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Get New Eye Appeal with Non-prescription Contact Lenses
Cosmetics can change the look around your eyes and non-prescription contact lenses can change the look of your eyes. Today's soft contact lenses are comfortable to wear and relatively cheap to buy. So if you don't need to see better but want to have a better appearance, non-prescription contact lenses can offer the way.
When talking about non-prescription contact lenses it's necessary to point out that all contact lenses are considered medical products. And in the United States, it's legally required to have a prescription when they're sold. Even if your eyesight doesn't need correction, a prescription is needed for a proper fit.
Non-prescription contact lenses are also called cosmetic contacts because they're usually meant to change how you look, not change your vision. Usually the change in appearance is designed to look natural. But for theatric effects or special situations, there are lenses available that look anything but natural.
Maybe you have dull blue eyes and want to brighten them. Enhancement lenses can give accents to light eyes and a richer color. And even though the tinting in the lens covers the entire surface, the dye layer is thin and transparent so it doesn't color everything you see.
To change the color of your eyes you need an opaque style of non-prescription contact lenses. Because the dye layer in opaque lenses isn't transparent, it only covers the colored part of your eye, the iris. However, even though the center of the lens over your pupil is clear, proper fit is required to make sure the lens stays centered so the edge of the color layer doesn't block your vision.
Although most non-prescription contact lenses are used for cosmetic purposes, there are other types of uses. Some lenses are specially made to block UV radiation for people who spend a great deal of time outdoors or have sensitive eyes. Other lenses are popular with athletes for their ability to filter out certain background colors. For instance, this allows tennis players and skeet shooters to more easily see fast moving objects.
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