Eyeball Jewelry

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:26 pm

Okay, I love jewelry as much as anyone.... but I am thinking "No" to this eyeball thing :-2

Surgeons implant glittering shapes into eye's membrane

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Body piercing and tattoos make way. The latest fashion trend to hit the Netherlands is eyeball jewelry.

Dutch eye surgeons have implanted tiny pieces of jewelry called Ã¢â‚¬Å“JewelEyeÃ¢â‚¬ in the mucous membrane of the eyes of six women and one man in cosmetic surgery pioneered by an ophthalmic surgery research and development institute in Rotterdam.

The procedure involves inserting a 0.13 inch wide piece of specially developed jewelry -- the range includes a glittering half-moon or heart -- into the eyeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s mucous membrane under local anaesthetic at a cost of $610 to $1,232.

Ã¢â‚¬Å“In my view it is a little more subtle than (body) piercing. It is a bit of a fun thing and a very personal thing for people,Ã¢â‚¬ said Gerrit Melles, director of the Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery.

The piece of jewelry is inserted in the conjunctiva -- the mucous membrane lining the inner surface of the eyelids and front of the eyeball -- in sterile conditions using an operating microscope in a procedure taking about 15 minutes.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4685961/

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:29 pm

What the hell are you on? Hit me the eye.

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:52 pm

Paula wrote: Hit me the eye.

koan · Post by **koan** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:01 pm

is the bloodshot look part of the fashion statement?

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:16 pm

koan wrote: is the bloodshot look part of the fashion statement?
Maybe from a distance it doesn't look so bad

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:39 pm

No way, that would drive me nuts..I would be trying remove it constantly.. :-2

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:59 am

There are just some things we shouldn't mess with and eyeballs is one of them. Euwwwwwwwwww no thanks.

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:04 pm

EEEWWWWW!!! Gross! Yuck! *ptoooey* Bleah! Who would do this to themselves and WHY????? :yh_sick

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:16 pm

well let me tell you, you would not believe the disgusting gross places people have piercings, and when their sorry butts go to jail they have to stand there and remove every one. it nearly gags me to observe this. :yh_sick

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:54 pm

LADYCOP,

OK THEN WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THEM ONCE THEY ARE REMOVED..!! :-3 HOPEFULLY THE DON'T GET THEM BACK TILL THE ARE RELEASED..!! :wah:

well let me tell you, you would not believe the disgusting gross places people have piercings, and when their sorry butts go to jail they have to stand there and remove every one. it nearly gags me to observe this.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:10 pm

whenever they come to jail all jewelry , money, and piercings etc. go into a sealed bag and put into their property, signed off by two deputies. when they are released they get it back. if they are going to prison arrangements must be made for it to be released to someone. ..this was so funny...one night i bring in two drunk females. one has a large diamond ring on that won't come off. we threw the both of them in a holding cell in booking. so i am in the back firing up the breathalyzer to deal with these two. i hear screaming....well one says the other sucked her ring off and swallowed it!! i did an inch by inch search of cell and both of these idiots...and no ring. so i have to call my LT, wake him up, and authorize a trip to hospital for x-rays. then we have to charge this bimbo with grand theft and someone has to wait for the evidence to emerge. oh no way in hell was i going to do that! well let me tell you, i asked the judge next day to release these two fools on their own recognizance and that was the end of that fiasco!

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:49 pm

Unbelievable..!! :wah: :wah: I would have found it hard to keep from laughing..

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:53 am

No Way!!! Eyesight is too precious to mess with taking a chance to possibly go blind! :wah:

Cars :driving:

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:17 pm

lady cop wrote: whenever they come to jail all jewelry , money, and piercings etc. go into a sealed bag and put into their property, signed off by two deputies. when they are released they get it back. if they are going to prison arrangements must be made for it to be released to someone. ..this was so funny...one night i bring in two drunk females. one has a large diamond ring on that won't come off. we threw the both of them in a holding cell in booking. so i am in the back firing up the breathalyzer to deal with these two. i hear screaming....well one says the other sucked her ring off and swallowed it!! i did an inch by inch search of cell and both of these idiots...and no ring. so i have to call my LT, wake him up, and authorize a trip to hospital for x-rays. then we have to charge this bimbo with grand theft and someone has to wait for the evidence to emerge. oh no way in hell was i going to do that! well let me tell you, i asked the judge next day to release these two fools on their own recognizance and that was the end of that fiasco!
I'm going to quit reading the "Dumbest Criminals in the World" articles. I'll just come here and read LC's latest experiences!!!

babygirl · Post by **babygirl** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:17 am

Cass i totally agree with you i think its stupid and a waste of money and personally i think it looks disgusting. Why go threw the pain just for a piece of jewerly stuck in your eye, its crazy. :-5