by Elysia McMahan
Our eyes are the first feature we notice about someone when we first meet them and many people feel that the color of our eyes that we were born with is sacred. The eyes are the windows to the soul, aren’t they?
Unfortunately, some people aren’t satisfied with the color of their eyes, often times using color contacts to alter their dark corneas to a lighter shade. Would you permanently change your eye color if you could?
According to American scientists, individuals with brown eyes may soon be able to make a permanent switch. A doctor in Laguna Beach, California, Gregg Homer, has been working on the technology for over a decade with his company Stroma Medical. It was developed using a laser that allegedly is able to alter the pigment present in brown eyes, breaking it down and revealing the blue color underneath. Within just a matter of weeks, as the darker color begins to fade, someone who has been unhappy with their brown eyes, may see things in a new light.
Dr. Homer says the procedure takes about 20 seconds to complete and will only work for people with brown eyes, as they already have a bluish coloration hiding beneath.
The laser, which is tuned to a special frequency, has the ability to alter the cells that produce the eye’s brown pigment. This new procedure, which some optometrists have expressed concerns about, has not yet been proven safe enough to begin testing on people. But this hasn’t stopped thousands of people from contacting him regarding the operation, which should be available to consumers in three years.
Once the procedure is complete, there’s no turning back. According to Homer, the brown coloration in a person’s eyes will not regenerate. The procedure will cost about $5,000 each.
If it were proven safe, would you be interested? What if other colors were possible?
