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.
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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.