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Went to academic university for glaucoma eval. dr said travatan can cause sunken eyes but i have deep set eyes so wouldn't notice. heard of this?
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No: This is not a known effect of travatan. It can cause darkening of the eyes, but not sinking of them.
Answered 8/5/2013
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No: Travatan does nothing to change the anatomy of the orbit of your eye. It can darken the pigmentation of the eye and surrounding areas, so maybe that's what he meant?
Answered 8/25/2013
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