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| L-R Finn Wittrock, Domhnall Gleeson and Jack O'Connell in a scene from "Unbroken. (Universal Pictures.) |
Contact lenses with 38% water content and 8.6mm base curve
fit most of the people unless you are diagnosed with rare diseases or eye
shapes. However, one must not forget that contact lenses are not one size fit
all. Certain medications & life style do leave impact on contact lens
tolerance & fitting-even weight loss.
Reducing too much of your body mass in a short period of
time might make your body feel starved & de-hydrated. The fresh example is
actor Domhnall Gleeson; who recently has lost too much weight for Anjelina
Jolie’s Movie “Unbroken” that his contact lenses no longer fit him.
The story line of the film rotates around World War II;
where his plane was gunned down over the Pacific Ocean & he was left all
alone at the shore until he was rescued by Japanese sailors
who kept him in prison for two years with little food for his survival.
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| Gleeson loses so much weight that his contact lenses no longer fit |
To put a life in his character; actor took the job seriously
& lost so much of his weight that he dropped contact lens size. O’Connel- the co-star
said in a press conference; "Domhnall lost
so much weight, even his eyeballs changed shape."
"It's true," laughed
director Angelina Jolie, noting the actors wore special lenses to make their
eyes look bloodshot. "They fit when he was starting to lose weight and
then by the time we got to the end of the raft section, they wouldn't go into
his eyes. I think it was the dehydration."
Strange fact; but yes looks like your cornea changes shape; as you lose
weight. Even your eyes go skinny. Until eye professionals come forward to
address this issue; we have no other option than assuming that reducing excessive
weight specially in a short span may lay adverse effect on contact lenses’fit.
