holy shit. jewelry for your eyeballs.

[We Fly High]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20040407/od_nm/odd_eye_dc



AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Body piercing and tattoos make way. The latest fashion trend to hit the Netherlands is eyeball jewelry.

Dutch eye surgeons have implanted tiny pieces of jewelry 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 1 piece of specially developed jewelry -- 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 ($1,232).

"In my view it is a little more subtle than (body) piercing. It is a bit of a fun thing and a very personal thing for people," said Gerrit Melles, director of the Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (www.NIIOC.nl).

The piece of jewelry is inserted in the conjunctiva -- the mucous membrane lining the inner surface of the eyelids and front of the eyeball -- in sterile conditions using an operating microscope in a procedure taking about 15 minutes.

"Without doing any harm to the eye we can implant a jewel in the conjunctiva," Melles said. "So far we have not seen any side effects or complications and we don't expect any in the future."

The Rotterdam-based institute, which develops new ocular surgical techniques in corneal, cataract and retinal surgery, developed and patented the jewelry made with special materials and the surgical procedure.

The institute, which carries out the procedure in cooperation with an eye clinic near the city of Utrecht, said it has a waiting list for people who wanted the implant.

[Adam Donnelly]

Nasty  

[Lil Jay]

saw that in the newspaper today............ yuk!!!

[white Boy]

if this hits the rap scene, pretty soon u will see rapper walkin around with like all of their eyes in platinum and diamonds

[CRAFTY]

What's the world coming to...

[Da WCC Hopar!]

watch baby from the big tymers is ganna be blind

[Neji Huga]

I wonder how many people had to go blind before it finally worked?

[Doggystylin]

that shit is so bad for your eye, look at that person's eye right there, you can tell its irratated as hell, what kind of idiot came up with this eye infecting eyedea. lol

[Suffice]

eyedea..lol. Yeah man, this shit is fucking pointless, not to mention ugly as hell. there's no way i'm gonna like that, even if everyone starts getting this shit.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Next they'll have eyeball piercings...

[Z the laidback Virus]

I knew this for a few days (being Dutch as well..) and I thought 'terrible,sick shit!' from the moment I read it and I still do so now.

[Dip Set Movementarian 4 Life]

Another reason to show that the world is coming to an end very soon...

[JTSimon]

At least read the article before you reply.

The jewelry is place in the lining of the mucous membrane...you will never feel it or get an infection from the jewelry if its clean when placed.

lol @ going blind   It has nothing to do with vision.

[West C. Connected]

At least read the article before you reply.

The jewelry is place in the lining of the mucous membrane...you will never feel it or get an infection from the jewelry if its clean when placed.

lol @ going blind   It has nothing to with vision.

You've got the dopest avater.

[Throwback]

it looks pretty weird. don't like it, but i only like bracelets, chains/necklaces or earrings.. fuck golden teeth, piercings and fucking eyeballcrap