No thanks.
California Inventor Developing New Procedure to Turn Eyes Blue: If You Could, Would You Change the Color of Your Eyes?
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2011/11/06 17:54:52
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Individuals who are dissatisfied with their eye color have long been able to turn to cosmetic contact lenses for a temporary change. Now, with the help of a California inventor, those looking for a more permanent solution may be in luck.
Gregg Homer, founder of Stroma Medical in Laguna Beach, California, says he has developed a 20-second laser procedure that will permanently turn brown eyes blue without damaging vision. According to Homer, the color change is possible because all brown-eyed individuals have blue-looking orbs under the layer of dark pigment.
Individuals undergoing the procedure would sit in front of what looks like a giant pair of binoculars. They would then watch a 20-second animation while a computer-guided laser breaks down their brown pigment.
Gregg Homer, founder of Stroma Medical in Laguna Beach, California, says he has developed a 20-second laser procedure that will permanently turn brown eyes blue without damaging vision. According to Homer, the color change is possible because all brown-eyed individuals have blue-looking orbs under the layer of dark pigment.
Individuals undergoing the procedure would sit in front of what looks like a giant pair of binoculars. They would then watch a 20-second animation while a computer-guided laser breaks down their brown pigment.
Homer says a partial-version of the procedure has already been tested successfully on twelve volunteers in Mexico. He expects to begin testing the full procedure on volunteers in about a year and has “no doubt” that he’ll receive FDA approval in about three years.
“We’re testing way more than we need to,” he said. “We could have done everything in a year, but we didn’t want to risk harming any clinical patients.”
According to Homer the procedure is painless and he expects that it will cost the customer about $5,000 dollars.
What about you? If you could, would you change the color of your eyes?
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Vic~*PHAET*~ 2011/11/06 18:31:24
Even when I tell them I have brown eyes, they're like "no you don't."
My reply is usually "You know more about my body than I do?"
I think any colour can look good, but green eyes never look unappealing.
So many questions, not enough answers.
2. People should not prefer blue eyes. They're more sensitive to light. No one ever gets to see your blue eyes in the best light (pardon the pun) because if you care about your vision, you're always wearing sunglasses or transition lenses.
That layer of dark pigment is there for a REASON, people. It's to protect your eyes. While this is extremely cool cosmetically, and may not have any inherent health risks (although the idea of having a laser aimed at your eyes should not be something to look forward to), having blue eyes is NOT advantageous!
Who said they are more light sensitive?
Melanin essentially protects cells from sun damage, and blue eyes don't have that melanin, which means they are more vulnerable, more susceptible, more sensitive to sunlight. It's the same way someone very pale will react with a burn rather than a slight tan to sun exposure.
It's common knowledge. Or at least, it's SUPPOSED to be.
I have not found anything at all that supports your claim.
http://www.eyecarecontacts.co...
http://www.sewanee.edu/chem/c...
http://www.hudsonalpha.org/ed...
Again, common knowledge.
Second link does not work
Third link says nothing about UV protection either.
Also your statement about people in hotter climate have darker skind and eyes is not true. Inuit and Eskimos both have dark skin and brown eyes and live in the arctic,
The first link, if you actually bothered to read it, explains the melanin present as pigmentation. Since, if you looked up anything about melanin or know anything about it, melanin acts as protection from UV rays. When you have higher concentrations of melanin, that means there is more protection-- regardless of whether it is skin or eyes.
The second link does not work anymore, you're correct.
Eskimos and inuits have bronze skin and brown eyes typically because they don't get most of their vitamin D from the sun-- they get it from their diet. So there hasn't been selective pressure for them to have lighter skin to supplement for vitamin D. But otherwise, for the most part, that statement holds true.
You are making statements that you know very liitle about.
"Studies of other Arctic populations experiencing a similar nutrition transition have described increasing excessive macronutrient (fat, carbohydrate) intake and insufficient intake of many nutrients, namely vitamins A, B6, C and D, as well as potassium, folate, calcium, magnesium and dietary fibre (Moffatt, 1989, 1991; Thouez et al., 1989; Gilbert et al., 1992; Blanchet et al., 2000; Risica et al., 2000a,b; Schumacher et al., 2003; Ebbesson et al., 2005; Bersamin et al., 2006). Such dietary patterns present the risk of a double burden of under-nutrition and chronic disease (Popkin, 1998; Damman et al., 2008) and may explain patterns of an increasing prevalence of overweight, obesity and chronic disease risk amongst Inuit. Between 1992 and 2004, the prevalence of obesity amongst Inuit increased from 19% to 28% (Anctil, 2008); impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes were also on the rise (Kuhnlein et al., 1996; Young, 1996). Inuit have disproportionately high rates of cancer compared with non-Inuit and other global populations, including the highest incidence of salivary gland and lung cance...
You are making statements that you know very liitle about.
"Studies of other Arctic populations experiencing a similar nutrition transition have described increasing excessive macronutrient (fat, carbohydrate) intake and insufficient intake of many nutrients, namely vitamins A, B6, C and D, as well as potassium, folate, calcium, magnesium and dietary fibre (Moffatt, 1989, 1991; Thouez et al., 1989; Gilbert et al., 1992; Blanchet et al., 2000; Risica et al., 2000a,b; Schumacher et al., 2003; Ebbesson et al., 2005; Bersamin et al., 2006). Such dietary patterns present the risk of a double burden of under-nutrition and chronic disease (Popkin, 1998; Damman et al., 2008) and may explain patterns of an increasing prevalence of overweight, obesity and chronic disease risk amongst Inuit. Between 1992 and 2004, the prevalence of obesity amongst Inuit increased from 19% to 28% (Anctil, 2008); impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes were also on the rise (Kuhnlein et al., 1996; Young, 1996). Inuit have disproportionately high rates of cancer compared with non-Inuit and other global populations, including the highest incidence of salivary gland and lung cancers and one of the highest rates of nasopharyngeal cancer (Circumpolar Inuit Cancer Review Working Group et al., 2008). Total cardiovascular disease mortality amongst Inuit is higher than in European and North American populations (Bjerregaard et al., 2003), and life expectancy in Inuit-inhabited areas trails the Canadian average by more than 12 years (Wilkins et al., 2008)."
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.co...