Eye Tattoos.

Tattoos have become very popular among young people however a startling trend is beginning to become more popular and is become safer. Eyeball tattoos are here and as crazy as they sound they are here to stay. As seen in this picture of the man, eyeball tattoos are very real and as of recently have become much more safe to go through with. It is recommended by experts to have a medical surgeon and there is such thing as a medically sanctioned eye tattoo, “Like any physical defect, people with congenital eye problems or damage can suffer not just from the thing itself, but from the stigma of having a visible scar. A corneal tattoo can’t repair vision, but it can dye discolored bits back to white” The tattoo is performed safely by having the needle insert within a barely-millimeter-wide gap between two layers of the eye. As you can see there is a very large margin for error, which still makes them very unpractical and not recommended however some gangs are making it a part of an initiation as seen in this picture below. The other picture of the girl is one of an eyeball tattoo gone wrong and it left her crying purple tears after the procedure was finished. This goes to show how dangerous the process can be and the article outlines how the procedure is done, “ Ink needs to get between the conjunctiva and the sclera… The sclera is the actual white bit, and the conjunctiva is a thin, clear layer directly atop.” As you can see eye tattoos are not a great idea, and not practical at all but for some people the idea of having black and blue eyes is appealing and if that's the case, this is what they would have to go through on the journey to colored eyes.

Article Link: https://www.popsci.com/this-is-how-eyeball-tattoos-are-supposed-to-work#page-2