Eye Tatoos

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Eye Tatoos

Body piercing and tattoos make way. The latest fashion trend to hit the Netherlands is eyeball jewelry.

Dutch eye surgeons have implanted tiny pieces of jewelry called "JewelEye" in the mucous membrane of the eyes of six women and one man in cosmetic surgery pioneered by an ophthalmic surgery research and development institute in Rotterdam.

The procedure involves inserting a 3.5 mm (0.13 inch) wide 1 piece of specially developed jewelry -- the range includes a glittering half-moon or heart -- into the eye's mucous membrane under local anaesthetic at a cost of 500 to 1,000 euros ($1,232).

"In my view it is a little more subtle than (body) piercing. It is a bit of a fun thing and a very personal thing for people," said Gerrit Melles, director of the Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (www.NIIOC.nl).

The piece of jewelry is inserted in the conjunctiva -- the mucous membrane lining the inner surface of the eyelids and front of the eyeball -- in sterile conditions using an operating microscope in a procedure taking about 15 minutes.

"Without doing any harm to the eye we can implant a jewel in the conjunctiva," Melles said. "So far we have not seen any side effects or complications and we don't expect any in the future."

The Rotterdam-based institute, which develops new ocular surgical techniques in corneal, cataract and retinal surgery, developed and patented the jewelry made with special materials and the surgical procedure.

The institute, which carries out the procedure in cooperation with an eye clinic near the city of Utrecht, said it has a waiting list for people who wanted the implant.

tinkerbell

omg, that is gross :eek: :eek:

Silent Grape

sweet jesus. that is the oddest most random thing ive heard of in a long time.

Lainey

Originally posted by tinkerbell
omg, that is gross :eek: :eek:

i agree with you tinkerbell... it is gross..
have seen a few with diamantes at corner of their eyes too..

kmart6

lol

What will they think of next????

Lainey

Originally posted by kmart6
lol

What will they think of next????

ha ha... ye, it's mad.. i seen fake toe nails in a chemist the other day.. ??????:)

SeeYouJimmy

Ha Ha

Them crazy Dutch up to no good again

I Love em!

Len_007

That's mad

Sleepy

This is as bad as the jewels embedded in teeth thing...

Lainey

Originally posted by Sleepy
This is as bad as the jewels embedded in teeth thing...

i'm thinking the teeth is bit worse.. yeuch......:dunno:

yellum

I think its cool. But the moon looks crap. A ring of small diamonds around the pupil would look much better.

Liquorice

I think it looks interesting. The site doesn't say if it's a permanent procedure, though. I take it it is. It's not disgusting to me, but I can see how it could be to others, like all other methods of body modification(I nearly made my mother throw up by explaining to her what pocketing was ).

Raz

Better pic Here

Some of the Instruments they have are damn scary!

Exit

Originally posted by Liquorice
I nearly made my mother throw up by explaining to her what pocketing was

So... what's pocketing?

fozzle

Argh! When I think of the horror eyedrops caused me........

pork99

Eye surgeons have branded it dangerous and stupid

jeez what would they know? :rolleyes:

Link

John Dart, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, said this type of surgery could irritate the eye.

"The stud is quite likely to move around and migrate because the tissue in the conjunctiva is quite loose," he said.

"Any movement is likely to cause inflammation. If it moves, there will be some scar tissue and you could get some bleeding."

catsup

Originally posted by Exit
So... what's pocketing?

yeah, what the hell is 'pocketing'? never heard the term before:dunno:

Liquorice

http://www.bmezine.com/pocket/misc001.html

Not disgusting at all, unless piercing makes you squeamish.

CombatCow

Originally posted by Raz
Better pic Here

Some of the Instruments they have are damn scary!

Anyone know if they sell a DIY kit ?


CombatCow

Agent Smith

thats just so so cool!

pork99

Just waiting for someone to sue them for going blind as a consequence

"if you couldn't stop me being stupid you are legally culpable"

joseph brand

the words, 'Attention seeking', 'self absorbed', 'idiots' and 'morons' immediately springs to mind.

"I want to be first, ME ME ME ME ME ME ME, can I Daddy"

Too much time on their proverbial 'Hands', me thinks, but HEY, whatever you're into?????

Sarky

It's not quite removing a mini-gothling's eyes with red hot tweezers, but when the jewellery causes eyeball to go septic, it'll be the next best thing.

George_h

Some people will do any thing to be new and different even if it costs a fortune.
Talk about absolutey unnecessary surgery, its worse than the californian jocks getting silicon implants in their calf musles cos they didn't want to train to get the muscley look. Bunch of muppets..........

pork99

Originally posted by George_h
Some people will do any thing to be new and different even if it costs a fortune.

Its especially obscene when you think that for the money that these f-wits are paying to risk their eyesight several people could be saved from going blind

It costs £330 to endanger your eyesight and look like a twat.

£3 a month could protect 25 villagers from river blindness every month
£5 a month could buy a lens every month which is needed to replace a cataract
£10 a month could treat 8 people a month suffering from trachoma
£17 a month could restore sight to a cataract sufferer each month
£20 a month could help run an outreach clinic, bringing urgent eyecare to rural villages

http://www.sightsavers.org.uk

Pass the sick bag :dunno:

mang87

I...Uhm... Yeah I-.... mmmm....errr.... yeah


wtf :dunno:

LemmingBoy

its pretty cool but i would never do "leave it to the dutch" as my dad always says