Colored contacts that enhance or alter the color of one’s eyes are most popular among young females, according to a study appearing in Contact Lens & Anterior Eye, the official journal of the British Contact Lens Association.
According to the researchers, annual survey data regarding contact lens fittings show that those wearing the colored soft lenses are more likely to be female (4.6 percent of all soft lenses fitted versus 1.6 percent for males) and younger than those wearing non-tinted soft contacts.
The mean age of people wearing colored lenses is 27 years (range: 16 to 38 years), whereas the mean age of those wearing non-tinted lenses is 33 years (range: 20 to 46 years), according to the survey data.
People wearing color contact lenses also tend to wear the lenses more on a part-time basis and replace them less frequently than non-tinted lenses, the researchers said.
Source: Patterns of fitting cosmetically tinted contact lenses. Contact Lens & Anterior Eye. (Corrected proof, published online June 19, 2009)
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