Anyone ever tint their own contacts?

[MrBond]

I'm hosting a halloween party this weekend, and I thought it'd be nifty to tint my old contacts (I wear 3mo pairs, save the old ones incase I lose one) a shade of deep red for the party. I read somewhere that it's a common fad (or was a fad, I read this a while ago) among teens to tint their contacts with food coloring. I seem to remember the article quoting a doctor saying that it wasn't that dangerous, except it made them less sensitive if a particle of dirt got under them and made it more likly to scratch the cornea. Since I'm not planning on wearing them longer then a few hours, I don't figure that'd be a problem.

Anyone ever try this themselves? Run into any problems?

 

[Keego]

My friend has tinted his red, they looked pretty sick when I saw them in the case but after he put em on they looked fine. I would be scared of that food coloring shizat getting in my eyes...

 

[hoihtah]

dude i donno about you...
but my eyes and my knees are two things that i don't mess with.
permanent damage... my friend... permanent damage.

 

[punkrawket]

i second Kyguy, i'd be warry about doing that

 

[MrBond]

Maybe I'll just bite the bullet and shell out the cash for some real ones, except I won't have them in time for the party. Oh well, if I go with my blind man costume idea, I won't need them anyway

 

[blakeatwork]

I tried it once.. (I was a dumb kid), and ended partially colour-blinding myself for about 2 days, due to the pigmentation in the food colouring. It's temporary, and the doctor says it doesn't do permanenet damage, but unless you have something that can bind the colour to the lens, it'll leak into your eye, and just make a nasty mess, especially if it's bright green like mine was..

Course, it looked really cool (At the time), to having bright green eyes, with natural blue pupils... really neat effect..

 

[Nefrodite]

good lord, eyes most important sense you have, spend on the read thing. plus with the real ones you can get cat eyes and other freaky things