#1 Sarah Richards feared her £10 Halloween contact lenses would leave her blind
Sarah, 24, bought a set of 'zombie' eyes with distinct white irises from such a store in her home town Stratford-upon-Avon last year to attend a Halloween shindig.
Hours later she was in agony and unable to work for a week after developing a nasty eye infection.
#2 Sarah had to physically prise the novelty lenses off her eyeballs
Sarah doesn't know the brand of the lenses and admits she exacerbated the situation by sleeping in them - a definite no-no and rule well-known to regular wearers.
#3 Sarah was left in pain and her eyes red and teary after she finally removed the lenses
Unnerved and fearing she'd caused permanent damage to her eyes, Sarah went to an NHS drop-in centre and was given eye drops and an eye bath and told to avoid straining her eyes, using any make up, or wearing lenses.
#4 Sarah has highlighted the dangers of buying cheap Halloween contact lenses
Now Sarah Richards is warning other party-goers to shun fancy dress horror peeper-accessories as October 31 approaches.
Millions of Brits will dress up as ghosts, ghoulies, monsters and zombies at scare-season bashes next week.
But those who choose to change the colour of their eyes using lenses risk ulcers, tears on the cornea, infections and permanent sight damage.
