In the previous article, we discussed “Is it safe to buy contact lenses online?”. In this article, let’s talk about “Cosmetic Contact Lenses And Chromatic Contact Lenses”.
The history of chromatic contact lenses
Chromatic contact lenses, commonly known as color Lens, is a kind of Soft hydrophilic Contact Lens, belongs to the third category of medical devices. In 1971, Bausch & Lomb introduced the world's first pair of soft contact lenses. Before this, contact lenses are made of hard materials, with poor comfort, difficult to promote. Soon after, CIBA Vision made the lenses aqua blue to make them easier for users to operate. There were also special contact lenses with dark loops on the lenses, which were designed to help people with injured or defective eyes, like corneal white spots or iris defects, to conceal flaws, forming artificial pupils, so they were called "beauty lenses".
Then, in the 1980s, American company Wesley Jessen (later bought by VisiCon) introduced the FreshLook chromatic contact lens, which used laser technology to "print" colored patterns onto the lens to change the color of the wearer's iris. Since then, contact lenses have been developed from a simple vision correction tool into a "cosmetic" with the effect of "beauty makeup". It can brighten, enlarge, darken or change the color of the iris of the eye. At present, the common chromatic contact lenses are black, brown, gray, purple, blue, green, and so on. There are also a variety of color combinations or some special patterns.
Cosmetic Contact Lenses & Chromatic Contact Lenses
We are used to referring to chromatic contact lenses as "beautiful contact lenses". In fact, beautiful contact lenses are a registered trademark of Johnson & Johnson in 2007. It is the name of a product series of Johnson & Johnson. Not all chromatic contact lenses are called "beautiful contact lenses". Regular contact lenses can have complications if they are not properly worn, and these can also be seen in chromatic contact lenses. But because the color piece was much a layer of pigment, if the quality is not up to standard, there will be greater safety hidden trouble.
Color process of Contact lenses
Pigment printing process
It refers to the direct printing of pigments or patterns on the inside of the lens and then drying, which is the main production process of poor-quality chromatic contact lenses. Usually, small factories and small workshops use this method. The lens is being phased out because the pigment can easily seep out from the surface during wearing, causing discoloration and staining, and irritation to the eyes, which is a big risk.
Pigment build-in process
To be specific, the lens made by sandwich technology is a three-layer structure, the front and rear are colorless transparent layers, and the middle is a colored layer. After the processing of sandwich technology, the color layer is wrapped in the middle of the front and rear transparent layer, so that the pigment will not contact the eyes, which will not cause irritation and injury to the eyes. The downside of this process, however, is that the lenses are slightly thicker than normal contact lenses and are less oxygen-permeable, so they are not suitable for long-term wear.
The pressed film manufacturing process
This is a relatively new method of a similar "sandwich" process, and the color (pattern) is also made between the front and rear layers of the lens. But the color (pattern) is used to fill in the film process. During lens curing, the pigment seeps into the material instead of sticking to the surface. It feels as if the lens is covered in color within a single layer. This reduces the middle layer and makes the lens thinner, which naturally makes it more comfortable and permeable to oxygen.
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