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Popping Peepers- How Your Contacts Can Accentuate Your Eyes |
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Many people who are interested in a fresh look are
looking toward using color contact lenses in order to change their
appearance or to accentuate their eyes. Nearly all healthy people are
able to wear contact lenses without risk of complications, making color
contact lenses an option for nearly anybody. Of course, color contact
lenses are not meant to help improve vision. Rather, they are worn to
make the eyes more attractive. There are three types of colored lenses
to choose from: enhancers, opaque lenses, and light-fitting tints.
A) Colored Contact Lens Enhancers:
As might be expected by
the name, enhancers are designed to enhance the person’s natural eye
color. Most people choosing to wear enhancers have light-colored eyes
and wish to accentuate the color. The purpose of enhancers is to
brighten eye color or to enrich the natural hue of the eye color.
Enhancers are available in a wide variety of colors. In addition, some
are capable of making the eyes appear larger.
Unfortunately,
enhancers do not help people with dark eyes. A person with dark blue,
dark brown or dark green eyes will not see a difference in their eye
color when using enhancers.
B) Colored Contact Opaque Lenses:
Opaque
lenses are solid colored contact lenses used to completely change the
color of the eye. These lenses are best for people with dark colored
eyes who cannot gain a color change from enhancers. Using opaque lenses,
person with brown eyes who wants to have blue eyes or a person with
green eyes who wishes to have brown eyes would use opaque lenses. The
spectrum of colors being offered in opaque lenses continues to grow and
currently includes many shades of brown, blue, gray, green, and violet.
C)
Colored Contact Light-Filtering Tints:
Light-filtering tints are
the most recent creation in colored contact lenses. These colored
contacts are a little different from the other two types because their
main purpose is to enhance sports performance rather than to accentuate
eyes. The color tint used on light-filtering contacts is designed to
enhance certain colors seen by the eye. For example, a tennis player may
wear light-filtering tints in order to enhance the color yellow, making
it easier to see the tennis ball.
D) Choosing the Right Colored
Contacts:
It is important to note that both enhancers and opaque
color lenses will not look exactly the same on every person. This is
because the natural eye color of each person wearing the colored contact
lenses has an effect on the overall final color. Therefore, it may be
necessary to do some experimentation with different hues in order to
find the one that is most complimentary. In addition, many people choose
to select several different colors of contact lenses in order to change
the colors with their fashions or moods.
Many colored contact
lens manufacturers provide convenient charts to help determine the
contact lens colors that are most complimentary for certain hair and
skin types. These charts are only meant to be a guide and do not have to
be strictly adhered to, but they do provide color combinations that will
provide the most natural look while still making a dramatic and exciting
change to appearance.
E) Keeping eyes healthy while wearing
Colored Contacts:
When using color contacts, it is still
important to have a regular check up with the eye doctor, even if the
contacts are not corrective. Those wearing color contact lenses should
visit the eye doctor once per year. In addition, certain precautions
should be adhered to when it comes to the use of colored contacts. For
example, people should never share colored contact lenses with other
people. Sharing colored contact lenses can cause bacteria and other
diseases to be transferred from one person to the other.
Colored
contact should also never be worn for longer periods of time than what
is recommended by the manufacturer or eye doctor. Wearing contacts that
are worn out can lead to scarring of the eye tissue or infections in the
eye. Just as with prescription contact lenses, colored contacts should
also be cleaned prior to being inserted into the eye and it is best to
avoid wearing contacts when sick. Finally, contacts should never be worn
while sleeping unless they are specifically made for this purpose.
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