Illegal contacts put eyes at risk, Oklahoma doctors say
Trendy new contact lenses promised to make his brown eyes blue and huge. But when Lucas Dixon tried a pair of $20 circle contact lenses from an urban clothing store, he got far more.
Within days, the 20-year-old Oklahoma City man awoke to swollen eyes and pain. By the fifth day, the pain was unbearable and a blinding white film covered his entire right eye.
"I was terrified,” Dixon said.
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