special effect contact lenses

Anyone can wear special effect contact lenses whether they need a sight correction prescription or not.

However, most companies insist that you have a prescription either from your doctor or from an eye care specialist when you buy these lenses.

They are not something you can just pop in if you have never had contact lenses before, care must be taken to insert them properly. Plus you need to learn how to take of the lenses in order to lengthen their life and to make sure you do not get any infections in your eyes.

Some of these special effects are quite odd, one I particularly think as odd has black where the normal white of the eye is then white where the eye is normally black – a very queer look.

I think one of the most popular contacts at the moment is the red, i.e. where the normal iris color is this is red, odd but popular.

You don’t have to pick anything really gothic or scary to be different, some are pink with a black outline and they come in other soft shades also.

If for instance you wanted your eyes to look like those of Paris Hilton you would need something called Opaques. The ones she wears are hand painted and come with an expensive price tag plus I understand they are very hard to find in the US and Canada.

There are others which will give you the same look, with the darker ring around the iris which accentuates the color.

Hand painted means that they are just that, hand painted in between layers. Don’t think that any of this painting would be touching your eyes because it wouldn’t.

There are plenty of different styles if you want to go the whole hog and give your eyes the look of a cat or lizard with perhaps red or yellow iris colors.

There are colored spiral designs, explosion effects and flame effects, as well as solid color special effects contact lenses.

I would think whatever effect you were aiming for you are going to be able to find the correct lenses to give this look. There are so many different manufacturers and sites where you can look it shouldn’t be hard.

I would advise you to be careful about the lenses you buy because the US market is being flooded with cheap products from Asia and China and they do not meet the criteria of the FDA.

You could be putting something in your eye which could be potentially damaging because of the materials used to produce these contact lenses.

As with any contact lens, it is not recommended that you sleep with them in. You should always remove them before going to bed and make sure they are properly cleansed to safeguard your eyes.