Contact lenses lead to complications in eyesight

Usage of contact lenses for cosmetic reasons is causing tremendous problems in young generation.

Trend of using contact lenses for cosmetic reasons is on the increase in Pakistan which is leading to very serious eye and vision problems, a leading eye hospital warned Thursday.

Roadside beauty parlours and quacks are providing inferior quality contact lenses to women seeking enhanced appearance which is leading many into permanent blindness, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital said.

We are receiving many newly married women from middle and low income groups with coloured contact lenses affixed to their cornea in a way that only to save patient is to remove the cornea which push them into permanent blindness for the rest of their lives, said Executive Director of the hospital Brig (r) Rizwan Ullah Asghar.

He said that many girls use substandard coloured contact lenses for good looks before marriage without knowing the negative effects like serious eye injuries and inflamed cornea.

After experiencing problems, most consult common practitioners only to make matter worst, he added.