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Eyeball Tattoo

June 23rd 2008 14:32
If the eyeball implants didn't do it for you, check this out...

by Howie, Lunacobra.net, Columbus, OH)


Tattooing your eye is not only possible, it's actually been performed for over 2,000 years (says BME), as it became popular and common in the 19th and 20th centuries to correct defects such as scarring and leucomas. It's actually much less common these days, as contacts cover up the same defects, and they're a lot less expensive and painful.


BME
Cosmetic corneal tattooing by Heidi Lassiter, RN


But see that's actually semi-normal, so to speak, in that it's a medical procedure to correct a defect, but you can actually get the whites of your eyes tattooed

Basically the procedure can be done by hand using a tri-beveled needle and standard drawing ink, not tattoo ink. The needle is dipped in the ink and then poked at an angle into the eye. The eye must periodically be rinsed with saline as the work area gets covered with loose ink. This method has worked for about 90% of patients, but some say that this method doesn't hold the ink too well.


Another hand method is to use a needle and syringe and draw the ink into the syringe and slowly push the ink into the eye tissues at an angle.




Some places use a specialized tattoo machine with a three-needle configuration to tattoo the eye, as they feel it allows a more uniform depth pigmentation.

When healing an eye tattoo, the eye will probably feel irritated and dry. You may feel as though there's something stuck in the eye. You'll, also, experience redness. The actual healing time is the same as regular tattoos, an averaged week.

Eye tattoos are usually performed with a cosmetic tattoo artist and a ophthalmologist.

With any tattoo, you risk infection, so when you tattoo the white of the eye, you can potentionally risk your sight if an infection sets in.

You may just want to consider a custom contact lens instead of actually tattooing your sclera.

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Comment by Bryn

June 24th 2008 07:19
GROSSSS!!! EEEK!!! My eyes are streaming!

Comment by Morgan Bell

June 24th 2008 12:58
oh lordy . . . a needle to the eye? hmmm seems like an interrogation technique! haha

a procedure only for the brave methinks!

Comment by Cheryl J

June 24th 2008 13:27
One word Whitney, WRONG!

Some people are just plain stupid. Fixing a defect is one thing but that...I'll see Byn's GROSSSS!!! EEEK!! and raise him a BLEURGH!!! SHUDDER!!!!!

Comment by Whitney

June 24th 2008 14:29
It's crazy isn't it! I'm weird about my eyes, so this and the eye implant would definitely no be something I'd do.

Thanks for the comments guys.

Comment by KylieW

June 25th 2008 01:35
Oh that's just not right!!!! I fully understand the medical correction ones - they really made a difference to the guys in those two pics. But getting the whites of your eyes tattooed........no thanks. Needle in the eye.........NO THANKS!!!!

I have 2 tatt's and under no circumstances will I be considering getting an eye tattoo!!!!!

Comment by Anonymous

July 30th 2008 03:16
Your text goes hereYour text goes hereYour text goes here I want one so bad I can't stand it. Only I don't want just color...I want a heart...it's so amazing that art has come this far.

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