So, I have these eydrops....

Rocket75377 · Post by **Rocket75377** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:38 pm

...that were prescribed to me by my optometrist. Vigamox is the name; moxifloxacin, the active ingredient. That's an antibiotic, by the way. Well, come to find, it glows profusely under blacklight with a slight glow-in-the-dark post-illumination. What you end up with are two yellow, glowing eyes and a teardrop down each cheek. It's a really cool effect. The downside? You need a prescription and it's $145 for a 3 mL bottle. The upside? It's perfectly safe to use a million times (so says my optometrist), and insurance pays for it.

My Q: Anybody know why it would be blacklight responsive?

My A: If, by some chance, you have a bottle of this sitting around, check it out. You won't be disappointed.

MikeVDS · Post by **MikeVDS** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:02 pm

This comes from a scout leader I once had, who was full of B.S. but also really fun. He claimed that you could put the glowing wax from inside glowsticks on your eyes, as he opened them up and flung the glowing goo on the kids (including the broken glass inside). I highly doubt he knew what he was talking about but I thought this was along the same lines and someone might know.

Sorry I don't know about the specific original question.

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:23 am

YAH. Do NOT attempt to put Glowstick Gack into your eyes, as if I REALLY needed to tell (most of) you THAT. We used to cut 'em open and dab the stuff in our eyebrows to make "simulated glowing eyes", but I doubt I could be convinced to do that again given the chance of sweating it into your eyes. Part of the glow-effect is having a thicker-than-water substance that can bounce the UV around- My contact lenses light up around blacklight too, making it a little hard to see in an all-UV environment.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:06 am

UV even from blue-blacklights is not good for your eyes.
It is best to bounce the light onto whatever surface is uv responsive and it looks better anyway.
Never use any but the very dark blue-blacklights.

I have one of the very early black light strobes from the sixties.
This was an incredibly complex device before digital circuitry.
Almost every component was custom made for the device.
They are extremely rare because of this.
It worked by altering the 60 cycle grid sine wave frequency.