Colored contact lenses are a convenient way to correct vision and change the color of the eyes. Learn more about products, safety, and vision health.

You can wear colored contacts for 8 to 16 hours a day, just like regular contact lenses. If you’re prone to symptoms of dry eye, you should opt to wear your contacts for shorter durations.

Colored contact lenses offer a chance to to change up your eye fashion. But these are medical devices, not accessories. Here’s what to know if you want to wear them.

This color-change was visible to the naked eye, and could be quantified using a fiber optic spectrometer. It is now hoped that one day such contact lenses could be loaded with other medications to ...

Color-changing contact lenses will alert diabetics when sugar levels change (Photo: Etan J. Tal, Creative Commons) We have seen some interesting and innovative medical uses for contact lenses ...

Now, one researcher is working on creating contact lenses that are able to detect unusual blood sugar levels in the eyes, then change color in response. News Today's news ...

Color-changing contact lens could enhance monitoring of eye disease treatments. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 10 / 181010124932.htm ...

Newly developed color-changing contact lens can enhance monitoring of eye disease treatments, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal ACS Applied Materials ...

Color-Change Lenses Check Blood Sugar. By ABC News. April 18, 2003, ... If the material can be used in a contact lens, it would detect the glucose carried in human tears, Ascher says.

image: Contact lenses that change color after releasing drugs into the eye could help doctors determine whether a medication is being delivered to its intended treatment site. view more .

Color-Changing Contact Lens Helps Monitor Diabetes. People with diabetes often have to check their blood sugar using a drop of blood squeezed from a finger, thigh or some other part of the body.