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[dherblay]

Since I first got contact lenses I've dreaded this day, having witnessed rahael's painful experiences with the affliction. Last night, after going for an evening walk, I noticed that the astigmatism in my right eye was more prominent than usual. A couple of hours later, the vision in that eye developed a milky cast; when I went to the bathroom to remove

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[rebekahroxanna]

I am currently wearing my glasses. Last night my eye was bloodshot and oozing. I still think it is desert fatigue. My new contacts came and I tossed my old ones. After a night without contacts, my eyes have been fine.

I have never had a problem with eye infections until we went to Italy. My eyes have been red and oozy a couple of times, since, most recently as I recall (prior to yesterday) in Tripoli

On the other hand, the Kinston NC newspaper. Can't you find a better link?

[dherblay]

Well, I could have used ABC News, but I didn't think it was alarmist enough.

After about twenty-four hours, I'm either reassuringly down to pink or frighteningly still pink.

[rebekahroxanna]

On the other hand, it's great news for someone moving to Tennessee. Since I did pick up the current infection in Tennessee, maybe I should worry.

[wisewoman]

Uh, d'Herb? Re the eyeball bleaching? Just buy tinted contacts, 'kay?

Thx. Buh-bye.

;o)

[dherblay]

Bah. The difference between iris bleaching and tinted contact lenses is the difference between a sun-kissed natural tan and some artificial self-bronzer, between a good haircut and a toupee, between lightning and the lightning bug. Plus, there are safety issues as well; after all, contact lenses have been linked to eye infections.

[midnightsjane]

May I just say that this whole post has made me extremely glad I had to stop wearing contact lenses? Ewww.
I quit wearing my lenses when my arms got too short for me to focus on the itty bitty labels on stuff...bifocal contact lenses just seemed too out there for me.

[etrangere]

My eye has, at certain times, a gold ring around the pupil
I've got that too and I'm certain the power of light has nothing to do with it

[dherblay]

Hmm. Your anecdotes counter my anecdotes. I suppose I could be mistaken. Eye color, like skin color, is determined by the light-sensitive pigment melanin, but I can't find anything online connecting sun exposure to the appearance of gold in the iris.

As I recall, your eyes are a lighter blue than mine, so they might contain more gold, enough that you wouldn't notice small, light-reactive changes over the course of the year. I might have a more liminal amount, so that small changes would be more dramatic.

Or I could be full of it. That's always a safe option.

[etrangere]

Mmmm. When I was a kid I had bluer eyes than now and I used to have much more exposure to the sun (which I really don't now). I only got the golden-brown circle much later, so either there's a long time before the eye produces this melanin after exposure, either as a teen I had much more exposure to the sun than I thought, either it's not linked.
(note that I had other changes in features at puberty which definitly have nothing to do with the sun, like curly hair instead of straight, so I think this can be tied to hormonal changes and whatever, at least as co-factors)

My eyes are pretty light but not so blue (mostly green-grey, may varies with light) I don't really remember how they compare to yours #^_^#

[dherblay]

Damn your pesky facts!