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From: todd@reed.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.med,alt.cyberpunk,misc.misc
Subject: Re: Contact lenses in mirror-finish
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Date: Thu, 12-Nov-87 16:25:09 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 12 16:25:09 1987
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Reply-To: todd@reed.UUCP (Todd Ellner)
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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 looked into this a few years ago, and came to the conclusion that
>this wasn't yet possible. 

There was an article in the Portland Oregonian a couple of months ago on the
subject.  There is a new process for coloring lenses so that they can be of a
lighter shade than the original eyes.  Instead of tinting, the contact lenses
are impregnated with flecks of some reasonably transparent colored material.
The pictures were striking. The model had eyes that were naturally dark brown,
but they looked _bright_blue_ with those things in.  I don't know if the lenses
are hard, soft, or both. I don't see why metallic colored flakes would be any 
more difficult.


Me, I'm waiting for mirrored _scleral_ contacts. I want to paint myself some 
shocking shade of blue or violet, sit out on the beach, and just blink at
people........

													Todd Ellner
													tektronix!reed!todd