There are people who take the art of tattooing beyond what is healthy or simply aesthetic and decide to get eye tattoos. The eyes are a very delicate area of the human body and of course it is very dangerous to get tattoos in this area. Eye tattoos can have negative consequences on your health, even so much that it can even cause blindness to those who decide to get these types of dangerous tattoos.
There are those who tattoo their eyelids and those who also tattoo the eyeball to inject ink and that instead of it looking white as it is natural, it looks a different color, such as black or electric blue. There are people who to achieve this effect use colored contact lenses, something much more suitable to avoid eye injuries permanently.
It was Shannon Larratt who was the first to get these types of tattoos and allowed a needle to prick his eyes about 40 times until the white part of the eye was tinted electric blue. It was several more people who imitated the pioneer later to tattoo the eyes. The injection into the eyes is part of a medical treatment called corneal tattoo dedicated to patients who for medical reasons have lost brightness in their corneas and regain the natural color of this organ.
The consequences of tattooing the eyes can be infections, partial or permanent damage to the eyes and even, the eye could stop producing the necessary lubrication to be healthy. Also, vision can be lost temporarily or permanently. As if that were not enough, subconjunctival hemorrhages can also occur, there may be a risk of disease transmission, irritation, inflammation and in more serious cases, the loss of the eye.
Before getting this type of tattoo it is better to think about the consequences before following a simple fashion ...