![]() ![]() It can also make it clear that you’re wearing colored contacts when both your natural color and the colored contact are visible. Just like with regular contact lenses, wearing colored contacts can increase the odds for eye and corneal infections, scratches on the cornea, possible allergic reactions, impaired vision, and even potential blindness.Ĭolored contacts can slide around on the eye, which can impair vision. Your pupil will continue to expand, but your vision will be blocked by the colored portion of the contact.Ĭolored contact lenses are specialized medical devices that need to be treated and worn with care. The transparent center of the lens can only be so big. Colored contacts only have so much room to allow your pupil to expand. This can make it more difficult to see out of colored contacts, especially at night.Īs light decreases, your pupils get bigger to try and take in more light. Not only does this look unnatural as your true eye color is exposed underneath, but it can also impair your vision.Īn opaque tint with a clear center can lead to decreased vision when the pupil expands due to low-light situations. Then, the “hole” in the center of the lens may not line up exactly with your pupil. When this happens, the colored lens can move. They don’t stay in just one place, especially when you blink. This type of tint is essential for dark eyes.Ĭontacts can move around on your eyes, however. An opaque tint uses lines, shapes, and dots in the desired color to completely change the look of your original eye color. The middle of the lens is left clear for the pupil to be able to see through it openly. This is the part of the eye that gives it the color. Decreased Vision Related to Colored Contact LensesĬolored contacts that use an opaque tint, which is a tint that is not transparent, have color on the part that is designed to fit over the iris of the eye. This can cause dry eyes and increase the risk for infection. They can therefore let less oxygen through into the eye. As a result, they have many of the same possible risk factors.ĭecorative contacts may be thicker or have more pigment than traditional contacts. This can become serious and have irreversible consequences if not handled promptly and properly.Ĭolored contacts sit on top of your cornea just as other contact lenses do. Putting something into your eye can increase the odds for bacterial infections like keratitis. The FDA warns that wearing contact lenses can irritate the eyes and lead to pink eye (conjunctivitis), corneal infections, scratches on the cornea, possible impaired vision, and blindness. ![]() One teen had her cornea damaged from such a contact lens, resulting in partial blindness in one eye. The issues related to some of these lenses can result in long-term vision problems. Some doctors report that eye-related injuries are more common around Halloween, and this is partially due to people wearing colored contact lenses that are not medically approved. ![]()
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