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From: hollombe@ttidca.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.med,alt.cyberpunk,misc.misc
Subject: Re: Contact lenses in mirror-finish
Message-ID: <1449@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 13:08:30 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 11 13:08:30 1987
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In article <7675@reed.UUCP> tim@reed.UUCP (Timothy R. Flanagan) writes:
>I am interested in getting contact lenses with a mirror finish like
>some sunglasses. ...

>How is it that one can cover up one's natural color with a lighter one?

As I understand it, they use an opaque pigment to put tiny dots of the
desired color on the lens everywhere but over the center.  Sort of a
screen effect.

>How does this affect one's sight?  (is it like looking through dark
>	glasses all the time?)

Supposedly not.

>Can this be done with both hard and soft contact lenses?

I think so, but I'm not sure.

>Assuming I had prescription lenses made with a metallic finish, how
>	much would they cost?

No idea.

BTW, this isn't a new idea.  Several SF movies have featured aliens played
by actors with silvered contact lenses.

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