by Joel Harrison
29. December 2011 09:25
Illegal sale of coloured contact lenses has caused a lot of controversy in Florida this week. An optician who lives in the area contacted First Coast News when one of his patients had informed him he had seen coloured contacts sold at a petrol station.
As it is illegal to sell contact lenses without prescription in Florida, the optician, Vice Cottone, was so concerned by the situation that he went to the petrol station himself. Subsequently, he called the Clay County Sheriff’s Department, which issued a cease and desist letter against the shop.
Talking to the television station, Cottone stressed that buying contact lenses without prescription is very dangerous and may lead to such complications as corneal ulcers. This year two young women from New York and Georgia partially lost their vision due to illegal lenses and, according to Cottone, the time of year may make more young people want to buy such coloured contact lenses to impress their friends at Halloween parties.
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