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title: "What Are Prostaglandin Analogues in Lash Serum?"
slug: "prostaglandin-analogues"
date: "2026-07-11"
author: "The Lash List Editorial Team"
description: "Learn which lash serum ingredients are prostaglandin analogs, what the evidence shows, and how regulator conclusions differ by ingredient and country."
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status: review-draft
reviewer_status: "Not medically reviewed; qualified review required before indexation"
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# What Are Prostaglandin Analogues in Lash Serum?

**Plain answer:** Prostaglandin analogues are chemicals that copy some jobs of natural prostaglandins. Some are eye drugs. Some are put in lash serums. Bimatoprost has strong human proof that it can grow lashes. That proof does not cover every related chemical. Safety findings and rules can change with each name and country.

This page is a source-checked editorial draft. It is not medically reviewed and remains noindex until the correct qualified reviewer approves the exact page version.

## Evidence approach

Effectiveness is graded separately from safety. A finished-formula study does not prove that one ingredient caused the result. A regulator or safety-panel conclusion is limited to the exact ingredient, use, concentration, and jurisdiction it names.

**Effectiveness grade key:** A = strong controlled human evidence for the exact use. B = one controlled human study. C = a small uncontrolled human formula study. D = laboratory, animal, scalp-hair, or supplier evidence. E = label presence, theory, or no direct human eyelash evidence. Grades do not rate safety.

## Source register

- https://health.ec.europa.eu/publications/sccs-prostaglandin-analogues-methylamido-dihydro-noralfaprostal-mdn-isopropyl-cloprostenate-ipcp_en
- https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/cosmetics/cosmetic-ingredient-hotlist-prohibited-restricted-ingredients.html
- https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/cosmetics/cosmetic-ingredient-hotlist-prohibited-restricted-ingredients/hotlist.html
- https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=34f83d9d-2c64-463e-8a90-9a460fedfead
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30664828/
- https://www.fda.gov/cosmetics/cosmetics-laws-regulations/fda-authority-over-cosmetics-how-cosmetics-are-not-fda-approved-are-fda-regulated

Sources checked: 2026-07-11.

## Product label examples

- [LATISSE review](https://thelashlist.com/reviews/latisse-review/) - prescription bimatoprost example.
- [GrandeLASH-MD review](https://thelashlist.com/reviews/grandelash-md-review/) - cosmetic isopropyl cloprostenate label example.

These matches connect exact names to dated labels. They do not prove one ingredient caused a result. Formulas can change.

## Related ingredient pages

- [Isopropyl Cloprostenate](https://thelashlist.com/ingredients/isopropyl-cloprostenate/)
- [Bimatoprost](https://thelashlist.com/ingredients/bimatoprost/)
- [Peptides](https://thelashlist.com/ingredients/peptides/)
- [Myristoyl Pentapeptide-17](https://thelashlist.com/ingredients/myristoyl-pentapeptide-17/)

- [Lash serum ingredient hub](https://thelashlist.com/ingredients/)
- [Ingredient Checker](https://thelashlist.com/tools/ingredient-checker/)
- [Lash serum ingredients to avoid](https://thelashlist.com/guides/lash-serum-ingredients-to-avoid/)