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A Change in Your Eyes Color with Cosmetic Surgery

September 1, 2009 – Traditionally, people that are looking to change the color of their eyes have turned to colored contact lenses, yet recently a new type of cosmetic surgery allows patients to permanently change the color of their eyes. Introducing NewColorIris, it is a new intraocular implant that can change the color of one’s eyes.

NewColorIris is not only for people who want to change their physical appearance, but this implant can also be used to improve the ocular appearance of people that have partial coloboma (congenital defects of the iris), traumatic irides, ocular albinism and iris heterochromia.

The eye implant itself is made from biocompatible materials that are currently used in cataract surgery, and since it is a diaphragm that covers the eye’s natural iris, it is very safe to use. The eye implants themselves are manufactured in the United States and are FDA approved, although this cosmetic procedure is not yet licensed in Europe.

While the patient is under local anaesthetic, the iris implants are inserted and the whole process should be fairly painless and only take a few minutes to complete. The implants do not correct eyesight therefore pre-operation eyesight will be the same as post-op. The cosmetic surgery procedure can be performed on those who have astigmatism, as each patient’s vision will be blurry for up to four days after the operation and during this period, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory eye drops will need to be used.

There are possible side effects that can be pretty severe though. A recent case highlighted in a British newspaper the Daily Mail showed the story of the first person in the UK to undergo the colored lens transplant surgery. After the cosmetic surgery was completed, her eyesight had remained pretty bad over a week later, where she was barely able to read the top line of an optician’s eye chart – her sight was so bad that she officially could have been registered as blind. Fortunately for the woman, her eyesight was able to be saved by a British cosmetic surgeon. However, she will now have a greater risk of developing cataracts and glaucoma later in her life.

If you are considering changing the color of your eyes permanently, we strongly suggest you contact multiple qualified cosmetic plastic surgeons that specialize in eye surgery.

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