Regulator Warns Against 'Risky' Halloween Contact Lenses

Experts warn Halloween fancy dress accessory can cause blindness

Studies have found unauthorised dyes and other substances in cosmetic contact lenses

Fancy dress contact lenses can cause infections, ulcers, even blindness—how to keep your eyes safe this Halloween

With Halloween just around the corner, thousands will be shopping for fancy dress contact lenses to go with their costume. The appeal is clear, as their endless colors and shapes allow you to radically change how you look—who wasn't scared by the white and yellow eyes of the girl in The Exorcist?

Regulator warns against 'risky' Halloween contact lenses

Irish health regulator CORU, which regulates Health and Social Care Professionals, has issued a warning to children, teenagers and adults against the use of "novelty" contact lenses this Halloween.

Fancy dress contact lenses can cause infections, ulcers and even blindness. Here’s how to keep your eyes safe this Halloween

Faces Portrait/ShutterstockWith Halloween just around the corner, thousands will be shopping for fancy dress contact lenses to go with their costume. The appeal is clear, as their endless colours and shapes allow you to radically change how you look – who wasn’t scared by the white and yellow eyes of the girl in The Exorcist? However, we also have to be careful. These lenses can cause serious harm – and even blindness – if we fail to take the ne…

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