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		Scary contact lenses, but first some facts on contacts. A contact lens (also known simply as a contact) is a corrective, cosmetic, or therapeutic lens usually placed on the cornea of the eye. Modern soft contact lenses were invented by the Czech chemists Otto Wichterle who also invented the gel used first for their production. Contact lenses usually serve the same corrective purpose as spectacles, but are more lightweight and virtually invisible. Many readily available lenses are tinted a faint blue to make them more visible when immersed in cleaning and storage solutions.



Some cosmetic lenses are deliberately colored to alter the appearance of the eye. It has been estimated that 125 million people use contact lenses worldwide (2%), including 28 to 38 million in the United States and 13 million in Japan. The types of lenses used and prescribed vary markedly between countries, with rigid lenses accounting for over 20% of currently-prescribed lenses in Japan, Netherlands and Germany but less than 5% in Scandinavia. People choose to wear contact lenses for many reasons, often due to their appearance and practicality. When compared to glasses, contact lenses are less affected by wet weather, do not steam up, and provide a wider field of vision. They are more suitable for a number of sporting activities. Additionally, ophthalmological conditions such as keratoconus and aniseikonia may not be accurately corrected with glasses.


A so called scary contact lenses or “cosmetic contact lens” is designed to change the appearance of the eye. These scary contact lenses may also correct the vision, but some blurring or obstruction of vision may occur as a result of the colour or design. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration frequently calls non-corrective cosmetic contact lenses decorative contact lenses . These scary contact lenses tend to cause mild irritation on insertion, but after the eyes become accustomed, tend to cause no long term damage. Though it is advised that these lenses not be worn too much, research has shown them to have no direct link to any forms of eye degradation.

Scary contact lenses are a type of cosmetic contact lens that are used primarily in the entertainment industry to make the eye appear pleasing, unusual or unnatural in appearance most often in horror and zombie movies, where lenses can make one's eyes appear demonic, cloudy and lifeless, or even to make the pupils of the wearer appear dilated to simulate the natural appearance of the pupils under the influence of various illicit drugs. Similar lenses have more direct medical applications. For example, some lenses can give the iris an enlarged appearance, or mask defects such as absence of (aniridia) or damage to (dyscoria) the iris. Although many scary contact lenses are lightly tinted to make them easier to handle, cosmetic lenses worn to change the color of the eye are far less common, accounting for only 3% of contact lens fits in 2004


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