This procedure gives new meaning to the phrase “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
A New York City doctor will surgically implant a tiny piece of platinum in your eyeball for $3,000.
Dr. Emil Chynn is reportedly the first in New York to perform the eyeball jewelry surgery, which is said to be popular in Europe and Los Angeles.
Lucy Luckayanko, 25, now sports a shiny platinum heart in the corner of her right eye. She was the first to get the “SafeSight jewelry” operation at Park Avenue Laser Vision in Manhattan.
“It’s going to be a conversation maker,” Luckayanko told My Fox New York. “I will be able to tell people. It will be unique. It will be sort of my unique factor.”
The procedure involves keeping the eyes open with a speculum and then making a small incision between the sclera (the white part of your eye) and the conjunctiva (the clear membrane that covers the sclera), Chynn told My Fox New York. The platinum is then inserted.
“It’s really small, really tiny, really cute,” Luckayanko said.
If you get bored with the shape of your eye bling, you can have it swapped out for $1,000. It can also be removed for free within the first year or for $300 after that period.
On his website, Chynn said the surgery is safe and “there is absolutely no risk of going blind or any visual loss.”
However, eye jewelry has not been approved by the FDA, and not everyone is a fan.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology said in a statement it “has not identified sufficient evidence to support the safety or therapeutic value of this procedure.”
The organization also urged people to “avoid placing in the eye any foreign body or material that is not proven to be medically safe or approved by the FDA.”
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