A Toronto man has been the first to get an eyeball tattoo. Basically, he has turned the whites of his eyes blue.
Corneal tattooing is usually used for patients that have had trauma to their eye, not for this, which is called body modification.
It took 40 injections of blue ink in order to complete this procedure. Pigment was injected under the top layer of the eye using a syringe. The syringe injected the ink into the eye. At first they had tried a traditional needle with ink on it, but when the ink didn't hold, they switched to the syringe.
The man has reported that all is well so far, but it feels like he has something in his eye.
I can barely stand needles poking me anywhere, but in the eye? I can't even imagine. I wonder what would happen if you decided to change your mind after it was done?
Who here wants to get the world's next eyeball tattoo? Maybe a colorful rainbow would work nicely.
Sources: absoluterandom, nypost
Diana Eid
Innovative Arts
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by Toby
Oh how gross!
Diana.. you have outdone yourself...:)
by Anonymous
Is that the tattoo artist's
Is that the tattoo artist's dirty finger nails in the first picture? If so, gross!
by Anonymous
it wasn't really tattooed...
and there wasn't just one man there were 3, and I don't think they ever got finished. Here's the original http://modblog.bmezine.com/2007/07/02/three-blind-mice/. I think they all just have the initial spot.
by Gloria Campos
Ummmm
Ouch! Can he go blind
by Diana Eid
I don't think he can go
I don't think he can go blind. Someone commented in one of the links above that light passes through the black part of the eye, not the white.
Very interesting, to say the least!
Diana
by Anonymous
Besides the eye catching
Besides the eye catching title (no pun intended), the dirty fingernails in the first picture, grossed me out too. I wonder if he can laser his tatoo away like traditional tatoos that people eventually realize that they don't care for - talk about ouch!
by Thomas A. Parmalee
WOW
Great post Diana! I bet you this catches on, even though I'd never do it!Thomas A. Parmalee
by Anonymous
Good Lord
Why would anyone want to do that???
by Anonymous
the sleeper has awakened!
Long live the fighters!
by Anonymous
dang
get a load of those filthy fingernails in the first pics, those cant be sterile..
by Anonymous
it should be noted
That that's Shannon Larratt, the owner/publisher of BMEzine, a body modification e-zine. The pictures above are a bit deceptive, it makes it appear that the whole eye is blue when really the first picture is more accurate as to what I looks like, the last picture is just ink in his eye that's not actually under the skin. The dirty fingernails are Shannon's I believe.
by Anonymous
Gross
The dirty nails totally grossed me out more then the eye tattoo.
by Anonymous
So when he contracts
So when he contracts pinkeye, does it change to light purple?
by Anonymous
Dune Fan?
Could this dude be a huge Frank Herbert fan? In Herbert's Dune books,characters addicted to the mind altering "Spice" were easily distinguished by the drugs effect of turning the eyeballs bluish.
by Anonymous
baaaaa
does he realize that it is much quicker to get to the bloodstream from the eye than from the skin?
by Anonymous
Ohhh...
Why would God let this happen????
by Anonymous
sheesh
oh god my arse...
by Persian_Gulf
O_o
I can't understand what's the use of tatooing one's eye??? Also I cannot comprehend what this tatto represents after all, I mean, is it a figure or is just a drop of ink or what? And couldn't the owner of those dirty fingernails just wash his hands and brush the nails before having their picture taken???
by Anonymous
He is not the first by far,
He is not the first by far, unless he's lived 2,000 years.
by Anonymous
Some People Are Realy Rock
Only an idiot or a brave man can do this. I cant say what he is?????
Vinod Paliwal
by Anonymous
?
I reckon its more likely to be the idiot receiving the Tattoo
by slydishere
contact would have been a
contact would have been a better choice!
...oooO..............
...(....).....Oooo...
....\..(.......(...)....
.....\_).......)../.....
...............(_/......
... I WAS ............
.......... HERE ......
by Anonymous
eyeball tattoo
Ok so I get it, but what is the end result? a blue eye.. I dont get the point ???
if that is not the end result then what the hell is?
I am intrigued yet totally grossed out !!!!!!
by Anonymous
Fingernails
I think the fingernails are not "dirty" in the sense of having dirt and grime. More likely they are stained with tattoo ink, and not a health hazard.
by Anonymous
Honestly
Why the f**k would you do that
by Anonymous
Taking fantasy too far
I could be wrong, but I suspect this person has gotten a little too immersed in the Dune books by Frank Herbert and wants to look like a Fremen desert warrior
by Anonymous
Someone might do that if...
he was a big Frank Herbert/David Lynch fan
As in to look like the Fremen of Arrakis
:)
=M0=
by Anonymous
tatoo
Wouldn't the point be to have something in the blue? like a shape? or a word? Ugh that would be creepy.
by Anonymous
dirty fingernails...
you think "ew gross... he just doesnt wash his hands" but if your working with black ink all the time, its going to dye your fingernails...
food coloring does the same thing.. and its blackneess of his nails, not like a dingy brown or anything..
by Anonymous
Oh Jesus Christ! WTF! how
Oh Jesus Christ! WTF! how effing retarded....dude! there MUST be something else to wrap your head around instead of F$cking up your eyes! DUDE!!!!!
by Anonymous
that was dumb .. ?
This was completley pointless.
by Anonymous
...
this man is CRAZY!!!
by Anonymous
okay
well that's kind of gross. contacts would've made more sense, wouldn't they?
imagine this guy at 80, hobbling around with his blue eyeball(s),
by Anonymous
So What
So the guy got his eyeball tattooed... Good for him he wanted to do it. He thought it would be cool. It probably did not come out like he wanted. Most things never do. But it was his choice hes not asking you to do it so lay off. Oh and I have been a tattoo artist for five years and I'll tell you its not the craziest thing I have ever seen. I have seen alot crazier in person.
by Anonymous
crazy... but awesome!
wow! i didn't know u can tattoo your eyes... until 2nite! this is hectic!
by Anonymous
What?
I have several tattoos, but this by far has to be the stupidest thing anyone could ever do. It's interesting to see the pictures though, to each his own.
by Anonymous
cool
i first seen this on csi new york & thought it looked cool so i've been researching since & am quite convinced i will get this done (after i find out the end results,obviously i don t want to go blind)
i think the whole point of getting this done is just to be different
by Anonymous
EYEBALL TATTOO
I think that this is by far the most stupidist idea that I have ever heard of.
Yes it does look cool, and yes it would look cool if you tattooed your eye with rainbow colours but I would never do this as you would probably go blind and besides, how would you change it back to your natural colour if you didnt like it anymore or were sick of getting dirty looks when you walk down the street.
I would love to hear from anybody that has actually had their eye tattooed.
Thanks from Emily x
by Anonymous
Ol Blue Eyes won't outgrow
Ol Blue Eyes won't outgrow that Fad anytime soon. What a putz
by Anonymous
insanity kills
insanity kills
by Anonymous
paunaxonga
qe escrotisse se tivesse uma xota não tava assim --'
falta de mulher é fooda !
vai chupar uma rola entãao _l_
by adamogiovane
Rose tinted glasses?
Perhaps the moron should have chosen a pinkish rosy ink for both eyes. Would if that would affect those colour blind. Hmm perhaps not as it's a brain, optic nerve or neural thing.
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by Anonymous
I WANT ONE!
I WANT ONE!
by tracykyle
Wow!!!
Of all the the new and wacky ideas that Ive heard of this one is a 10 out of 10 for nuts!!!
Tracy
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by Anonymous
wow.......
the man is an moron
by Anonymous
=p
yo smell
by Anonymous
soon
The only reason I feel bad for this guy is that one day he's gonna
get real tired of explaining it:)
& the best part of the "different" is the reveal;)
Chas
by Anonymous
Fingernails review...
I tend to think the fingernails are actually the "tattoee" rather than the tattooer. The reason being, check out the angle of the fingers...looks like both hands being used, this guy doesn't look like hygiene is his biggest concern, nor are health issues since he IS getting an eye tat, and the tattooer is wearing gloves anyway!
But, I have to agree also that any artist is going to have some funky nail stuff going on. This doesn't look like artist hands, just pure funk, dirt, grime & looks like it's been there a while...sorry...clean up your act if you plan to post for all the World to see.
by Anonymous
The spice must flow...
The spice must flow...
by Anonymous
Spice Addiction
The coolest thing I've ever seen. Anyone whose read any of Frank Herbert's Dune novels most certainly agrees.
Granted, the guy is clearly a huge nerd, but dammit, that is a ballsy nerd. I want blue eyes!!! I want to look like a spice addict!