This cosmetic technique is welcomed by those who wish to fulfill the dream of achieving their favorite eye color, apart from the possibility of wearing colored contact lenses, which has manifested itself in the recent increase in the rate of this type of operation.
But is the laser eye color change technique considered completely safe, and what about specialists?
Professor Moataz Gharaibeh, professor of ophthalmology at the University of Jordan, told Sky News Arabia that the cornea is the transparent front part of the eye, while the color of the eye comes from the color of the eye. iris located behind the cornea, including the pupil through which a person sees.
According to Gharaibeh, “The natural color of the human eye is blue, and the more the pigmentation of the iris increases, the more the color of the eye changes to green, brown or black. Therefore, plastic surgery for change eye color laser works to remove some of the pigmentation from the iris and lighten the color, which means this procedure The surgical procedure allows conversion of eye color from black to brown to hazel to green, not the other way around, because people with blue eyes cannot darken their eye color through this type of surgery.
4 ways to change eye color
According to Gharaibeh, who holds a Spanish fellowship in laser vision correction and cataract surgery, eye color can be changed in four ways:
Placing contact lenses on the cornea is the most appropriate method. Implantation of an artificial iris inside the eye, as this method is used in certain therapeutic cases and not as a cosmetic procedure, and this technique has not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and the European Union and has complications that may lead to loss of vision. Laser surgery used to lighten the color of the eye, where the doctor removes part of the pigmentation from the iris, to lighten its color and convert it to milky black, hazel or green, and this technique, which has no has not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, may cause complications such as iritis or bleeding. Inside the eye, high eye pressure or cataracts, and they can cause clouding of the cornea. Color or dye the cornea, by piercing inside the cornea via a laser to put the desired color, and this method has many functional complications such as exposure to light sensitivity, in addition to the impossibility to dilate the pupil in the event that the person performing this operation requires further medical intervention, and organic complications are represented by inflammation of the cornea or the growth of blood vessels on it.
Professor Graebe advises those wishing to change the color of their eyes to only use external contact lenses, taking precautions and following doctor’s instructions.
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