What are colored contact lenses?
According to U.S law, contact lens, including those that change the color of your eyes are regulated and require that the wearer obtains a prescription. This means that whether or not your contents are meant to correct vision, you are expected to have your eyes checked and a licensed optometrist should issue you with a prescription before buying or using them.
These contact lenses come in different names and manufacturers and vendors may refer to them as cosmetic, decorative, costume, or Halloween lenses. Colored contacts are designed to correct vision while others are meant for cosmetic purposes in which case, they change the color of your iris to give you an amazingly different color.
Prescription colored contact lenses
Once you obtain a prescription, you can proceed to the vendor or your choice and buy your colored contacts. However, you need to be careful about the vendor since there are multiple shops online, and choosing a reputable seller can be tricky. While there are good costume shops, drug stores, beauty salons out there from which you can buy genuine contacts, they are not the safest places to buy your contacts, especially vision-correction lenses. This is because they do not require a prescription before they sell their products. Therefore, they are considered illegal and not preferred places to buy your lenses. To prevent potential threats to your eyes, you need to avoid these places as much as possible.
According to a survey conducted in 2019, it was revealed that a majority of teenagers in Texas who wore colored contact lenses found out that less than 4 percent of the online vendors of were genuine and trusted sources for colored contacts. The same study showed that less than half the respondents obtained a prescription from a doctor for their contact lenses.
The study came up with some of the findings that point to the fact that some of these places are not the safest to buy contact lenses. Here are some of the complications that respondents reported during the survey:
• Discomfort and eye pain
• Watery and itching of the eyes
• Swelling and reddening of the eyes
• Difficulties seeing
• Eye infections such as conjunctivitis
• Light sensitivity
• Loss of vision
• Injury to the cornea
• Ulcers of the cornea
Which Colored Lenses Should I Buy?
Many people looking to buy contact lenses often go for bright-colored contact lenses that complement their natural look. Alternatively, you can choose those contact lenses that suit your varied outfits as well as styles. Depending on the reasons for which you want the contact lenses, you can choose contacts that meet your needs. With the help of a licensed optometrist, you can be able to choose the right options that will not only distinguish you from the rest but also ensure the health of your eyes.
