Laser treatment may turn brown eyes blue
By HealthDay
Updated 1d 13h ago
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A new laser procedure can turn brown eyes blue, according to a California company.
The 20-second treatment destroys the natural brown pigment melanin in the iris and the change to blue occurs gradually over the following two to three weeks,CBS News reported.
Vision isn't affected but the color change is permanent, said Dr. Gregg Homer of Stroma Medical, the company that developed the experimental procedure.
Further testing is required and the treatment may be available in other countries within 18 months and in theU.S. within three years, according to Homer, CBS Newsreported.
The cost is expected be about $5000.
One expert warned about possible complications. The pigment released from the iris has to go somewhere, Dr. Elmer Tu, an associate professor of clinical ophthalmology at the University of Illinois in Chicago and a spokesman for the American College of Ophthalmology, told CBS News.
He noted that a potentially blinding condition called pigmentary glaucoma is associated with chronic seepage of melanin into the fluid within the eye.
Copyright © 2011 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
By HealthDay
Updated 1d 13h ago
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A new laser procedure can turn brown eyes blue, according to a California company.
The 20-second treatment destroys the natural brown pigment melanin in the iris and the change to blue occurs gradually over the following two to three weeks,CBS News reported.
Vision isn't affected but the color change is permanent, said Dr. Gregg Homer of Stroma Medical, the company that developed the experimental procedure.
Further testing is required and the treatment may be available in other countries within 18 months and in theU.S. within three years, according to Homer, CBS Newsreported.
The cost is expected be about $5000.
One expert warned about possible complications. The pigment released from the iris has to go somewhere, Dr. Elmer Tu, an associate professor of clinical ophthalmology at the University of Illinois in Chicago and a spokesman for the American College of Ophthalmology, told CBS News.
He noted that a potentially blinding condition called pigmentary glaucoma is associated with chronic seepage of melanin into the fluid within the eye.
Copyright © 2011 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
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