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Eye colour-changing surgeries are nothing to blink at – they could leave you blind

There seems to be no limit to the things people are willing to do in order to achieve the perfect look. Whether that’s having their own fat injected into their buttocks, getting their teeth shaved down and fitted with implants to having strips of skin from their head removed and re-inserted to treat baldness. No matter how risky such cosmetic procedures are, there are always people willing to pay the price.

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 How do we get our eye color?

There’s a lot more to it than our parents’ DNA.

 You Can Surgically Change Your Eye Color, But Is It Worth the Risks?

If you’ve ever wanted to change your eye color like you’re in a real-life video game character creator, you can—but the surgery comes with risks that may not be worth the green eyes.

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A $12,000 Surgery to Change Eye Color Is Surging in Popularity

Keratopigmentation could be dangerous, doctors warn. Patients say it’s worth the risks.

Can your eyes change color?

There is a possibility of minor changes in eye color as an adult. It’s common for long-term sun exposure to cause eye color to darken slightly. In fact, a small percentage of Caucasian people’s eyes lighten as they age. For the most part, your eye color will not change. Any significant changes in eye color may be a sign of a larger problem. Let's dive into reasons eye color may appear different versus the factors that may cause it to change.

Cosmetic Change of the Apparent Color of the Eye: A Review on Surgical Alternatives, Outcomes and Complications

An increasing number of people are seeking elective cosmetic change of eye color. We review the surgical techniques, outcomes and complications arising from the various existing surgical alternatives, including cosmetic iris implants—which based on the available evidence should be considered malpractice—as well as laser iris depigmentation and cosmetic keratopigmentation.

Curious Kids: how is eye colour made? And why are they different colours?

The most common eye colour is brown, then blue, and less often green or hazel. Pigment means a substance that adds colour. The amazing thing is the human body only makes brown iris pigment (melanin) but not blue, green or hazel iris pigments. So how come everyone doesn’t have brown irises?

Eye-tattooing: experts warn about risks of colour-changing surgery

Concerns raised as influencers promote pigment-injection procedure as latest cosmetic trend.

Here’s Why Most Dogs Have Brown Eyes

Humans may have bred their canine companions to have darker eyes, because we perceive them as younger and more friendly, study finds

The Claim: Eye Color Can Change as We Age

It can bend light, bring the world into focus, and next to the human brain may be our most complicated organ. But for many people the most intriguing feature of the human eye is simply its color. Can it really change for no apparent reason?

The Claim: Eye Color Can Have an Effect on Vision

If there are any differences, they seem to be subtle. There is little or no evidence that darker eye color means greater visual acuity, but one theory holds that it does produce better reaction times.

This cosmetic procedure to change eye color is going viral — but so are the horror stories

Don’t want to be a brown-eyed girl anymore? If you’re not afraid of the risks, including going blind, iris color-changing surgery, the latest procedure to go viral online, might be for you. The process, known as keratopigmentation, involves using a laser to create a tunnel in the superficial cornea in order to place pigment, but experts are warning it could lead to many terrifying conditions including blindness — not to mention it’s not approved for cosmetic use.

TikTok Nightmare Raises Concerns Of Eye Color-Changing Surgery

Remember that one girl who showed up with Miley Cyrus blue eyes in the middle of the 10th grade and expected everyone to act like it was normal? Yes, me too, and fondly even. Even though color contacts have finally (thankfully) fallen out of fashion outside of fashion, humans’ silly willy little desire to alter their genetic makeup has not. That’s why surgically changing your eye color has quickly gained steam among the fashion-forward brave souls who are willing to subject their one and only eyeballs to an invasive beauty procedure.

Turning Brown Eyes Blue: Why the Idea Feels Off-Color

This may all seem nothing more than academic handwringing for men or women who want the surgery. For many, mere aesthetics have little to do with family ties or ethnic histories. Still, people are unlikely ever to see eye-to-eye on this procedure — particularly as long as dark-to-light is the only option.

Unexpected Side Effects Eye Color Can Have On Your Health

People often refer to the eyes as the window to the soul. As it turns out, this popular saying holds more relevance than previously thought. More specifically, it's been shown that eye color can provide insight into the likelihood of developing certain health conditions, and it's related to the amount of melanin you produce, too.

What colour are your eyes? Teaching the genetics of eye colour & colour vision.

Eye colour, or more correctly iris colour, is often used as an example for teaching Mendelian genetics, with brown being dominant and blue being recessive.

What His Eye Color Says About Him

Aside from the ubiquity of "Brown Eyed Girl" on random playlists everywhere, I feel like you blue-eyed folks always get all the attention while us brownies are blandly forgotten. But science is finally giving us some love. Well, at least it's giving brown-eyed men their day in the sun. After asking 240 people to rate photographs of 40 men and 40 women with either brown or blue eyes for trustworthiness, researchers found that brown eyes were seen as more trustworthy than blue, especially in men.

What Your Eye Color Can Say About Your Health

Your eyes are said to be the window to your soul — but they may also be a window to your health. Your eye color may signal a predisposition to certain medical conditions, such as skin or eye cancer. And while actual changes in eye color are rare, they can also indicate an underlying health disorder that needs to be addressed.

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