Lady Gaga Contact Lens Trend

It has been in the news a little while now. Lady Gaga was wearing some black, round contact lenses in her "Bad Romance" video and now teens are getting them and appear to be getting eye infections or even partly losing their vision because of this. Below are some resources about it.

First of all, don't blame Lady Gaga. I'm not particularly a fan of her's but you can't blame her. The video producer or director probably had the idea and she went along with it. She got professional, theatrical contact lenses put in and she did it the right way - not sharing her contacts with anyone else and she might have even had an eye exam before getting them. So where did she go wrong? Nowhere.

If parents don't know what their teenage girls are putting in their eyes, then that's their problem for bad parenting. Contact lenses are considered by law to be medical devices for this reason. Bush signed the law back in 2005 because of the problem of colored contacts being unregulated. Making it so that you need to see an eye doctor was a smart move because look at what happens.

• Lady Gaga's Dangerous Trend (www.cbsnews.com)
• Lady Gaga’s Anime Eyes Will Ruin Corneas Everywhere (www.styleite.com)
• Lady Gaga Blamed for Eye-Endangering Contact-Lens Trend (nymag.com)
• Lady Gaga Round Contact Lenses (www.freecontactlensesguide.com)
• Giant Lady Gaga Doll Eyes and Circle Contacts: Are They Safe? (thestir.cafemom.com)

And then it's also the retailers that are breaking the law since that's where this law is enforced. Make sure that when you order contact lenses of any kind - be it cosmetic colored contacts, circle contact lenses or even normal ones - they ask you for your prescription. Parents need to know what their kids are putting into their eyes. Vision is a precious thing. Be careful out there.