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Eyeball Jewelry? WTF!?!
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Body piercing and tattoos make way -- the latest fashion trend to hit the Netherlands is eyeball jewellery. Reuters Photo Dutch eye surgeons have implanted tiny pieces of jewellery 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 piece of specially developed jewellery -- 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 (270 to 540 pounds). "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 jewellery 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 jewellery 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. | |
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No, no, no, no, no. But having said that, the little heart looks quite pretty. I thought there was going to be some horrendous barbell through the eyeball or something. | |
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sinisterpentatonic said: WTF!?!
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Body piercing and tattoos make way -- the latest fashion trend to hit the Netherlands is eyeball jewellery. Reuters Photo Dutch eye surgeons have implanted tiny pieces of jewellery 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 piece of specially developed jewellery -- 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 (270 to 540 pounds). "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 jewellery 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 jewellery 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. Funny..i was on da train and i was lookin onto someone elses newpaper cause i was intruiged by this jewellery ouch!!! No hablo espanol,no!
Pero hablo ingles..ssii muy muy bien... "Come into my world..." Missy Quote of da Month: "yeah, sure, that's cool...wait WHAT?! " | |
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Het oogziekenhuis in Rotterdam
It's one of the most profound hospitals on eye-surgery in Holland... But I would never do it | |
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I so want this. I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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Natsume said: I so want this.
I saw what they do; EW! I saw what it looked like; EW again! And then I saw the two women who had the first thingies in their eyeballs; tacky. Dón't go there, Pam. | |
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Allthough maybe a looks cool during concerts. | |
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gooeythehamster said: Natsume said: I so want this.
I saw what they do; EW! I saw what it looked like; EW again! And then I saw the two women who had the first thingies in their eyeballs; tacky. Dón't go there, Pam. Nah, I would never do it. My eyes are fucked up enough as is. goo! I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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Natsume said: goo!
Hehehe. I love the way I get people to admit they love goo. Wuv ya back, hun. | |
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gooeythehamster said: Natsume said: goo!
Hehehe. I love the way I get people to admit they love goo. Wuv ya back, hun. Who can resist a hamster? I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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Natsume said: gooeythehamster said: Hehehe. I love the way I get people to admit they love goo. Wuv ya back, hun. Who can resist a hamster? Richard Gere never could... | |
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This is the stupidest thing i have ever heard. | |
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Heh. I also saw an ad recently for tooth jewelry. They're little stars or hearts or whatever that are glued on to the tooth.
I think it's kinda fun. I like bodymod. Gonna have to be more variety of design before I'd do it, though. | |
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JasmineFire said: This is the stupidest thing i have ever heard.
WHAT RICHARD GERE JOKE? P o o |/, P o o |\ | |
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I am LMAO just at the title of this thread. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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Michael Kooren / Reuters http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4685961/ Check out the eye... Credit edit [This message was edited Thu Apr 8 16:04:16 2004 by VinaBlue] | |
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Im getting my Temporal Lobe pierced. | |
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bananacologne said: Im getting my Temporal Lobe pierced.
seriously though this is a bad idea, BAD! the conjuntiva is not meant to have foreign objects implanted in it, no matter how sterile the conditions. watch for the follow-up medical problems that will develop. hope those doctors have mucho insurance. .. | |
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VinaBlue said: Michael Kooren / Reuters http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4685961/ Check out the eye... Credit edit [This message was edited Thu Apr 8 16:04:16 2004 by VinaBlue] that looks painful and dumb. | |
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umm...kinda pointless...and not exactly attractive I'm feelin kind of n-a-s-t-y
I might just take you home with me | |
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ew.
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I think the world has reached a new low. It's a jungle out there. | |
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JasmineFire said: that looks painful and dumb. Yet belly button and tongue piercings are acceptable and look how many people have had serious problems with those. | |
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VinaBlue said: I suppose that pic was taken quite soon after the procedure. I reckon it'll heal. Still, why would anyone do that?! | |
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I don't think it's ugly, but then again, I'm half blind
I don't think I'd do that to my eye, never know what might happen later. No complications are expected, well, surprises do happen. | |
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J0eyC0c0 said: JasmineFire said: that looks painful and dumb. Yet belly button and tongue piercings are acceptable and look how many people have had serious problems with those. you can get your belly button and tongue pierced and not go blind. like i said, eye jewelry looks pianful and dumb. | |
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JasmineFire said: J0eyC0c0 said: Yet belly button and tongue piercings are acceptable and look how many people have had serious problems with those. you can get your belly button and tongue pierced and not go blind. like i said, eye jewelry looks pianful and dumb. Maybe you won't get blind with belly button or tongue piercing, but I'm sure those two have their own complications too. Leave your body as it is, natural is beautiful. | |
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Heavenly said: JasmineFire said: you can get your belly button and tongue pierced and not go blind. like i said, eye jewelry looks pianful and dumb. Maybe you won't get blind with belly button or tongue piercing, but I'm sure those two have their own complications too. Leave your body as it is, natural is beautiful. yeah, there are complications but they're not as serious as losing your vision. sorry, i just value my vision. | |
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