She Wore Colored Contacts For Halloween And They Nearly Left Her Blind: Now She’s Making Sure Other People Don’t Put Their Eyes At Risk Like This
Seattle, Washington. Jo Oakland is a licensed esthetician living in Seattle, and this year, she had an amazing costume for Halloween.
Colored contacts especially marketed for Halloween were part of Jo’s costume.
She picked ones from the company Dolls Kill, and they were blackout-style contacts, which made her eyes look completely black.
Jo had no idea that the finishing touch to her costume would cause her so much pain and harm, yet it did just that.
“So I ordered blackout contacts from Dolls Kill,” Jo explained in a video she shared on Instagram in which she wore an eyepatch across her left eye.
“And when I took them out on Saturday, it removed the outermost layer of the epithelial part of my eye.”
Basically, Jo went to take the contacts out of her eyes, and when she did so, it completely ripped off that outer layer of tissue that lays across your cornea. That tissue is meant to protect your cornea from bacteria, and anything foreign.
Instagram; pictured above is Jo in her video explaining what happened to her eyes after she removed the Halloween contacts she was wearing as part of her costume
Jo rushed to the local emergency room, and she almost lost her eyesight from wearing these Halloween contacts that many people don’t think twice about using.
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Jo had to wear an eyepatch over her left eye for more than 2 whole weeks, and for 4 days after the incident, she was not even able to open her left eye at all.
She also was left unable to work for one week, and she had to be put on painkillers. According to the FDA, it’s actually not legal for you to buy any contact lenses that don’t come from a legitimate doctor.
“Any contact lenses that are not prescribed by a doctor are illegal and could cause you harm,” the FDA noted in a recent statement.
“You may want to have the perfect look for Halloween or look like your favorite movie star or singer, but choosing to change the look of your eyes with contact lenses could cause a lot of damage to your eyesight if you get them without the input of your eye care professional.”
Now, Jo is sharing her story across social media to alert people to the dangers that can come from wearing these fun-seeming contacts.
@rollerskatingesthetician Wait for it – Posting again b/c this truly was horrible!!! #Halloweencostume #tiktokhalloween #scarystories #dollskill #costumecontacts #mystory #pov #contacts
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