WOULDN'T BE HAUNTED BY THE KIDS
INSIDE.
TRICK-OR-TREAT.
ERICA EDWARDS, WBAL-TV 11
NEWS.
OBVIOUSLY SO MUCH TO CONSIDER
FOR HALLOWEEN WHEN IT COMES TO
SAFETY AND HEALTH.
JOINING US THIS MORNING IS
DR. LAUREN GORMLEY FROM THE EYE
INSTITUTE AND DR. BROOKS
WOODWARD FROM CHASE HEALTH
SERVICES.
GOOD MORNING, GUYS.
GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
LAUREN, WE'RE GOING TO START
WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE
AMAZING EYES THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET A
CLOSE-UP OF YOUR EYES.
STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.
GO AHEAD AND TELL US WHAT IS IN
YOUR EYES RIGHT NOW.
WHAT I HAVE IN RIGHT NOW ARE
COSMETIC HALLOWEEN CONTACT
LENSES.
THEY ARE NONPRESCRIPTION CONTACT
LENSES THAT YOU CAN OBTAIN FROM
YOUR EYE DOCTOR, ANY LICENSED
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TO
CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF YOUR
EYES FOR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES.
THIS IS A SAFE WAY TO CHANGE
YOUR EYE APPEARANCE?
DEFINITELY, AS LONG AS YOU
KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY USE THE
CONTACT LENSES.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING, YOU
HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO USE THEM
PROPERLY BEFORE YOU GET THEM.
DOES THAT MEAN THEY OPERATE
DIFFERENTLY FROM REGULAR
CONTACTS OR YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW
TO USE CONTACT LENSES?
THEY
OPERATE EXACTLY THE SAME
AS CONTACT LENSES, THEY HAVE A
LIFE SPAN.
THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW
TO CLEAN THEM AND CHANGE THEM
AND REMOVE THEM APPROPRIATELY.
DO ALL EYE DOCTORS HAVE THESE
OR DO YOU NEED TO CONTACT THEM
IN ADVANCE TO SAY HEY, I NEED
THE CAT'S EYE?
YOU CAN GET THEM FROM ANY
EYE
DOCTOR.
THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE EVEN
CRAZIER THAN MINE BUT THEY ARE
SPECIAL ORDER.
WHY DON'T YOU WANT TO BUY
SOMETHING JUST OVER THE COUNTER?
AS OF 2005, ALL CONTACT
LENSES ARE MEDICAL DEVICES BY
THE F.D.A. BECAUSE YOU CAN CAUSE
SERIOUS EYE INJURIES IF YOU
DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE CABTS
CONTACTS
PROPERLY.
THIS IS WHERE TRAINING IS HUGE.
LET'S GO TO DR. BROOKS
WOODWARD OVER HERE.
YOU'RE TALKING TO US ALL ABOUT
SUGAR.
WE ARE.
SO FOR ORAL HELP, OUR BIG
CULPRIT IS SUGAR.
SUGAR IS LIKE THE JET FUEL FOR
CAVITY CAUSING BACK TEAR YA.
FOR SURE.
SO FOR HALLOWEEN, THERE'S
GOING TO BE A LOT OF CAVITIES
THAT WANT TO FORM.
WE WANT TO DO, LIKE, WHATEVER
KIND OF STRATEGIES WE CAN TO
REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SUGAR THAT
OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE EATING.
YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T GIVE THIS
AMOUNT OF SUGAR TO YOUR CHILDREN
AND SAY HERE, HAVE THIS AMOUNT
OF SUGAR.
BUT MOST PARENTS DON'T THINK
TWICE ABOUT A LITTLE CONTAINER
LIKE THIS.
THERE ARE SUGAR-FREE CANDIES.
MOST ADULTS WOULD BE
HARD-PRESSED TO TELL THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PIECE OF
SUGAR-FREE CHOCOLATE AND A PIECE
OF SUGAR FULL CHOCOLATE.
KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE AT ALL.
OR AN ALTERNATIVE TO CANDY
ALTOGETHER, STICKERS, PENCILS,
LITTLE ERASERS FOR SCHOOL.
LITTLE KIDS LOVE THESE KIND OF
THINGS FROM THE DOLLAR STORE,
YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN JUST
ELIMINATE THE SUGAR ALTOGETHER.
REALLY, THOSE AREN'T THE
HOUSES THAT GET EGGED
AFTERWARDS?
NO, THEY'RE NOT.
[LAUGHTER]
WE CAN'T GET THESE KIDS OUT
OF TREASURE CHEST WHEN'S THEY'RE
IN OUR OFFICES.
WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE
KIDS TO BRUSH, PARTICULARLY ON
HALLOWEEN BEFORE THEY GO TO BED,
MAKE SURE THEY BRUSH THEIR
TEETH.
THEN WE INTRODUCED A LITTLE
CHARACTER LAST WEEK AT HALLOWEEN
CALLED THE SWITCH WITCH.
THE SWITCH WITCH WILL ACTUALLY
SWITCH OUT YOUR CHILDREN'S CANDY
FOR SOMETHING ELSE THEY MIGHT
HAVE BEEN WANTING.
SO SAY THEY WANT A PLAYSTATION
GAME.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT FOR
THEM ANYWAY, MOST LIKELY.
WELL, I DON'T WANT WHAT THE
SWITCH WITCH IS BRINGING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK
TO THE SWITCH WITCH ABOUT THAT.
LET'S GET BACK TO THE COLOR
AROUND THE EYES, TOO, WE WANT TO
BE CAREFUL WITH THE MAKEUP.
DEFINITELY.
ALMOST ALL MAKEUPS THAT YOU LOOK
AT, THEY WILL SAY, DO NOT USE ON
OR AROUND THE EYES.
BUT IF YOU'RE DOING A COSTUME
WHERE YOU NEED THAT MAKEUP CLOSE