What Is Bimatoprost?

It is a medication used as a treatment for conditions in the eyeball that causes high pressure inside the eyeball like glaucoma.

When other treatments are not sufficient in open angled glaucoma treatment then Bimatoprost is specifically used.

Known under different or various names on the market as an eye drop and usually shows effectiveness within 4 hours.

Bimatoprost has also been known to be used in the non-medical field on the eyelashes as a length increaser.

Common side effects, when used cosmetically or medically, is:
Cataracts
Eye color changes
Dry eyes
Red eyes
Vision can become blurry

This medication is not recommended when breastfeeding or when pregnant.

By increasing the aqueous fluid outflow from the eye it is known as an analog prostaglandin.

Approved in the United States in 2001 for medical use and is also available as a generic.

Bimatoprost costing varies in the United Kingdom and the United States through available in both countries in a 3 ml bottle and was rated in the United States, with over a million scripts issued, as the two hundred and fifty-fourth medication prescribed.

On the Medical Front summarized alphabetically:

Adult patients only
Bimatoprost is a better treatment as the beta-blockers as it is an analog prostaglandin
Can be used either with a beta-blocker of alone
For a patient with ocular hypertension
The most effective treatment in reducing IOP (intraocular pressure)
Used on patients with open angled glaucoma

Cosmetic front summarized alphabetically:

Bimatoprost is used for the treatment of hypotrichosis (Too small or the underdevelopment of the eyelashes)
Has a medical terminological name and diagnosis.
Only approved by the FDA as a non-medical use

Side effects in medical use summarized alphabetically:

Burning feeling or sensation on or in the eye
Conjunctival Hyperemia (the inflammation of the Sclera -whites of the eye- also known as Pinkeye) is the most common found in over than ten percent of the patients
Headaches
General discomfort
Iris can permanently change in color to brown
Nausea
Red eyelids or the eye itself
Similar to all other analog prostaglandin treatments
Vision becomes blurry
With adverse effects occasionally (nausea in just about less than 1% of patients)

Side effects in cosmetic use summarized alphabetically:

When applied to the skin cosmetically can cause infections
Non-reusable applicators are advised
Darkening just beneath the eye or eyelid
Wiping off excess fluids advice when used as eye drops
Hyperpigmentation of the eyelid decreases in the use of eye drops compared to direct application on the eyelid by the use of an applicator.

No interaction has been shown in any of the common studies so far but all indications are positive for Bimatoprost used in the medical and cosmetic field.