# So maybe letting someone inject dye into your eyeball isn't the best idea. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648 "2017-09-30T15:46:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/21 "2017-10-01T01:52:45Z")
Thanks for the heads up. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/22 "2017-11-29T23:37:25Z")
Update: Province of ONtario plans to ban dye injections into the eye, and also decorative eye implants. [Ontario working to ban eye tattoos after woman injured](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-eye-tattoo-ban-ottawa-1.4422996) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/23 "2017-11-30T00:05:39Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Update: Province of ONtario plans to ban dye injections into the eye, and also decorative eye implants. Well, isn’t that just like the damn Big Gummint, telling people what they can and can’t do with their own eyeballs. The day I give up MY eyeball will be the day they pry it from my cold, dead orbit! This thread somehow reminds me of [**Qadgop the Mercotan** ’s patient’s penis](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273825). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/24 "2017-11-30T14:55:18Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > 25-odd years ago, my college newspaper had a cartoon about people one-upping each other with their exotic body piercings, and the last panel features a guy who’s had an arm cosmetically amputated. > > 😛 :eek: > > Apparently there are people who want this done, too. > > It never fails to amaze me what people will have done to themselves. Yes, this post is a couple months old. See [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5761587&postcount=8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5761587&postcount=8) and [A somewhat disturbing link... - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=64354) wayback even has a copy of her original site. Hooray for DORRANCE #5X STAINLESS STEEL HOOKS!! People be crazy an shit. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/25 "2017-11-30T21:12:41Z")
So, does the tattoo artist actually measure before starting this type of tattoo or do they just dyeball it? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/26 "2017-12-01T06:26:34Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > or do they just dyeball it? how can I throw something at **Dr Jackson** over the intertubes? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/27 "2017-12-01T22:20:51Z")
First you stick a turkey baster into your end of the tubes. Then … ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/28 "2017-12-02T00:33:44Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > So, does the tattoo artist actually measure before starting this type of tattoo or do they just dyeball it? Reminds me of the old saying, “Measure twice, permanently damage eyeball once”. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/29 "2017-12-02T03:35:36Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Reminds me of the old saying, “Measure twice, permanently damage eyeball once”. To be sure, there _were_ two eyeballs there to practice with. Ruin one, but gain some experience there, do better with the next one. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/30 "2017-12-02T05:16:41Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Yeah, if I’m gonna let anyone with sharp objects get around my eye, that person’s gonna need to have a medical degree. I’m so terrified of things happening to my eyes, I’d be afraid even to let certified ophthalmologist surgeons operate on it. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/31 "2017-12-02T13:24:55Z")
dammit, how did I not see this thread till now!? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/32 "2017-12-02T19:48:08Z")
> [@guestchaz](#): > > dammit, how did I not see this thread till now!? You had something in your eye? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/33 "2017-12-02T19:50:34Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I’m so terrified of things happening to my eyes, I’d be afraid even to let certified ophthalmologist surgeons operate on it. My father had one cataract done, no problem. The second one, the nurse missed his vein with the sedative (his hand filled with the meds and became a nice-looking hand balloon) and he was awake during the whole thing. :eek::eek::eek: He didn’t want to make a fuss and ruin their well-oiled machine of one surgery every 15 minutes. I would have ruined their machine with my screaming and throwing myself off the table. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/34 "2017-12-02T21:27:53Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > You had something in your eye? that’s inkoncievable! ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/35 "2017-12-02T22:23:57Z")
Guy’s Plan B: you’ll be fine, we’ll seal the bad eye shut with superglue and tattoo a normal looking eye on the eyelid. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/36 "2017-12-03T05:14:34Z")
Have these idiots never heard of contact lenses? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/37 "2017-12-03T18:21:28Z")
In the category of why did I search for that?: Apparently you can get your sclera pierced too! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648/38 "2017-12-03T19:24:36Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > This thread somehow reminds me of [**Qadgop the Mercotan** ’s patient’s penis](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273825). Every time I skim past this post I misread that as referrring to “ **Qadgop the Mercotan** ’s patient penis”. Too much information! :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648.md?page=1)