Controversial Surgery Promises to Change Your Eye Color Permanently
Tired of your eyes being a certain color, and ready for a big change? A controversial surgery could change that for you, but not without some possible complications.
Some viral TikTok posts have shown a surgery called keratopigmentation that changes the color of your eyes. It reminded me of how colored contact lenses briefly changed my life.
If there’s one thing to know about me, it’s that I’m pretty sure I’m legally considered blind without glasses or corrective lenses! I mean truly, I can’t see anything. You could have the McDonald’s arches right in front of my face, and it would be blurry!
Growing up, I was so embarrassed about wearing glasses. I had a small face and it just felt like they emphasized how awkward I looked. And let’s just say that back in the 90s, the frames were NOT very stylish.
But once I reached a certain age, I remember transitioning to contact lenses. It was like a whole new world! My vision felt 360! No more glasses slipping down my nose. No more weird, blurry peripheral vision. I could play sports! I could lay down comfortably while watching TV! Getting contacts truly changed the game for me.
Now do you remember when color contact lenses first came out? The first time I became interested in trying color lenses was when I got into college. It was my Freshman year and I could be a whole new me! And naturally, as a blonde, I wanted to see what it was like to have deep, crisp blue eyes. SURELY I would look like my favorite actresses or models.
No. Nope. Not even a little bit. I am here to tell you that I looked like an Avatar.
Looking back, I should have chosen a color that would naturally accentuate my actual eye color. Maybe go for a more obvious green or hazel. Going right to blue was a big jump! And I looked like an alien.
Obviously, the color contact lenses have only gotten better over time and look way more natural than they did back when I entered college in 2009.
But back to the surgery. It’s only done in limited places in the United States, as it’s not FDA approved. And there’s some concern that we don’t know enough information to know if it’ll cause other problems.
“One of the main issues is that we don’t know enough about the procedure to say whether or not it will cause problems like glaucoma down the line,” Ivan Schwab, M.D., clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology said in a post on VisionCenter.org.
Would you consider this surgery? Or would you look more at the colored contacts that seem to be safer?
