China to keep an eye on cosmetic contact lenses

Beijing, Jan 20 (IANS) China will regulate the production and sale of cosmetic coloured contact lenses by including them in its list of items classified as “medical apparatus“.

Some people wear such non-corrective coloured contact lenses to change or enhance eye colour for cosmetic and fashion purposes, said Xinhua.

As these contact lenses are not for vision correction and medication purposes, they are currently off limits to the country’s medical administration and regulators, said a statement published on the website of the State Food and Drug Administration Thursday.

However, with the increasingly popular use

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