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Colored Toric Lenses - Look Cool With Colored Toric Lenses

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Written by Mike Rigby

Sunday, 01 June 2008

by MikeRigby

If you suffer from astigmatism and thought that you were doomed to wearing boring old glasses for the rest of your life, then you probably have not been introduced to toric contact lenses. Toric contacts are made to fit precisely on your eyes and therefore reducing the blurred vision that you would normally get from wearing normal contacts. Today however, you can even change the color of your eyes with colored toric contacts. These lenses are made from the same material as normal lenses and come either in soft or rigid gas permeable type. The colors available range from blue to violet and any shades in between that you can think of. If you would like to add a little spice to your Halloween costume this year, don't let astigmatism stop you. In fact you can get colored toric lenses that look like cats' eyes or any monster like creature that you can think of to make you look your scary best.

Types Of Lenses

When buying colored toric lenses, you are generally faced with two choices. Those that have to be removed and cleaned every night before you go to bed and will last you around a year providing that you maintain the cleaning regime or lenses that you can wear for seven days straight without have to remove them from your eyes. These are usually tossed out after seven days and replaced by a new pair. You can probably stretch their life span to around two weeks if you are willing to clean them on a daily basis. Depending on your life style and preference, you have to make the choice that suits you best.

Colors

Colored toric lenses can come in nearly any color that you can think of today but just in case you cannot find one to your liking, you can even have them custom made. With the regular price for these lenses being around $120.00 you can expect to pay a bit quite more for custom made ones.

Get Your Eye Doctor's Opinion

The first thing that you should do if you were interested in colored toric lenses is to contact an eye doctor or eye specialist to discuss the option. You must also be aware that these lenses are probably going to be more expensive than regular toric contacts and that there is the odd chance that your eyes might not be suited to colored lenses. However if you are very keen to change the color of you eyes, paying a visit to you eye doctor will be well worth it in the end.

Purchasing Colored Toric Lenses

With the help of the Internet, today you can purchase contact lenses without leaving your house. Just enter the search term buy colored toric lenses in your favorite search engine and you should find various merchants all offering the service that you are after. All you will require is your prescription and usually a credit card and they will ship your lenses straight to your door usually within 2 to 4 weeks. It also pays to visit a few sites before deciding as many of them do offer discounts.

Can Colored Toric Lenses Damage Your Eyes?

Wearing colored lenses whether they are toric or not is no more dangerous than wearing normal contact lenses. If your lenses are meant for daily use, make sure that you wash your hands before you handle them and always use fresh cleaning solution for cleaning and storage. You should also try to maximize their use to no longer than 10 hours per day. In other words, treat your contacts with great care and make sure that you do stick to the cleaning regime if you need to and you should not have any problems with your colored toric lenses or any contact lenses for that matter.

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Before you decide to purchase colored toric lenses, please ensure that you read all our articles relating to colored contact lenses and ways to properly take care of your eyes.

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