When my teenage daughter first asked for a pair of colored contacts, I thought “Ugh”! I remember high school classmates wearing colored contacts back in the…let’s just say a while ago, and they were awful. Nothing about them looked natural. As the unsuspecting wearer went about their day, observers looked at them with a mixture of disbelief and something close to pity. Obviously, I didn’t want my daughter to experience that, so I began my search for a natural looking pair of colored contact lenses.
Even though it had been a while since I’d seen anyone wear these contacts, I felt confidant that some improvements had been made. But I was blown away with the color selection and styles available today.
Choosing a color is only one part of deciding which colored contacts are right for you. If you’re looking to enhance your eye color, choose translucent tints that add deeper color or illuminate subtle colors in your natural eye. When you want to change your eye color, choose an opaque colored contact. These are available for light and dark eyes and will completely change your eye color.
Once you’ve decided on the effect you’re after, check out top FDA approved contact lens manufactures and see which one offers the contact lenses you need in the color and style you want. CibaVision has the largest selection, with 19 different types of colored contact lenses to choose from. SoftLens Technology has 9; CooperVision has 2; and Johnson and Johnson offers the popular Acuvue 2 Colors in Enhancers and Opaque versions.
Each of these manufacturers has improved the look of their color contact lenses by combining 2 and even 3 colors in one contact for a more natural eye color. And there are subtle lines, rings and shading in the new designs that make these contacts difficult to tell from someones natural eyes.
After deciding on the right colored contacts for the effect you’re after, it’s important to choose a quality supplier. The best deals for contact lenses are from on line suppliers, but check with local suppliers, too. Some may match on line prices.
Because all contact lenses are considered medical devices, a prescription is required. If you have one from your eye doctor that is less than a year old, you can use it to purchase your lenses on line. If your prescription is older that a year, or you don’t wear contacts for vision correction, you need to have a contact lens eye exam from your local eye doctor.
Color contact lenses are available in prescriptions to correct most vision impairments, including astigmatism. Some are even available in Plano lenses (non correcting) for cosmetic use. So if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to bat some baby blues, give a stranger a sultry stare, or just liven up your hazel eyes, get a pair of colored contact lenses. I guarantee you won’t get the same odd stares my high school classmates got. You’ll turn heads for all the right reasons! (I think I just talked myself out of getting some for my daughter!)
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