Results: Don't it Make my Brown Eyes Blue
Published on 03/27/2024
Nope. This is not a survey on country music singer Crystal Gayle's hit song from 1977. It's about a new medical technique, keratopigmentation, that enables people to permanently change their eye color.
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People dissatisfied with their eye color had resorted to iris implants, laser depigmentation and eye tattooing to change their hue. A newer technique gaining in popularity (also lacking FDA-approval like the others) is keratopigmentation. Are you happy with the color of your eyes?
I'm pleased.
42%
933 votes
I'm content.
31%
689 votes
I'm indifferent.
15%
328 votes
I'm dissatisfied.
2%
53 votes
I can't see the color of my eyes.
2%
37 votes
N/A
7%
160 votes
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To complete the process, an ophthalmologist puts anesthetic eye drops into the subject's eyes. A laser creates a fine intracorneal tunnel into which a special pigment is introduced to cover the eye's natural color which lies in the iris. Many people don't experience any side effects, but since this technique has only been performed since 2013, long-term effects are unknown. If money were the ONLY consideration, would you spend $12,000 to change your eye color?
Yes
5%
100 votes
Maybe
9%
206 votes
No
77%
1687 votes
N/A
9%
207 votes
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Some fans on social media who succumbed to keratopigmentation temptation are failing to share possible side effects of the procedure that develop shortly afterwards or years later. Which of the following would concern you?
The color can fade over time.
22%
473 votes
Severe sensitivity to light
46%
1003 votes
Glaucoma
48%
1063 votes
Cataracts
47%
1036 votes
Corneal disease
46%
1021 votes
Limited peripheral vision because the dye reaches to the outer rim of the eye
45%
991 votes
Vision impairment
53%
1157 votes
Blindness
51%
1121 votes
N/A
25%
541 votes
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Experts suggest people wishing to change their eye color get a prescription from an eye doctor for colored contacts, and not use the costume contacts available over the counter. Which of the following applies to you?
I would NEVER risk my eyes by having a procedure done to change the color.
66%
1442 votes
I would never change my eye color by wearing contacts.
21%
468 votes
I change my eye color with costume contacts.
3%
75 votes
I change my eye color with prescription colored contacts from a doctor.
3%
72 votes
I changed my eye color through keratopigmentation.
2%
34 votes
I changed my eye color through iris implants.
1%
22 votes
I changed my eye color through some other medical means.
1%
17 votes
N/A
24%
534 votes
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