Contact lenses have empowered those who wished to change their eye color during the past few years. However, for others this temporary change is not enough. Dr. Gregg Homer hopes to take the "art" of eye color changing technology another step. Homer, who received his doctorate from Stanford University, is developing a laser which when pointed at the eye for 20 seconds can change the color in two weeks. Currently the procedure only works to change brown eyes blue through oblation of the melanin pigment and cannot turn blue eyes brown.
Ophthalmologists told the British Broadcasting Company that ridding the eye of melanin would cause many long-term effects, including double vision or blared vision, because pigment serves a purpose in the eye, however. Homer responded that he removes the pigment from the surface of the eye only and the consequences are therefore limited. The firm Storma Medical is funding the project and found that 35 percent of Americans surveyed would seriously consider the surgery, the BBC reported. The surgery is estimated to cost $5,000.
-compiled by Aradhya Nigam
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