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Old 01-03-2011, 02:18 PM
Slitheen Slitheen is offline
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Default Color Contact Lens Sensitivity

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Originally Posted by jellymelly14 View Post
Hm, you know, it's strange, I can't find anything online about it. My doctor made a huge deal about me wearing sunglasses and protecting my eyes b/c contact lenses magnify light or something and can make me more sensitive to light, even when they have U.V. protection. (The first contacts I ordered were colored ones). 0_o

Then again I got opaque colored contacts, so the contacts have no color around the pupil hole, where light comes in (if they had color there I wouldn't be able to see lol). Tinted contacts (translucent color) that cover the pupil hole I guess could help with light sensitivity? ...though, I recently bought Illusions contacts which are opaque around the pupil and tinted over the pupil, and they still make me sensitive to light. So idk. Maybe it's a personal preference thing.
I think Jesterhester might be on to something. Maybe it's the fact that having contact lenses on your eyes makes them more sensitive period.

I'm a little confused about your use of the word "opaque." Opaque is the opposite of transparent, isn't it? A window is transparent and a brick wall is opaque, right?
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