Laser Procedure Can Turn Brown Eyes Blue

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Laser Procedure Can Turn Brown Eyes Blue

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LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., Nov. 1 (UPI) — A California company  has developed a laser treatment that can turn your brown eyes blue by disrupting the layer of pigment, causing the body to begin removing the tissue naturally. The procedure only takes 20 seconds, but the blue eyes lurking underneath do not emerge for several weeks.
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Stroma Medical of Laguna Beach says the process is not reversible and cannot be used to turn blue eyes brown, but its research indicates far more dark-eyed people want blue eyes than blue-eyed people want dark eyes, the Orange County (Calif.) Register reported Monday.

Stroma Chief Executive Officer Doug Daniels said the process uses lasers to remove melanin, pigment that is a factor in eye color, in the eye without damaging vision.

The company’s name refers to the place in the iris, or stroma, that contains melanin.

The Strōma procedure is non-invasive. It involves no incisions or injections of any kind. In fact, other than the use of a small device to help keep the patient’s eyelid open during the procedure and the application of a mild topical medication, there is little or no contact with the patient’s eye.

The patient sits in front of the Strōma laser, and his or her head is stabilized. The patient is instructed to direct the untreated eye toward a tiny animation (about 1 cm x 1 cm), located about one foot from the patient’s eye, while the procedure is completed. The procedure is then repeated to treat the other eye.

About 80 percent of people have dark eyes, but Stroma said two separate research surveys said 17 percent of them would change their eye color to blue if it was safe and effective.

The Strōma procedure is not currently available to the general public. But they have completed a preliminary human study to test the safety and efficacy of the procedure and using what they have learned to design and build their next-generation device.

So far, just 17 patients in Mexico and 20 in Costa Rica have undergone the treatment no adverse events have been reported to date.

The company is still in the fundraising stage but hopes to have completed clinical trials within several years.

And the cost of turning your brown eyes blue?

Stroma Medical has indicated it would charge around $5,000 for the procedure.

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