This story has been winking at me from a variety of blogs today, giving new meaning to a glittering eye. I succumb to its gaze and help spread this techno-ophthalmic meme in the blink of a post.
"Dutch eye surgeons have implanted tiny pieces of jewellery 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 jewellery -- the range includes a glittering half-moon or heart -- into the eye's mucous membrane under local anaesthetic at a cost of 500 to 1,000 euros."
Ok, besides being nasty..."We're so vain"!
Posted by: Valerie at April 10, 2004 06:43 PMits kinda neat
Even I, (the piercing and body mod queen) am somewhat opposed to this procedure. Like breast implants weren't bad enough...Let's decorate our eyeballs.
Here is me rolling My eyes..
Starr :p
http://bodyrings.netfirms.com
well everyone is free to decide what to do with their own body...even wen they risk their eyes health...I can only say that ophtamologists (eye doctours) are making fortunes, blinding their pacients, or causing alergies in their eyes, so they can get more money in treatments...lolo
Posted by: Marta at April 21, 2004 07:41 PM