Eyeball jewelry new fashion trend

MIKE BURN · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 1:33 pm Post subject: Eyeball jewelry new fashion trend

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Eyeball jewelry new fashion trend

Thursday, April 8, 2004 Posted: 8:15 AM EDT (1215 GMT)

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (Reuters) -- 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 "JewelEye" 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 3.5 mm (0.13 inch) wide piece of specially developed jewelry -- the range includes a glittering half-moon or heart -- into the eye's mucous membrane under local anesthetic at a cost of 500 to 1,000 euros ($600 to $1,200).

"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," 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.

"Without doing any harm to the eye we can implant a jewel in the conjunctiva," Melles said. "So far we have not seen any side effects or complications and we don't expect any in the future."

The Rotterdam-based institute, which develops new ocular surgical techniques in corneal, cataract and retinal surgery, developed and patented the jewelry made with special materials and the surgical procedure.

The institute, which carries out the procedure in cooperation with an eye clinic near the city of Utrecht, said it has a waiting list for people who wanted the implant.

I N S A N E !!!! and even not "attractive" IMHO :ohno

MIKE

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hahahaha That reallly is GROSS! As in 'nicht schlecht' - I prefer good old fashioned tattoos! :wgrin

Seismic Anamoly · Joined: 22 Aug 2002 Posts: 3039

Whoa!!! Radical!!

Rev9Volts · Joined: 10 Jul 2003 Posts: 1327

piercing is fine to me.

markhewer · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 246

That's NUTZ! :ohno

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Damien Project · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 257

Do your own thing I say but....i think I am getting old lol :hat

4teetoo · Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 195

i'm not sure i'd want to walk around with my eyes crossed, hoping someone would notice the heart in my eye. i guess if it came with magnifying goggles it might be better.

i'm waiting for the goggles.