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Like every October, health authorities and medical organizations want to remind you that the decorative, over-the-counter lenses are not only illegal, they're also terrible for your eyes. And they're not telling tall tales.
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Just on Tuesday, USA Today reported the case of a Cleveland woman who got decorative lenses stuck to her eyeballs. The lenses were supposed to turn her brown eyes blue but instead made them swollen and red. She had to have them removed in an emergency room.
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Patient 12, on the other hand, was not so lucky. After buying cat-eye lenses at a flea market, the 26-year-old man developed a severe, painful infection called Acanthamoeba keratitis. The infection is caused by a free-living amoeba running rampant in the cornea, which can be blinding—as it was in this case. He ended up needing a corneal transplant, and three months afterwards his vision was still 20/200, which is considered legally blind.
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If you really want to change the look of your eye, the FDA emphasizes that it's very important to buy FDA-approved decorative lenses through your eye doctor or another reputable vendor—with your prescription.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/heres-why-you-should-never-use-decorative-contact-lenses-in-graphic-pictures/
https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/contact-lenses/list-contact-lenses
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 31 2019, @03:18PM (4 children)
So a dumbass who didn't clean her lenses or the carrying case and probably never refreshed her cleaning solution. The source of the lenses wasn't the problem there. @GP Shoddily made lenses or improper handling by the manufacturer or distributor can be just as dangerous, so due caution when purchasing is important too, which is why the FDA exists.
(Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 31 2019, @03:21PM (3 children)
The FDA reduces your level of caution, it has the opposite effect.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 31 2019, @04:47PM (2 children)
Sure, because otherwise you'd be all about doing your own quality control testing like exposing them to bacteria and making sure that rinsing clears them off fully, placing them in animal eyes to be sure that they don't contain irritants, that the manufacturer remains available for any product questions/liability filings, etc.
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 31 2019, @05:59PM (1 child)
Somebody would, and you would see the certifications/reviews. It is a non-problem.
(Score: 3, Touché) by MostCynical on Thursday October 31 2019, @10:19PM
Because private certification worked so well with automobiles...
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex