Who Can Wear Dark Color Contacts?
Optical technology is the fastest and hippest growing field. Over 35 million people wear contact lenses in the United States, for obvious reasons; they’re more comfortable, don’t ‘fog up’, contacts allow for a wider field of vision, can be easily disposed of and are a safer vision solution for athletes. But the hippest, coolest contacts out there right now are the dark shades.
When the first silicone hydrogels were introduced to the Optometry field in 1999, the new silicone quickly replaced the harder, more basic material of the previous thirty years. Originally designed for extended wear, researchers discovered the durability of the complex compounds allowed for complex tinting, and dark colored contacts were born.
The new invention proved to be useful for many reasons, for example people who are red / green color blind who wore the dark red colored contact lenses, displayed a 77% increase in color identification, and an FDA approved study found dark color contact lens wearers showed improvements in basic reading ability.
Cosmetic contacts, which is a lens that changes the appearance of the eye, serves two purposes. For those with a light color iris, a dark colored contact lens can add unusual tone and clarity to natural eye highlights. Dark color contacts also have ultraviolet protection, preventing sight degradation due to damage done by intense sun light.
One can also find dark contact lenses of the ‘theatrical’ variety, used most often in the film industry, which make the eye appear milky or demonic. Often, these types of dark contact lenses are not used for sight enhancement, only for changing the eye or pupil size or shape; some make the wearer’s eyes seem dilated or like those of a snake or cat.
In Japan and South Korea, the dark colored circle contact lens is all the rage, as it makes the eye into an anime shape; bigger, rounder and really cute.
We are at a truly incredible stage of technology where whatever you are ‘into’, you can have – the issue is not just about vision correctness anymore. With dark color contacts, you can see, make your eyes a deeper tone, block out harmful UV rays, read with more clarity, correct color-blindness as well as make your eyes as round and full as your favorite anime character. How sweet is that?
Find out more great information about dark color contacts and non corrective colored contacts at the Free Contact Lenses Guide.
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