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Occasionally we all like to get weird and
practice the 'shock and awe' on our near and dear ones. Remember the
days when as a child you would get behind the curtain and wait for mom
to walk by, and the moment she did you would spring out, you shriek loud
and your palm turned into claws with your fingers curled in. It would
leave her startled and you would thoroughly enjoy that shocked look on
her face.
That was fun. In those days, contact
lenses were not so frequently used to enhance the shock effect neither
were we allowed to use them as kids. Well, kids are still not supposed
to use them but with the advent of newer technology, ground breaking
innovations have taken place adding altogether new chapters to the
evolutionary history of contact lenses. Contact lenses, thus, have
stepped beyond their conventional role of vision correction and have
become part of fashion and style.
Crazy contact lenses, as they
have now come to be known as, fall under that category. The only
difference being that they are not there to change the look to look
better but to appear a little too different and, at times, plainly scary.
These
lenses are zero power lenses and are normally available in two
varieties-- monthly lenses and standard lenses. The monthly ones can be
worn over a period of one month or 30 time on and off. The standard
lenses, on the other hand, can be worn for as long as 18 months on and
off.
These crazy ones have to used with care and caution. Avoid
make-up, sprays and perfumes in order to avoid damage to the lenses, for
they might sustain damage without your realizing, which can be harmful
for your eyes in the long run.
Being zero powered lenses, they
are sometimes shared by the people in much the same way as sunglasses
are. Don't do it because they are very different from sunglasses due to
their proximity with the living tissues of the eye. Sharing lenses could
cause infection. So, avoid.
Prior to handling them wash your
hands properly and always clean and disinfect the lenses with the
prescribed solution only. Make sure that you use the solution
manufactured by an approved and reputable company. Since these lenses
are not used everyday, they must be stored carefully. When it is time to
discard them, do dispense with them even if you have worn them only a
few times. The desire to derive value for money in such cases is quite
dangerous. After all, eyes are precious. Right?
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