Brown Eyes Turn Blue: The Laser Procedure that Permanently Changes
Eye Color
According to Strōma Medical Corporation's founder, many
people would like to turn their brown eyes blue. Strōma Medical
Corporation web
"We all have blue eyes."
So begins the website copy for Strōma Medical Corporation,
located in shimmering Southern California. The site, which is positively
littered with photographs of beautiful blue-eyed people, advertises a
treatment that will permanently change brown eyes into blue.
"In the case of brown eyes, however, a thin layer of
brown pigment covers the front surface of the iris (the colored part of the
eye). The Strōma laser disrupts this layer of pigment, causing the body to
initiate a natural and gradual tissue-removal process. Once the tissue is
removed, the patient's natural blue eye is revealed."
As described by Strōma Medical, the ease of this new,
non-invasive procedure, which takes just 20 seconds to complete,
sounds positively futuristic.Actually, it is.
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| Dr. Homer - Inventor |
Patients will watch a short animated sequence while a
computer-guided laser works its magic, The New York Daily News reported. "You won't feel
anything," Homer told the paper. "Your eyes will get a little darker
for the first week. Then in two to four weeks, they'll be completely
changed."
After completing the treatment, which is expected to cost
about $5,000, the brown pigment won't return, claimed Homer.
Homer expects his company will spend another year conducting
research on the treatment to satisfy the requirements of multiple regulatory
bodies. Still, he is confident the procedure doesn't cause tissue damage and,
to date, no adverse events have been reported.The procedure has only undergone
limited study inhumans; Strōma Medical will treat about 20 patients in an
upcoming initial pilot clinical study. Upon successful completion of that pilot
study, the company plans to treat about 100 patients in multiple countries and
follow them for a predetermined length of time. In a poll of 2,000 patients, Homer told The Daily
News that 17.5 percent said they would seek the treatment.
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So, do you have this surgery or not?
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