Eyeball Jewelry-seen it ALL now!

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:08 am

The latest craze in body modification: eyeball jewelry(and I thought the permanently attached to the nose glasses were bad). I’m not talking pierced eyelids or eyebrows — that’s child’s play at this point. Hehe, I’m talking jewelry placed directly in the eyeball! Yeah, it’s getting really freaky.

Here’s how it works. An ophthalmologist anesthetizes your eye, then makes a microscopic incision in the conjunctiva, the eye’s transparent outer membrane. The doctor drops a tiny piece of jewelry (called JewelEye) into the incision, and the procedure is over. It takes 10 minutes and costs about $4,000, and you spend the next week feeling as if you have a piece of sand in your eye. When the conjunctiva heals, you can’t feel it (even when you rub your eye).

Apparently, the risk of infection is lower with JewelEye than with ear piercing, because JewelEye is sealed in the eye and never exposed to bacteria. It doesn’t migrate, even after millions of blinks and countless eye rubbings, and it’s removable.

Hmmmm¦ I honestly thought diamonds in the teeth were taking it over the top. What’s next I wonder? Is there anything left?

Source NYTimes

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guppy · Post by **guppy** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:11 am

yea i have heard worse..anal ring piercing is going on too...i would post some pics from my forum..but i dont think it would be allowed here...it is totally ....jaw dropping....

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:14 am

That's gross, Gup. But I believe it.

Have you seen the corset piercings? They pierce the outer labia and string ribbon through it or safety pins. It looks like a trussed turkey.

Tater Tazz · Post by **Tater Tazz** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:27 am

everybodies different. I personnally would not have it done. I am happy with my belly button ring.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:37 am

I think the eye thing is pretty and kind of neat...but also crazy and dangerous.

Tater Tazz · Post by **Tater Tazz** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:40 am

here is a picture for you.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:43 am

Yeah! Corset piercings! Aren't those kinda neat yet kinda odd?

Tater Tazz · Post by **Tater Tazz** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:45 am

I wonder if they heal or if they stay open.

Tater Tazz · Post by **Tater Tazz** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:48 am

Here you go red, I took a picture of my piercing.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:49 am

I think the piercings heal and then remain open if done properly.

Tater Tazz · Post by **Tater Tazz** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:53 am

I do not know about the corset one. It just looks a little odd.

The Rob · Post by **The Rob** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:35 am

I have no problem with most piercings, but nothing is going in my eye or through my penis. Not. Going. To. Happen.

In Larry Niven's Known Space tales, various characters avail themselves of a fad involving skin dyes, with which one may color themselves chrome yellow, or with zebra stripes, or whatever they choose. It's a process unlike tattooing, and may be reversed or altered at any time. If they ever perfect such a process in my lifetime, I am so there.