JewelEye aka Eyeball Implant

I stumbled across something very cool the other day. It is now possible to get implants in the white area of your eye. It is a legal procedure in the Netherlands, and is offered at eye clinics under the name JewelEye.

Shapes that are available:

-Music Note

-Euro Sign
-Star
-Heart
-Four Leaf Clover

Facts about JewelEye:

-The procedure takes about 15 minutes.
-As of right now only seven people have had this done.
-The jewelery is a platinum alloy about 1/8" across.
-It is only available in the Netherlands.

Two clinics that provide the service:

-Cornea Clinic, Rotterdam, Laan op Zuid, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, phone +31 10 485 4882
-Oogzorgcentrum Driebergen, Traaij 42, 3971 GP Driebergen, The Netherlands, phone +31 343 522 193 or +31 343 516 718

I found this to be very neat! If it was available in the USA, I would be quite interested. Very different, and cool!





Gerrit Melles, director of Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery who developed this procedure said:

"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. Without doing any harm to the eye, we can implant a jewel in the conjunctiva. So far, we have not seen any side effects or complications, and we don't expect any in the future."