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From: tim@reed.UUCP (Timothy R. Flanagan)
Newsgroups: sci.med,alt.cyberpunk,misc.misc
Subject: Contact lenses in mirror-finish
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Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 00:25:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  9 00:25:23 1987
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I am interested in getting contact lenses with a mirror finish like
some sunglasses.  I understand that it is now possible to get 
contacts which give one's eyes a color *lighter* than one's original
color.  I have dark brown eyes, for instance, but I could get lenses
which would make my eyes look light blue.  Given this fact, is it not
therefore possible to make contacts which make my eyes chrome, i.e.
mirror-shades?  I am absolutely serious.  Think of it at a sort of
"fashion statement".  

What is it that makes a contact lense a different color?
How is it that one can cover up one's natural color with a lighter one?
How does this affect one's sight?  (is it like looking through dark
	glasses all the time?)
Can this be done with both hard and soft contact lenses?
Assuming I had prescription lenses made with a metallic finish, how
	much would they cost?

Strange request, I realize, but someone out there just might know...
-- 
				Timothy Russell Flanagan
				reed!tim
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	--Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation ("The Naked Now")