# Eyeball tattoos - yay or nay? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030 "2015-01-17T00:24:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/21 "2015-01-18T05:26:50Z")
They did eyeball tattoos on InkMaster one time. It was straight cringe-watching. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/22 "2015-01-18T08:04:43Z")
Yay = Woohoo! Yea = Yes Yea or Nay ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/23 "2015-01-18T08:59:25Z")
The eyes have it. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/24 "2015-01-19T21:15:15Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Yay = Woohoo! > Yea = Yes > > Yea or Nay [pedantic] “Yea” is a very ambiguous word and can mean either “yes” or “woohoo!” or “this much”. I prefer “Yeah” for an unambiguous “yes”.[/pedantic] As to the topic at hand, another vote for oh hell no! I have nothing against tattoos. 2 of my 3 kids have them, and I’ve thought about getting one myself - but easily concealable. No way I’d have one that was 100% permanently visible for the rest of my life. I try to envision these folks in their senior years, and just can’t picture it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/25 "2015-01-19T21:17:28Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > [pedantic] I try to envision these folks in their senior years, and just can’t picture it. The cataracts will hide it. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/26 "2015-01-20T19:08:57Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > [pedantic] “Yea” is a very ambiguous word and can mean either “yes” or “woohoo!” or “this much”. I prefer “Yeah” for an unambiguous “yes”.[/pedantic] Perhaps true, but the phrase “Yea or Nay” is “Yea or Nay”. “Nay” could be confused with the sound a horse makes, so one could choose to ask “Yes or No?”, but if you’ve chosen to ask “Yea or Nay”, despite all ambiguities, you should still spell it correctly. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/27 "2015-01-20T19:28:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The cataracts will hide it. Which brings up an interesting point. Suppose you have black tattooed on your eyeball like the guy in the OP. Then suppose that when you get older you require cataract surgery. Would the surgeon be able to see what he needs to see to do the surgery? Would the lasers be able to do their thing through the black dye? Would they heat up the dye and cause problems from the heat? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/28 "2015-01-20T19:35:14Z")
The tattoo dye is actually in the sclera, which is the white surrounding the pupil. During cataract surgery the doctor makes an incision around the base of the cornea and goes in through the pupil so the surgery is in an area of the eye without dye except possibly for the initial incision. I doubt it would be any different than operating on any other tattoed skin. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/29 "2015-01-20T19:36:30Z")
> [@Boogly](#): > > A tattoo for my skin, sure if I like it. > A tattoo for my eye? Hell no! > > More power to those who want this but it isn’t for me. Shame, since it would be a good match for your username. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/30 "2015-01-20T20:23:22Z")
[QUOTE=Van the Man] Slipping and a-sliding All along the waterfall With you, my brown-eyed girl, You, my brown-eyed girl. [/QUOTE] … ---
**Author:** ![kurtisokc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kurtisokc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurtisokc)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/31 "2015-01-21T00:04:18Z")
Oh HELLLL No! I’m not exactly a fan of tattoo’s anyway, but why anyone would do this him/herself is completely beyond me! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/32 "2015-01-21T01:17:19Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > They did eyeball tattoos on InkMaster one time. It was straight cringe-watching. :dubious: No they didn’t. They’ve done face tattoos but I do not remember them ever doing eyeball tattoos, and I would think the legal aspects of the show wouldn’t let them do something like that. I can find nothing online about them ever having done eyeball tattoos on the show. (Tattoos _of_ eyeballs yes, but not on eyeballs.) ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/33 "2015-01-21T14:35:45Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Perhaps true, but the phrase “Yea or Nay” is “Yea or Nay”. “Nay” could be confused with the sound a horse makes, so one could choose to ask “Yes or No?”, but if you’ve chosen to ask “Yea or Nay”, despite all ambiguities, you should still spell it correctly. [ultra pedantic]The sound a horse makes is “neigh”.[ultra pedantic] I get it, **SR** , I really do. Just had to poke fun at the “yea = yes” part. No harm meant. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030/34 "2015-01-21T15:13:10Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Perhaps true, but the phrase “Yea or Nay” is “Yea or Nay”. “Nay” could be confused with the sound a horse makes, so one could choose to ask “Yes or No?”, but if you’ve chosen to ask “Yea or Nay”, despite all ambiguities, you should still spell it correctly. > [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > [ultra pedantic]The sound a horse makes is “neigh”.[ultra pedantic] “Nay” or “Neigh” being the sound a horse makes is appropriate because, IMHO, if you get one of these you’re part horse, specifically the part right below the tail. I agree with the above sentiments, not just no, but HEEEELLL NO! One question about them; would these end up with that shade of green that all skin tattoos tend to once the pigment fades or something else because the base (eyeball vs. skin) is a different base color? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-tattoos-yay-or-nay/710030.md?page=1)