How to Tattoo Your Eyes

While body piercing and tattooing are age-old customs, these days these practices are followed to make a fashion statement. Body art has been constantly evolving. Getting popular designs etched on your body is a great way to look cool. Let me tell you about another trend in body art that has found its way into the prisons. Many cell inmates are getting their eyes tattooed. You must be thinking this is a joke. Well, I am not joking, this trend is becoming increasingly popular among prisoners. For them, this is a means to identify themselves with a particular gang.

How to Get an Eye Tattoo

If you are among those people who are looking for information on how to tattoo your eyes, let's look into the procedure involved. Well, for this tattoo, ink would have to be injected in your eye using a syringe. Generally lidocaine drops are instilled in order to numb your eyelids before the procedure. Pigment is then injected under the top layer of the eye using a syringe and antibiotic drops are instilled into the eyes after the procedure. How does that make you feel? It does sound scary.

Well this body modification doesn't come easy. If you want to change the whites of your eye into red or blue, 40 injections would be required. Well, though changing the color of the eye might seem unusual or cool to some, the thought of 40 injections is frightening. Let me tell you more about some people who have got the whites of their eyes tattooed. In 2008, a Canadian body artist and 'body modification collector' named Pauly Unstoppable got light blue ink into the sclera of both his eyes. If you happened to see the MSNBC's documentary 'Lockup', you might have seen how two inmates, Paul Inman and David Boltjes has the color of the whites of their eyes changed. Paul Inman showed off his blue eyes, whereas David Boltjes had the whites of his eyes changed into a blood red. Both of them agreed that this procedure was painful. So, if you are really considering this just for the sake of fun, let me tell you, there are better ways to look cool.

Is This Safe?

Let's move to the risks involved. Corneal tattooing is not new. Some doctors have used such procedures in order to cover corneal scars, but such defects can easily be covered using contact lenses. Having ink injected into your eyes could cause eye problems such as infection, perforation, hemorrhaging of the cornea or even blindness. Eye specialists also warn of the impending risk of allergic reactions anytime in future. The pigment or the ink that may have been used, could even cause inflammation. Those who are very keen on getting ink injected into their eyes must understand that eyes are very delicate organs. The practice of injecting the eye with a traditional tattoo needle with ink on it is risky and must be avoided. Certain pathogens could enter your eye and cause acute inflammation of the internal layers of the eye.

You might find this form of body modification different, but think of your eyes first. You must never attempt to inject ink into your eyes on your own. Eyes are delicate organs, don't play with them. It will be better if you try safe ways to look cool. After all, health is wealth!