By Tabby Hardman

Ever notice Masonette Abbie Santee’s eyelashes? They’re long. Like mascara-commercial long.

And they’re not fake.

“People I know always ask me how my eyelashes are so long and thick,” Abbie says.

What’s her secret? Latisse — a prescription-only medication that makes eyelashes grow like crazy.

“It makes them so much longer, darker and voluminous,” said Santee.

Glue-ing on fake lashes was starting to get expensive, she says. So after seeing a commercial on tv, she went to a plastic surgeon in Tyson’s Corner and got a prescription. It  costs around $125 for a tube that lasts me about six weeks, she says.

Like most products, there is a side-effect to this enhancer which is stated in their commercials and in Santee’s case has proven to be true. “The only thing that it can do is cause the skin on your eye-lids to darken and I have noticed that happen since I started using it, but it’s nothing dramatic because the results outweigh the costs,” Abbie says.