Contact lenses are technically considered as a medical device not a cosmetic item.
Can contacts make you blind.
04 20 edt 28 may 2009.
By fiona macrae for the daily mail updated.
But with contact lenses a little mistake can mean an excruciating eye infection that can cause permanent blindness.
Contacts could soak in the fumes or act as a reservoir for these fumes which could cause increased pain and possible damage if kept on the eye for a long period of time.
However there is no.
Therefore they should only be used responsibly and safely.
The contact lens that can help the blind see again.
That s because optometrists are trained to make sure the contacts fit before prescribing them says jeffrey walline the chair of the american optometric association contact lens and cornea.
Here are 8 fatal mistakes which contact lens wearers made.