An American digital influencer who has already spent $100,000 on plastic surgery decided to change eye color with artificial coloring techniques.
One of the possibilities she chose is keratopigmentation, a procedure that creates a type of “tattoo” on the cornea.
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Such aesthetic procedures They are already used in ophthalmology in some clinical cases, such as when the patient has a white cornea.
In these cases, the technique can be used to increase the self-esteem of patients who suffer from opacity in their eyes.
However, the trend of changing eye color has already reached people who do not have any ophthalmological problems and still want to undergo the procedure.
Thus, influencer Mary Magdalene surprised her followers by commenting on her desire to change her eyes. Many people are unaware that this procedure exists and is performed by many ophthalmologists.
“I'm getting new breasts in February in Europe and I'm thinking about changing my eye color while I'm there. What is your favorite eye color?”, she commented on X, formerly Twitter.
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According to a articleby researchers from the University of Santo Amaro and the Instituto Paulista de Ensino e Pesquisa em Ophthalmologia, eye tattoo procedures have been carried out for more than 2000 years.
It is believed that the first cases were made by Galen, a physician and philosopher of ancient civilization. The technique was based on “cauterization of the corneal surface”.
In the 19th century, another doctor named Louis de Wecker developed a method using micropulses and Chinese ink. Nowadays, there are different keratopigmentation techniques, but they all still have a high cost.
The procedure is most indicated in cases of “corneal opacity in a blind eye, whose main causes are ocular trauma (50.6%), retinal pathology (15.5%), measles (9.5%) and congenital causes (5.5%)”, explains the article mentioned.
Despite being carried out for centuries, the method has been adopted by a new audience profile. Currently, people who just want to change the color of their eyes undergo the procedure.
Studies carried out with blind patients indicate that the technique is safe and contributes to people's well-being and self-esteem.
However, there is still a lack of data to determine the impacts of this procedure on sighted individuals, as complications may occur after surgery, such as sensitivity to light, as pointed out in the aforementioned research.
