Inland Cosmetic Surgery

Glo Minerals is a 100 percent mineral makeup line made of pharmaceutical-grade ingredients, high-pigment minerals and powerful antioxidants. This make up not only provides excellent coverage but also protects your skin from free radical damage, while providing broad spectrum UV protection.

Glo Minerals offers five foundation options that all give a flawless look, while calming and soothing even acne prone skin. The pressed base is the most popular foundation formula because of its convenient portable compact that makes mineral make up on the go easy, and provides medium to full coverage. Glo is also available in two liquid formulas for dry and oily skin types.

Glo Minerals is the preferred make up line of dermatologist, plastic surgeons, and leading skincare professionals all around the world.

This Holiday we are offering a Glo Minerals starter kit that includes products to help you create a flawless but natural look. Included in the package is a complimentary color matching; come in at your convenience and be professionally color matched into the correct Glo Mineral shade and formula for your skin type.

Here’s what else you get from our Glo Minerals starter kit:

• Hydration Mist for use before and/or after makeup application to set makeup and refresh the skin throughout the day, made of an exclusive blend of antioxidants.
• Concealer for under eyes, scarring, or hyperpigmentation that not only really covers but also improves the skin.
• Concealer brush to expertly apply Glo Concealer to any desired area.
• Foundation Brush to apply Glo Pressed Base, Glo Loose Base, Glo Bronze, and Glo Finishing powders. Made of the highest quality and all natural products.

At Inland Cosmetic Surgery, we recently learned about an exciting new product designed to familiarize women with breast implants: The Natrelle® Pre-Consultation Kit includes trial implants, a sizing bra, and an instructional DVD.  If you’re not quite ready to commit to augmentation surgery, this kit can aid you, in the privacy of your own home, to make an informed decision about implants.  Go to www.natrelle.com/kit for more information, where you can also purchase it for $39.99.

In the United States, it seems that many drugs become hugely popular for uses that were never intended; such is the case with Allergan’s new eyelash enhancement drug, Latisse.  The hot new eyelash enhancer was born out of a group of medications called topical prostaglandins, drugs frequently used to decrease intra-ocular pressure in glaucoma patients.

What was first labeled a ‘complication’ or side effect of using these topical agents was “hypertrichosis,” a condition characterized by darkening, thickening, and lengthening of the eyelashes.   

 Allergan offered the topical prostaglandin Lumigan in 2001, a drug that contained the active ingredient bimatoprost. Two important precursors to Latisse occurred after the FDA gave clearance for Lumigan.

• Jan Marini Skin Research Inc had over $2 million worth of product seized by the Food and Drug Administration.  The product, Age Intervention Eyelash, evidently contained bimatoprost, which was unapproved for cosmetic use at the time. Allergan later filed a patent infringement suit against Jan Marini and several other companies that had tried to market bimatoprost in their eyelash enhancing drugs.
• Some doctors started prescribing Lumigan off-label to enhance eyelashes.  Knowing the desirable side effects it could produce. But Lumigan wasn’t formulated for cosmetic use and many believed more research was needed to confirm the safety of topical prostaglandins for cosmetic use.  

Clinical trials and further research is exactly what Alllergan Inc did.  In one early study, 278 healthy adults with minimal to moderate eyelash prominence applied bimatoprost or a placebo to their lash line.  The results were favorable; researchers observed that the average patient’s eyelashes were 25 percent longer, 106 percent fuller, and 18 percent darker, while only 3.6 percent experienced itchy eyes and redness, and only 2.9 percent experienced skin hyperpigmentation.  

Latisse received FDA approval late last year for the treatment of ‘inadequate’ eyelashes.  Allergan now owns the patent on use of bimatoprost for eyelash enhancement.

Contact Inland Cosmetic Surgery for more information on Latisse in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.