MALLS, BEAUTY SUPPLY STORES AND ONLINE RETAILERS SELL MANY SPECIAL CONTACT LENSES THIS TIME OF YEAR…GIVING THE WEARER MONSTER…CAT…ZOMBIE OR GLOWING EYES. BUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION SPOKESPERSON TERRY HORSTMAN SAYS THEY CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.

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HORSTMAN SAYS MANY OPTOMETRISTS AND OPTHAMOLIGSTS IN ILLINOIS HAVE REPORTED SEEING PATIENTS WITH INFECTIONS AND CORNEAL SCRATCHING FROM THESE HALLOWEEN LENSES.

WHILE IT LOOKS PRETTY COOL TO HAVE IN CONTACTS THAT MAKE YOUR EYES GLOW OR LOOK LIKE A ZOMBIE…STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION SPOKESPERSON TERRY HORSTMAN SAYS THEY CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS. HE SAYS THEY ARE OFTEN MANUFACTURED OVERSEAS USING A DYE THAT MAY BE TOXIC TO THE EYE.

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HORSTMAN SAYS THE ONLY PLACE YOU SHOULD BE GETTING SPECIALIZED AND COLORED CONTACTS IS THROUGH AN EYE DOCTOR.