Last month, I set out to discover what is in the cosmetics used around the eye that contributes to worsening dry eye disease.
Ugh, what a cesspool. Potent allergens such as latex as well as molecules that mimic pollens. Gluten and gluten mimetics that are particularly problematic for the gluten sensitive, not to mention true celiacs. All manner of alcohols. Prostaglandins that not only lengthen lashes like some of our glaucoma medications (eg, latanoprost), but prostaglandin analogues that are hidden deep in the ingredients and occasionally not mentioned at all.
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