We can farewell to our old bookish eyeglasses and wear stylish contact lenses to enhance our appearance. Many people have wrong idea that it is a difficult task to wear contact lenses and also they are not much successful as the glasses. Contact lenses aid to provide the same function as that of the usual eyeglasses. These lenses are fixed at the cornea of our eye. Once we get used to wear them up we will find them more convenient. Unlike glasses, these lenses are easy to handle and so we can wear them everywhere. We can even swim under water or we may perform any other active sports.

The initial process before purchase of contact lenses is to get prescribed from an eye care professionals or ophthalmologist. Although our eyesight is better and we might not wear glasses, but still we must undergo eye tests before going for it, to verify whether the cosmetic contacts will suit us. We may get our contact lens fitted in a perfect manner by the opticians unless doing ourselves.

Contact lenses are available in various types and designs to attract and serve the consumers and the most ideal among them are the colored contact lenses. Most of us prefer this lens to change the eye color and give them a modern and stylish look. Contact lenses are basically divided into two major types:

1. Soft contact lenses: These lenses possess nearly 25%to 79% of water. There are easy to adapt and are more comfortable. These soft lenses should be replaced every few months.

2. Rigid Gas Permeable (RPG) contact lenses: These lenses are long-lasting, but they take much time to get adjusted than the soft contacts. They are not much expensive, and these lenses offer a better vision than soft lenses. As their duration is long they can be replaced even after two years.

Colored Contacts:

Usage of colored contact lenses has become popular among modern people as they help to change the color of the eyes. This change boosts our appearance and gives us the pleasant look. As we select the best choice of color that can enchant our beauty. Some people wear contacts occasionally for functions or parties as an alternate to their regular eyeglasses. There are four types of colored contacts available in market:

1. Visibility tints: This comes with light blue or green color tint designed in the lenses so that it helps us to locate them easily in case if we drop and also we can view them better while wearing and removing. This color tint does not change the eye color.

2. Enhancement tints: It is a hard translucent tint added to the lens to boost the natural colour of our eyes.

3. Opaque color tints: They are solid color tints designed to change the entire color of the eyes.

4. Light-filtering tints: This lens is designed to enhance only particular colors like optic yellow, the color of golf balls, tennis balls etc. They are exclusively made for the purpose of sports players so that they can have clear focus on the ball, as these lenses makes focus point of the ball to stand out against the background.

Novelty Contact Lenses:

Novelty contacts are good choice for dramatic people and are ideal during Halloween, so they may be called as Halloween Lenses. These lenses possess special effects which will be appropriate for the Halloween costume. Novelty contacts play a vital role in horror movies to enhance the appearance of a dreadful Dracula or the werewolf, or a witch as they wear these lenses. These lenses should be worn with great care and so we should purchase them only from brand name traders. As they are cheap and readily available at all places we should be more cautious about the quality of these lenses. Buying a duplicate one will cause severe damage to our eyes.

Safety Tips:

We must always care to remember the replacement date that is the date of expiry of the contacts mentioned by the manufacturers or else the adverse effect of the contacts will cause severe eye infection. Never exchange lens with anybody, as this habit can spread out bacterial infection in the eyes. Never wear contact lenses with out the proper prescription issued by our ophthalmologist and under the supervision of our optician. The contacts should be maintained with care by periodic cleanings for that the lens should be soaked in the specific sterile solutions that are provided for them. If we carry out all these process correctly we can get rid of eye irritations or infections and remain hygienic.

One should be cautious about the reaction of our eyes after wearing the contacts and need to replace the lenses accordingly.