FDA warns against illegal colored contact lenses for Halloween



If you're planning on using colored contact lenses as part of your Halloween costume, the Food and Drug Administration has a warning for you. To get more news about Yellow Contacts, you can visit beauon.com official website.

Those decorative contact lenses could be a major Halloween hazard if they're purchased anywhere outside of a doctor's office. "You can absolutely go blind from contact lenses that are not regulated or you don't know what to do with them, you don't properly know how to care for them, they come in a vile with bacteria. there's a lot of things that could give you an infection," said Caitlin Morrison, an optometrist at Framed Ewe Optical Boutique. To get more news about Black Contacts, you can visit beauon.com official website.

Dr. Caitlin Morrison says the only proper, safe way to buy these types of lenses is through your eye doctor. She says if you buy from a costume shop or online they may look cool but come with a major risk.   

"You basically don't know where these contact lenses are coming from," says Dr. Morrison. "They could be in a little vile that has absolutely no way to fight off bacteria or other pathogens so you're putting that right on your eye, it's rubbing around which creates little tiny micro-abrasions on the cornea and those are entry points for bacteria to get right into your eye and create a bad infection."  Dr. Morrison says these unregulated lenses are actually illegal to buy or sell without a prescription.To get more news about cosplay contacts, you can visit beauon.com official website.
"A contact lens is a medical device that you're putting on a soft tissue, it has to interact with the soft tissue in a way that's appropriate that will keep you healthy even if just for a day."   At the doctor's office, you can still buy all of the over the top lenses like full color, cat eyes, lizard eyes and all of the other lenses you can think of.

With Halloween approaching many of you may want to take your costume to a higher level of frightening by adding colored contact lenses or “costume lenses” for a visual effect. Even if you do not wear these lenses, many of you do know a friend or relative that will possibly wear these lenses for Halloween or even wear colored contacts on a daily basis to change one’s eye color.

Misusing these contacts or buying them from an unauthorized seller can lead to some serious problems such as infection, irritation, and scarring. Some costume contacts are sold under the name of “Theatrical” contacts which are hand-painted. While theatrical contacts can give you an amazingly scary look they are often hand painted with paints that irritate the eye. Our recommendation is to stay away from theatrical contacts as these are not sold by certified optometrists.