Cutaneous Prostaglandin Application: Nail Growth, Nail Brittleness, and Eye Pressure
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-05-06
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Topical prostaglandin agents are used to help reduce eye pressure in glaucoma patients.
Bimatoprost (Lumigan 0.01%) is such an agent (Allergan, Inc.). Several of our patients on
bimatoprost and an observational study of patients on bimatoprost in another center reported
that fingernails grew longer and became less brittle using the topical eye drops to the eyes.
The purpose of the double-blinded study is to determine whether the application of the eye
drops directly to the proximal nail fold of one hand using the opposite hand as a control
will result in longer nails, less brittle nails, and reduced eye pressures should any of the
medication be absorbed into the systemic circulation.