I found this news article, and I knew everyone would love it. ;-)
http://inventorspot.com/articles/gir...t_lenses_16872 ~~
Girls Get the Anime Look with Extra-Wide Contact Lenses
Posted August 9th, 2008 by Steve Levenstein
Wide-eyed and not-so-innocent?
Anyone who's seen Japanese comics, cartoon videos or anime art is instantly struck by the common look of the girls -
big eyes that, by making the rest of the face look small, add the cuteness and sex appeal prized by many Japanese men. Since no amount of cosmetic surgery will make actual human eyes larger, some girls are trying another way to up their cute quotient: extra-wide contact lenses!
These are no ordinary contacts - they're not only tinted, but tinted prominently in the extra-wide outer ring. The result is the appearance of a bigger, wider iris.
To quote the sales copy,
"Wanna get big, watery shiny eyes without any surgery? CRAVE AND ENVY NO MORE!"
The extra-wide contact lenses are made by a variety of companies including
Geo and
Dueba, and cost in the $30-$50 per pair range. It seems they're not just cosmetic - send in your prescription and the lenses will be made to order.
The
site featuring the lenses sells a few other beauty aids, including a painful-sounding "nose clipper" and a
Crystal Colagen Breast Mask which demands a posting of its own - keep a big, watery, shiny eye on this blog!
Steve Levenstein J A P A N O R A M A InventorSpot.com