Kanada Kev Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 THis is CRAZY! http://www.bizarremag.com/weird_world/body_world/6155/eye_tattooing.html Eye Tattooing Just when you think you can no longer be shocked by a body modification, along comes the eyeball tattoo By James Doorne September 2007 Yes, the eyeball tattoo. People really are getting their peepers tattooed in more or less the same way that you would get any other part of your body inked. Along with two of his friends, Pauly Unstoppable and Josh, Shannon Larratt, founder and owner of body-modification website Bmezine.com, had the procedure done about four weeks ago. Although Shannon is heavily modified and said it wasn’t “a big dealâ€, he did concede to feeling a little trepidation: “I’d much rather a bunch of people had done it before me, but what choice do I have?†Shannon says they adopted “a really simple, lo-tech approach†to the procedure. His eye was held open, using a forefinger and thumb, as the pigment, which is the exact same type you would use in a regular tattoo, was injected into his eyeball. “We injected pigment under the top layer of the eye using a syringe, which, to the best of my knowledge, has never been done before, either medically or cosmetically.†Although that sounds rather dangerous, Shannon is adamant it isn’t: “The eye is very resilient; you can put almost anything in it. Your eye actually is designed to be able to handle contaminants being there.†And while researching the procedure he found documents dating back to the late 19th century, when it was first offered as a corrective surgery for people with poor sight, and then as a cosmetic practice to change the colour of the eye. “It’s one of the oldest forms of tattooing,†says Shannon. “There are medical reports on it from that era that are all positive. They basically say it’s safer than regular tattooing. That’s one reason we felt fairly secure moving forward with this – we felt that if they could do it in 1900 and not have any problems then we should be able to do it now.†And it’s also done on unsighted eyes reasonably often; it’s not uncommon for people who are blind or have various deformities in their iris to have a doctor touch it up with a tattoo. “But we’re the first three for a very long time that have had it done on sighted eyes, so this is still in the range of a highly experimental procedure, especially with the injection method,†says Shannon, who plans to have more injections done to give the tattoo a more solid appearance, and then to have the other eye done as well. We’ll keep in touch with him and let you know how it works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irie Guy Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 All I can say is that is fcked up. Crazy nutters. Why would you want to screw with your sight like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chameleon Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Most of all it looks terrible. It just looks like a blotch not a design..Waste of time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 I don't get it. Why not just get some of those crazy contact lenses that change the look of your eyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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