bimatoprost for longer lashes

About a year ago I bought an over-the-counter product which promotes longer, thicker eyelashes (it’s also found in Latisse- which you can get by prescription). I was careful to read the directions on the bottle which also indicated that one may notice darkening of the eyelid near the lash line.

The thought of a discolored eyelid made me take pause, but in the end i went ahead and diligently applied the gel-like substance to my eyelid each night. After about 2 weeks i noticed that my eyelashes were indeed longer and there were more of them, and there was just the slightest hint of darkening at the lash line. But that’s always covered with liner, so not matter.

Putting 2 and 2 together

You would think that with all of my work with vitiligo, the minute I read “may cause darkening of the eyelid” I would have begun applying the substance to my forehead, face, and hands to fill in the white patches of vitiligo, but it just didn’t click. Not until I came across an article online from Skin and Allergy News about Dr. Tarun Narang’s announcement at the World Congress of Dermatology in South Korea in May 2011, that his small pilot study to test if bimatoprost could repigment vitiligo patches was a success.

Here’s a link to that article https://www.skinandallergynews.com/news/medical-dermatology/single-article/bimatoprost-repigments-vitiligo-patient-skin/67821edc35.html

Checking Validity

I want there to be a cure for vitiligo just as much as the next person, but I think it’s very important to find more than one source before I get excited. Off I went on my internet search which yielded quite a bit of useful information.

What is Bimatoprost

First stop: getting the details about bimatoprost. I landed on the U.S. National Library of Medicine site…sounds official enough, right?

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a609009.html

Who else is looking into this vitiligo treatment

Satisfied with an understanding of bimatoprost, the next thought that came to mind is whether or not any other people in the medical community were making this correlation between bimatoprost and vitiligo. A few clicks later I landed on the U.S. National Institutes of Health website which yielded a study done last year; however, the results were not indicated. I did however see that Dr. Tarun Narang is listed as the contact and that the study was to be conducted in India…so that checks out.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01202513?term=bimatoprost+vitiligo&rank=1

18 thoughts on “Bimatoprost Repigments Vitiligo Patient Skin”

  2. Still nothing new?
    I’m wondering if I should try this or not. Have not seen any before/after pictures of this treatment so it feels a bit uncertain..
    What do you think Nathalie?

  4. I just started using this treatment for my hands and feet. I have small spots on both hands and feet. My dermatologist told me about this study and I decided to try Latisse. Please keep posting if you have found any new information!

  7. Hello everyone,

    I found some clips on youtube about this doctor in Guatemala that has found a treatment for vitiligo. Dr. Fernando Moralea. I’m curious to know, has anyone tried contacting him?

  8. hi mike, i haven’t heard back from him yet. fingers crossed that he will respond. cheers for asking, nathalie

  10. Karen, this product is sell in Mexico without prescription, the commercial name is LUMIGAN. (price 33 usd for a 3ml bottle).

  12. Just to commenet, since last week I started to use the Bimatoprost twice a day as it is mentioned by the Dr. Turun. I have focal vitiligo on a finger of my hand since long time ago, but since the begginig of year it started to spread on small spots on both hands, the torso and on the face.

    i’m praying,hoping to get some results.

  15. Its ironic how nowadays doctors treat cancer, make synthetic organs with stem cells and there is no decent treatment for vitiligo yet. 3 years ago we were excited about piperine but it seems that it doesnt work. Most dermatologists will say that there is nothing wrong with you and you should do nothing. I dont know anymore if I should keep on trying or just accept it as it is. Nothing seems to really work and no one cares.

  16. I tried to contact Dr. Tarun Narang but he is not replying. I even managed to catch him online twice but he is not ready to reply. Someone please confirm is it working? And can it be applied on kids as well.

  17. I found that some article about a “opical bimatoprost ophthalmic solution” that was helpful in restoring the pigment. Not knowing what that medical jargon meant, Google helped me understand that it’s Latisse. This makes a lot of sense to me and would like to see if anyone has used this as a treatment. I was thinking about asking my dermatologist if they would prescribe me Latisse to see if I could give it a try. Is there hope for us?

  18. Thanks for this useful article, I have already sent an email to Dr. Tarun Narang, I am not sure he will reply or not. I hope you would be able to get something useful from Dr. Tarun, I am waiting with my fingers crossed.

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