Saw this link (via Romenesko’s Obscure Store & Reading Room). I won’t ever begin to understand why someone would want to do this to their eyes (and I keep wondering if it might be a hoax), but I do want to know how it’s done. The subject of the article says only one person can perform the procedure, but hopefully some Dopers with knowledge of tattooing can provide answers.
Other Questions:
Is it permanent like other tattoos?
Can a picture be drawn? (my inner 10 year old shouts “Cool!” at the thought of having another eyeball next to the real one.)
What are the chances of damaging the eye?
People pay to have their eyes look like the blood vessels burst (red version) or to look like they have cataracts (blue version)? I’d like to say that surprises me, but nothing on the Internet really does anymore.
I’ve got one non-functional eye, and my kids have always said that replacing it with a prosthetic would give me the opportunity to get festive decorations, pastel stripes for Easter, Jack-O’Lantern for Halloween, a snow globe for Christmas. I always felt like I’d feel stupid if they ever develop the technology to repair my eye the week after I replaced it with a bully taw, so I’ve resisted the impulse, but a tattoo sounds interesting.