in the areas below and lateral to the lower lid perpendicular angulation of hairs in areas where there are lash like hairs above the lash line and in the medial and lateral canthal areas the hairs are much longer thicker and heavier they also leave the surface of the skin at a more acute angle as though they are stiffer or held in a more erect position by more robust follicles this greater incline pitch rise or perpendicular angulation from the skin surface gives the appearance of greater density of the hairs the foregoing observations clearly establish that bimatoprost can be used to increase the growth of hair in man this conclusion is based on the regular and consistent finding of manifestations of increased hair growth in treated vs control areas in human subjects the conclusion that the drug bimatoprost is capable of inducing increased robust growth of hair is based not on a single parameter i e length but is based on multiple lines of evidence as described in the results detailed examination and description of multiple parameters of differences in hair is greatly facilitated by the ability to examine the hairs at high magnification under stable conditions of fixed focal length and subject position utilizing the capabilities of the slitlamp biomicroscope the figure shows the actual results on the eyelashes of a patient treated for glaucoma with lumigan u00ae bimatoprost for 6 months a topical cream is prepared as follows tegacid and spermaceti are melted together at a temperature of 70 80 u00b0 c methylparaben is dissolved in about 500 gm of water and.