Extraocular implant

With the brand name JewelEye few millimeters are called large, shiny jewelry elements of platinum ( conjunctiva ) are used in the top layer of the conjunctiva of the eye. The implant is inserted through a surgical procedure under local anesthesia within about 15 minutes under microscopic control into the eye. Offers include half-moon, heart and star-shaped elements which are placed next to the iris in the white part of the eye. The cost of in 2002 by the Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery ( Rotterdam / Netherlands) developed method are 500-1200 euro per piece of jewelry. How often falsely claimed it is not, this is a special form of body piercing.

Some eye doctors strongly recommend against such interventions, since complications such as eye irritation, bleeding may occur up to scarring. And eye damage is concerned, for example by penetration of the implant into the deeper regions of the eye.