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Mayukh Saha
Mayukh Saha
March 12, 2024 ·  3 min read

People Are Learning How Eye-Color Changing Procedures Work, and They Don’t Seem Safe

An eye-color-changing procedure video that became popular shocked a lot of people. Want to change the color of your eyes? Do you want those Megan Fox icy blues? Eye-color-changing procedures look like a pretty uncomfortable process to go through in order to do that, but it is possible. On TikTok, someone shared a video of a man going through the toe-curling method to change his chocolate brown hair to sparkling blue hair. The video shows the steps in detail. A hospital light shines on his face as he lies down for the surgery in the video. It then shows the blurry-eyed result, which shows that his eyes have changed color.

Be Cautious: Eye Color Change Options Exist, But Carry Risks

How does the medical process change the color of your eyes? The process of changing the color of your eyes is called keratopigmentation, which is also called “corneal tattooing.” A laser is used to make a “superficial cornea” and then the color pigment is put into the eye.

There are other ways to change the color of your eyes besides that one. Laser depigmentation is another choice. It works just like it sounds. It changes the color of your eyes with lasers. Putting in a new artificial iris is another choice. This is also known as “iris implant surgery.” The process is meant to be pretty quick, even though it sounds pretty painful because it changes a big part of your appearance forever. Laser keratopigmentation takes 30 minutes, and after an hour, you can go home. What could go wrong? There are risks with this surgery, just like with any other. Some cosmetic problems can happen after laser keratopigmentation, like eye color that isn’t uniform and color that fades over time.

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On a more serious level, it can also make you sensitive to light and give you an eye infection. More than that, it can really hurt your wallet. According to Verywell Health, the average cost for both eyes is $10,000. The French company “New Colour,” which does Keratopigmentation, has made a number of movies that have gone viral about the process. To make their FLAAK method work, they make a tiny hole in the cornea and then put the pigment into the iris.

Changing Your Eye Color Safely: Addressing Concerns and Offering Options For Eye-color changing procedures

The writers reassure clients that the surgery is safe by saying, “The FLAAK technique is the only surgical procedure that can change eye color safely thanks to its superficial, micro-invasive, and reversible treatment!” This procedure uses a Zeiss Femtoseconde VisuMax laser, which is the only laser that can do 100% laser and automated keratopigmentation, and the FLAAK method. “Similarly, the BiochromaEyes pigment is the only one that is biocompatible with the cornea and has been approved by the health authorities for sale as a medical device.” “There are two other surgical techniques banned in France because they are sources of potentially serious complications.

Others don’t understand why some people are glad that there is something you can change if you don’t like how you look and want to feel better about yourself. “I wonder how that affects the eye over time,” one person said about the film. Someone asked, “Why would anyone want blue eyes?” “Even when the sun is out, I can’t see with my blue eyes!” “All of my kids have brown eyes, and they can see everything,” said someone else. Someone else on Twitter said the process looked “extremely” dangerous. You can always get contact lenses if you can’t afford the surgery or are worried about how bad it will be.

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