According to recent media reports, two trends are endangering our nation's youth: biting and large, circular contact lenses. With the youths evermore enamored of vampires and the abstinence-promoting books and movies where they fictionally dwell, CNN asks, are bite marks the new hickey? Provocative. Meanwhile, with Lady Gaga putting her pantless stamp all over culture, equally cutting-edge news source the New York Times looks at how the kids are snatching up the special contacts that gave Gaga her super-big eyes in the "Bad Romance" video. Googly eyes or bite marks? After the jump, we weigh these new trends and assess the dangers that go with them.

Circular Contacts The look: The kids are wearing special circular contact lens to achieve a kooky doe-eyed, anime-character look. Trend piece: "What Big Eyes You Have, Dear, but Are Those Contacts Risky?" - The New York Times Trendspiration: Anime, Lady Gaga, the continent of Asia The danger: Circular contacts are ordered via websites that let kids pick their own size, strengths, and color—no pesky prescription or eyecare professional needed. An FDA spokesperson tells the Times that "Consumers risk significant eye injuries" and "blindness" when they buy contacts without a valid prescription or help from an eyecare pro

Bite Mark The look: High schoolers biting each other to leave a mark on loved (well, "liked" or "like, liked") one. Trend piece: "Bite marks the new hickey?" - CNN.com Trendspiration: Twilight, True Blood, toddlers The danger: Broken skin, germs, infection, unsightly dental impressions.

Which would you rather have your teenager try to convince you is cool?