Comments on: Anime, Manga, Pop-Star Contact Lenses – A great way to damage your cornea

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Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:27:38 +0000

[…] and while we were there I noticed that many of the attendees in costume were wearing those weird colored contact lenses. I shuddered to think about the damage they could do being in there for 18+ hours a […]

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:47:40 +0000

In reply to Trish. My kids saw the employees of a Halloween costume store wearing these and just fell in love with them. If they'd not seen me go through my KC turmoil, they'd probably have been tempted. The FDA needs to NIX these things as they look incredibly cool, but have so little oversight.

By: Trish

Trish — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:58:01 +0000

I am an eye doctor and I am so frustrated with colored contacts. They are harmful to the eye if worn for too many hours. They allow zero oxygen to the cornea…that is the clear dome on the front of the eye that is clear for a reason…so you can see through it. When there is a lack of oxygen (i.e. from wearing these horrible lenses), new blood vessels start to grow because it is STARVING for oxygen. Also, cells on the inside layer of the cornea DIE…permanently. They do not regenerate. This is permanent damage. Do NOT wear colored contacts without seeing an eye doctor and please do not wear them for extended hours (8-10 hours max). I can not tell you how upset I get…this week once again I saw a patient that has permanent damage to their eyes. Why? To change your eye color…please…so stupid!!! It looks bad anyway.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:18:30 +0000

In reply to kn00tcn. Hi and thanks for your comment. No, I don't think it applies to colored contacts because most of those are dispensed from an optometrist-approved place. You could be right on monsters/aliens, but the majority of ads I've seen are related to cons/mini-cons for Anime. My daughter does cosplay a lot and this is how I got familiar.

By: kn00tcn

kn00tcn — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:46:18 +0000

wouldn’t it make more sense for the title to be talking about ‘colored contacts’ overall? just like in the video, it applies to western fantasy like monsters/aliens, not just japanese anime (plus one would normally start with hair coloring/wigs first)

also funny thing is i grew up in lexington…

oh & i got here looking for keratoconus info, not anime, funny coincidence