Circle Contact Lenses

The other night I was watching a show about lifeguards in Hawaii. One clip showed a middle-aged man trying to body surf on a beach on which the waves broke dangerously close to the shore. The lifeguards repeatedly warned him to get out of the water and advised him over and over not to try to body surf there. They were very patient and I kept thinking, "If a lifeguard came up to me and advised me that something I was doing is dangerous, I'd listen" (or at least I hope that I would).

Doctors everywhere are warning people about "Circle Lenses" which are made overseas and are being shipped by the ton to teenagers in the U.S. Wearing contact lenses without a prescription is not a new phenomenon. Flea markets everywhere have been illegally selling contacts for many years. And the complications from people wearing these lenses are everywhere!! We see them almost on a daily basis. And the flea market lenses are FDA APPROVED!!! The "circle lenses" coming from Asia are manufactured and sold not only without FDA approval but without any diffuse public knowledge of the manufacturing process.

The thousands of doctors who are speaking out about this (me included) have no financial gain in taking the time to advise against these lenses. They, basically, are just worried about people's safety.

Don't be like that body-surfing guy (of course he ended up going to the hospital at the end of the show)....take the warnings seriously and please be careful with your eyes. You only have 2....for life.

I think Lady Gaga should step up and start talking about the risks of these lenses. She seems to have created this fad, now she needs to help advise young people about the risks....Lady Gaga??