Science: Health: Eye: Contact Lens
Edible Contact Lenses   (+5, -11)  [vote for, against]
Daily disposable edible contact lenses

I wear daily disposable contact lenses and at the end of the day, it would be really convenient if I could take them out and pop them in my mouth, knowing I'm getting a healthy vitamin boost.

Think of the landfill savings. I'm sure it's possible and you could even flavour them.
-- andy, Dec 04 2000

Ick.
-- redshift9, Dec 04 2000


Dude.
-- iuvare, Dec 04 2000


Well, if they were hygroscopic, they'd at least water your eyes enough to make you think twice before eating them -- like onions.
-- reensure, Dec 05 2000


I swallowed one one time. Don't ask.
-- dley, Dec 05 2000


My Graddaughter ate one of her mother's contacts-- eighty bucks later...! It would be better it they were made to taste nasty.
-- Jonathan, Dec 06 2000


I don't know that I would want to put something in my mouth that had been in my eye... i mean, it's all gooey and there's that crust in the corners in the morning. Even thinking about it, I have to suppress the gag reflex
-- greensroom2, Dec 06 2000


The color could indicate the flavor. Like skittles.
-- sseefeldt, Dec 06 2000


I once slept over at a friend's and forgot to bring solution for my disposibles. I put my contacts in two glasses of water overnight. In the morning she was thirsty and drank one of them. She is still alive, so I believe they technically are edible. Plus, if you don't clean them that often they are like a protein supplement.
-- xrayTed, Dec 08 2000


Feast for the eyes
-- thumbwax, Dec 08 2000


Less tasty than molluscs, but equally less likely to cause allergic reactions. Nutition : minimal In short : another example of the pointlessness of nouvelle cuisine.
-- frogge, Sep 14 2001


Eeeewwwwww
-- phoenix, Sep 14 2001


you might never have found it otherwise. funny old world.
-- po, May 05 2003


The flavoring would would sting your eyes. Not to mention...WHAT KIND OF MORON ARE YOU?!
-- koolcj291, Jan 22 2004



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