Lady Gaga Contact Lenses Still Wreaking Havoc

Here's another news story we found about these round / circle contact lenses (also called "doe-eyed" contact lenses) that Lady Gaga wore in one of her videos along with a pretty scary quote from an optometrist about how bad they could be for your eyes:

Illegal contacts sold at local stores (www.wavy.com)
Dr. David Tang, an optometrist with Beach Eye Care, said the scary look can be down right frightening for your eyes.

"Corneal ulcers, which if not treated early enough, can lead to internal infections. We also see corneal scarring which can lead to permanent vision loss and possibly blindness, corneal swelling or what we call edema which is depriving the cornea of oxygen and corneal abrasions which are small cuts," said Dr. Tang.

It's true that the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has classified all contact lenses - even special effect contacts that do not provide any vision correction - as medical devices. Violation of this is a class 1 misdemeanor.

Keep this story in mind when Halloween rolls around, parents. Kids will be finding these more often and damaging eye tissue is not really something that sounds like a treat.
-T

Non Corrective Colored Contacts Can Be Fun And Flirty

Non Corrective Colored Contacts

Are you looking for non corrective colored lenses? Have you seen your favorite celebrities wearing them, or maybe your friends, and are wondering if they are for you? Contact lenses can definitely be a fun way to change up your appearance. Read on for a couple things you should know first.

Contact lenses, even the non corrective kind, are considered medical devices by the FDA. The FDA regulates them in order to prevent people using dangerous lenses that can lead to severe eye problems, including blindness or loss of eye. Thankfully, their oversight means the contact lenses you can buy in stores or on the Internet are safe.

To save money, shop for contact lenses online. You will find the best deals on the Internet, where stores can pass along savings because they don’t have all the overhead that a brick and mortal store would have. Some stores will even give out free trial lenses in order to attract business. Make sure you get on the mailing list of the online store you choose, so that you will be notified of all their sales.
Good contacts will last all day without bothering your eyes. You won’t even know they are there. They will also provide moisture, as well as protect your eyes from UV rays.

If your eyes are very dark, you will need opaque lenses that will cover the natural color of your eye. Remember that dark eyes are the hardest to change color, but it is not impossible. They are millions of people who have changed their dark eyes to blue, green, hazel, or gray.

Changing the color of your eyes with contact lenses can be fun and exciting. You can do it for a party, a date, or just to try something different. Go high impact or go subtle, just make sure you have fun.

Here are a few, good resources we've found for you regarding colored contact lenses:

• Colored Contacts - Non Prescription
• Contacts Without Prescription
• No Prescription Colored Contact Lenses

Glow in the Dark and Twilight Contact Lenses

Tinted contact lenses are available in three types. The visibility tint is generally a light blue or green color added onto a contact, solely to help you see it better in the course of insertion and removal, or if you lose it. Because it is a very gentle tint, it doesn't impact the eye color. Second is the enhancement tint which is a solid but still semi-transparent tint that has more depth of color than a visibility tint. The enhancement tint can change your eye color to a certain extent. The enhancement tint is meant to enhance your existing eye color. Color enhancing tints are usually best for people who have got light colored eyes to help make their eye color more intense.

Finally, opaque color tinted lenses are stronger tints that can change your color of eyes completely. This type of colored contact lens are normally produced in solid colors. If you have dark eyes, you will want this sort of color lens to vary your eye color. Color lenses come in many hues, which include blue, brown, green, purple and gray.

Halloween contacts can be a great way to accessorize your Halloween costumes. Special effects contact lenses certainly give your look that advantage that could make your attire completely awesome. People are wearing special effect or costume contacts for enjoyment, not just for Halloween night. The enormous popularity of the "Twilight" movies and books make Twilight contact lenses tremendously fashionable. Stunning vivid blue lenses, are one of the most favored color contacts throughout the year. A further interesting party contact lens are special effect contact lenses that shows up in black light. These contact lenses glow in the dark and are available in green, blue, orange and yellow. They are the ideal colored contacts for clubbing and parties.

It has in past times been challenging for anyone suffering from astigmatism to wear lenses that would both fit and be comfy. Today, the fresh style of toric contact lenses are exceedingly comfortable, soft and created to fit the unique shape of your eye. With these you can wear a regular disposable soft toric contact lens even if you have a high level of astigmatism. One of those varieties of lens are the Acuvue toric disposable lenses which are available with visibility tint.

Right now when it is popular to have a style that is different, tinted contacts are the answer. These lenses can easily create a remarkable effect without affecting vision. It is possible to get colored contact lenses regardless of whether you need eyesight correction or not.

Why You Should Realize the Benefits of Contact Lenses

Are you one of the thousands, if not millions of people who feel as though your eyes may not be as perfect as you would like them to be? You are not alone. Just like the saying "Nobody's Perfect", nobody in the world has perfect vision. It may seem like some people do, but they really don't. Contact lenses are the perfect solution for anyone who feels like they might not have the best eyes in the world, in that they make you look natural, are becoming just as cheap as wearing glasses, and many even allow you the option of sleeping with them in.

One of the most obvious benefits of contacts as opposed to other forms of eye improvement would be the fact that they give you a natural look. Not that there is anything wrong with wearing glasses, glasses just don't allow you to do certain things that contacts do, such as any kind of sports or activities that involve to much action. Another good thing about looking natural is the benefit that it holds for people with more unusual eye problems, for instance colored contacts are helpful for those with eye pigment differences, or albino people. In addition for use in the cosmetic world, many contacts can help you stand out, for instance theatrical contacts for Halloween, and parties.

A second benefit of contact lenses would be the fact that as they are becoming more and more popular, the prices are going down. Many companies have to keep up with the law of supply and demand, and as more people are demanding, contacts are rapidly becoming equally as expensive as, if not cheaper than glasses. Last time I checked, contacts were about equal to the price of glasses, and some companies even give free samples of contacts in order to entice customers to buy their brand.

Last but not least, one of my favorite benefits of contact lenses is that many brands give you the option to sleep in them. Not only that, but you generally have the option when buying contacts to choose between hard and soft contact lenses. There are benefits to both of these which you simply can not get with other forms of eye enhancement. While soft lenses generally generally let more oxygen through to your eyes and are easier to take in, and out, hard lenses hold your eye in place and give you better vision over longer periods of time.

Learn more about contact lenses as well as colored contacts without prescription so that you know all the options that are available to you.

Time for a New Prescription

I plan to go in and renew my contact lens prescription soon. I'm about out of contact lenses. Well, I'm down to my last 3 but the other 3 in that box didn't work that well for me because I have astigmatism. Those didn't line up well in my eyes. I have a feeling these last 3 won't work too well.

I got my last prescription at Sears Optical. The follow up issues I had, I don't think they handled very well. They sort of left me high and dry and did not help me get replacement contact lenses for this bad batch. I think I'll try a new store that opened up here called Stanton Optical. They have some good deals going on. I also need a new prescription for my glasses, so I might get those done at the same time.

I will also get a pair of colored contact lenses, too. I might try brown and then also gray. I think gray would look cool.

Ben Stiller Rocks the Avatar Contact Lenses at the Oscars

I like how Ben Stiller keeps things interesting. That was quite the shocker when he came out to present an Oscar dressed as a character from Avatar. He had the blue skin, the braid, the tail and even the yellow contact lenses:

Oscars 2010 recap: Bigelow is Queen of the World! (blogs.newsobserver.com)

Ben Stiller came out as a Na'vi from "Avatar" to present the award for Best Makeup (and as he noted, "Avatar" wasn't even nominated for that award, since all the blue people were CGI). He had the blue face paint and gross yellow contact lenses and a fishing pole connected to his long tail. Way to commit. The makeup winner: "Star Trek."

I think the yellow contact lenses looked good on him - meaning, as that character. They looked realistic and, of course, he could still see out of them. It really completed the look he was going for.

If someone was going as a character from Avatar for their Halloween costume, they would probably find that adding the Avatar contact lenses to it would really make a huge difference. This is because people always look at other people's eyes when they look at them, so they would get noticed. Having yellow colored eyes is not natural, which is probably why that color was chosen for the characters in that movie.

This type of special effect contact lens is similar to those worn in the Twilight movies. I guess the vampires and Avatar characters have something in common. Weird.

Mad Hatter Contact Lenses
In addition to those two, I almost forgot that there's a third character that's also related - the Mad Hatter from the new Alice in Wonderland movie. People are also looking for Mad Hatter contact lenses, which would, in my opinion, be another great Halloween costume this year. Johhny Depp seems to keep outdoing himself with the number of ways he can look. He will, no doubt, go down in the Hollywood history books and one of the most creative looking actors ever. He can transform into any character and the Mad Hatter is going to be one of his best, for sure.