Colored Contact Lenses
You adore the famous Tinseltown icon Elizabeth Taylor not because she has the most beautiful face in the silverscreen or has the best acting prowess. You love her because of her famed pair of violet eyes. Only Liz Taylor is lucky enough to have owned those sparkling set of eyes that many envied and copied.
Yes, you got it right, those pair of violet eyes are now easily copied. Thanks to the colored contact lenses technology. Anyone can now sport violet eyes through the use of colored contact lenses. Elizabeth Taylor impersonators can now copy not only her acts and clothes but including her eyes as well.
Colored contact lenses have actually different color tint specifications. The blue or the green ones are intended for easy insertion or removal of the contact lenses, and it does not affect vision because of its eye friendly tint. Other colored contact lenses are made to enhance the existing eye color of the users. This type may affect the color that the user sees around because of its deep tint.
Other color category is the opaque tint, which purposely change the eye color of the user when worn. Green eyes can be turned gray, while gray eyes can be changed to blue. These colored contact lenses actually cover the color of the eyes with different color. Some colored contacts appear to look natural but when taken a closer look they have colored dots in them. These contacts are used to filter the glaring effects of lights.
Colored contact lenses serve different purposes. Most of them are solely for aesthetic purposes that will help enhance the user’s appearance. Other functions are for astigmatic, bifocal patient, and those who needs frequent changing of lens, thus earning its famous nick “the disposable”.
Colored lenses have become fad among teenagers. They are used for theatrical and costume functions. The benefit of colored contact lenses is that they help to enhance the looks of the users while helping them to see more clearly without the help of a pair of eyeglasses, thus making them more convenient. However, colored contact lenses pose some disadvantages one of which is that when the lenses moved from the center of the cornea the colored portion of the lens would blur or block the vision. This becomes rather irritating and inconvenient instead of being helpful.
Wearing contact lenses either colored or not, it
is a must that an eye doctor should give the right prescription.
Even if these contacts are sold over the counter the doctor’s
advice is still necessary. | ||||||||||
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