Change the colour of your eyes with a laser

Week in Science Everyone wants blue eyes, apparently

By Sam Gibbs May 11th

Source: techradar.com

 

If you think searing off your iris makes you more attractive, that's your business

 

This week we've discovered two possible elixirs of youth, the secret to being more attractive to the opposite sex, and a back-pain breakthrough that could cure your aching back simply and cheaply. And if that wasn't enough we can now change the colour of your eyes by simply blasting them with lasers. All that and more in another exciting Week in Science.

We can now change your eye colour with lasers - Do you have brown eyes? Do you wish you could have bright blue eyes instead? Well, now you can, thanks to a novel laser therapy developed by a cosmetic surgeon. In a 20 second procedure, the eye is blasted with a laser targeting the iris and stopping the pigment cells from producing their brown colouring. Underneath the brown pigment is a natural blue colour, which is revealed once all the pigment has been neutralised, which takes around two weeks of treatments. The procedure is currently undergoing a larger pilot, having successfully completed clinical trials, and should be available for general consumers within the next year or so. It should cost in the region of $5,000, so it won't cost the Earth. [Stroma, Yahoo]