Posted on 03/06/2015 1:41:37 PM PST by Red Badger
BOSTON (CBS) – There’s little question that blue eyes, for whatever reason, are considered an attractive facial feature, and only 17% of the world’s population has them. The vast majority of us have brown eyes. But apparently, for the right price, you, too, can have blue eyes.
The only way to change your eye color has been to wear colored contact lenses, but now there’s a new procedure that change brown eyes to blue.
According to ophthalmologists, we all have blue eyes below our brown eyes, under a thin layer of pigment.
A California company has now developed a laser treatment that disturbs the melanin in the pigmented part of the eye and causes the body to eliminate it over time. The procedure only lasts seconds, but it may take weeks before the blue tint emerges.
This laser treatment is not available here in the U.S. yet, but has been tested overseas with success. Researchers claim it is safe but have to conduct more clinical trials before they can apply for FDA approval.
Some ophthalmologists are concerned that tampering with pigment could cause blockages and increase pressure in the eyes.
The procedure is expected to cost around $5,000.
It’s a nut.
Very fitting color for me. Hazel....nut!
Thanks! Somehow spice does not come to mind here...
My cat has blue eyes, too - she’s a Birman. That puts her in the 17% elite and the rest of us (mine are green) in the 83% non-elites, right. My cat would agree with that. Well, they always knew this, anyway.
to Neidermeyer -YUCK!! This is not about tattooing
the first comment was italicized, which means i was responding to that comment made by another poster... my comment about my own 91-year old dad was not italicized... i have one dad who is 91... someone else has a dad who is 99...
If only about 5% of the world’s populace is Caucasian, then how could 17%of the world have blue eyes?
And please don’t say “Uighers”.
Well... :) One of my daughter’s and my husband have blue eyes but they all have chestnut brown hair. In every picture it looks like I dye my hair but I don’t. :)
Okay, I get it now, sorry for the confusion, must be my Senior Moment of the week..................
Say it? I can't even spell it!............
What doe her driver’s license say?
I bet they have a hard time at the DMV..............
You’re lucky that’s all they gave you!..................;^)
A 1960's TV sitcom.................
Dat kat skares me!...............
She changes it every renewal.
There was one time they tried to refuse, and she stared at the clerk and asked why not. The clerk realized that my wife has one of each color and was like oh.
LOL!...............................
Used to work with a guy back in the 70’s that had one brown and one blue eye!.......................
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