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This Is the Rarest Eye Color in the World

Plus, it's not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Laser corneal tattooing is another way to change your eye color. "This is like a permanent contact that changes the color of your cornea. read more

How Ötzi the Iceman really got his tattoos

An off-beat experiment has poked holes in a popular assumption about Ötzi the Iceman’s tattoos. Ötzi’s roughly 5,200-year-old body, found partly preserved and naturally mummified in the ... read more

Ötzi the Iceman’s 61 tattoos weren’t made in the way archaeologists first thought

His remarkably well-preserved remains, frozen beneath ice for about 5,300 years, revealed 61 tattoos inked all over his body. How and why Ötzi, perhaps the world’s most studied corpse ... read more

Keratopigmentation: UAE doctors sound alarm on dangers of viral eye tattooing TikTok trend

Also called eye tattoos, Keratopigmentation involves depositing coloured pigments directly into the cornea of the eye to alter its appearance. Image: Canva A growing number of people are opting for a ... read more

6 Unexpected Benefits Of Having Tattoos

Tattoos have evolved from mere body art to a deeper form of self-expression and identity. But beyond their aesthetics, tattoos offer a myriad of physical and emotional benefits. Each time you get ... read more

Open Globe Management

Aniridia is usually treated with iris print contact lenses or corneal tattooing. There are also several types of iris diaphragms that can be open or closed. read more

DSAEK Corneal Transplant Surgery

Narrator With the help of an innovative procedure known as dsaek, Jolie will have the damaged portion of his cornea replaced by eye surgeon Rick Fraunfelder of Portland's Casey Eye Institute. read more

Thinking of inking?

Tattoo artists are basking in the rise of their craft. Since the 1970s, when painters-turned-tattooist brought fine arts sensibilities and limitless options to the craft, tattooing has grown into ... read more

Tattoos May Have Been An Ancient Treatment For Arthritis And Other Illnesses

His body also gives medical researchers new insight into the history of tattoos and medicine. Ötzti died at a young age when compared to the life expectancy of people who live in Austria and ... read more

Optical Coherence Tomography in Cornea and Refractive Surgery

Femtosecond lasers prepare accurate, uniform and predictable incisions in the cornea. Combining OCT data with the accuracy of a femtosecond laser helps us to prevent complications and gives us new ... read more

Record 620 corneal transplants performed in Singapore in 2023, but only 129 were local donations

SINGAPORE – A record 620 corneal transplants were carried out in Singapore in 2023 on patients, from toddlers to seniors in their 90s, to improve or restore their eyesight. Four in five of them ... read more