Such easy access concerns experts because the contacts – cat eyes and lizard eyes, for example – are not regulated and can damage the eye. Every year around Halloween, joker suit the American Academy of Ophthalmology and state organizations such as the Florida Society of Ophthalmology ramp up their efforts to educate consumers about the dangers of nonprescription costume contacts. The Winter Park, Fla., woman’s black-and-red costume resembles a seductive spider queen standing on two hind legs.