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If you are a long time sufferer of astigmatism, chances are that you are familiar with toric contact lenses by now. Today however, you can also change the color of your eyes with colored toric lenses. Colored toric lenses are made from the same material as normal contact lenses and are generally soft or RGP (rigid gas permeable). They can also come in a wide variety of colors and even special ones that look like cats’ eyes or any other animal or zombie you can think of. These are usually a stand out at parties or on Halloween.

Types Of Lenses

There are two kinds of colored toric lenses. Some that have to be removed every day before you go to bed and will last you around a year as long as you keep up with the cleaning routine and those that you can wear for around a week without removing them from your eyes. At the end of the seven day period, they are usually tossed out and a new pair worn. Their life can be prolonged to around two weeks if you are willing to go through the clean and store routine on a daily basis.

Colors

Colored toric lenses can come in nearly any color that you can think of today but just in case you cannot find one to your liking, you can even have them custom made. With the regular price for these lenses being around $120.00 you can expect to pay a bit quite more for custom made ones.

Ask Your Eye Doctor

The first thing that you should do if you were interested in colored toric lenses is to contact an eye doctor or eye specialist to discuss the option. You must also be aware that these lenses are probably going to be more expensive than regular toric contacts and that there is the odd chance that your eyes might not be suited to colored lenses. However if you are very keen to change the color of you eyes, paying a visit to you eye doctor will be well worth it in the end.

Purchasing Colored Toric Lenses

With the help of the Internet, today you can purchase contact lenses without leaving your house. Just enter the search term buy colored toric lenses in your favorite search engine and you should find various merchants all offering the service that you are after. All you will require is your prescription and usually a credit card and they will ship your lenses straight to your door usually within 2 to 4 weeks. It also pays to visit a few sites before deciding as many of them do offer discounts.

The Dangers Of Colored Toric Lenses

Wearing colored lenses whether they are toric or not is no more dangerous than wearing normal contact lenses. If your lenses are meant for daily use, make sure that you wash your hands before you handle them and always use fresh cleaning solution for cleaning and storage. You should also try to maximize their use to no longer than 10 hours per day. In other words, treat your contacts with great care and make sure that you do stick to the cleaning regime if you need to and you should not have any problems with your colored toric lenses or any contact lenses for that matter.

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