[Jewelry making - Article 01601] - [Orchid] Eyeball jewelry

[Earl Karen Bryan]

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    I was just introduced to the idea of eyeball jewelry and it seems
    appalling to me. I wanted to know what any of you think. 

    This was written up in the Jan/Feb 07, MASSC newsletter: Eyeball
    Jewelry? It was just a matter of time before someone came up with
    the idea of piercing the eyeball and inserting a "decorative
    object." The Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery in the
    Netherlands developed the platinum implant, offically called Eye
    Jewel, in shapes of hearts and half moons. Ophthalmologists insert
    the jewels where they can be seen in the white of the eye. the
    jewels are placed in the eye's conjunctiva, a moist, thin membrane
    covering the inner eyelids and much of the eyeball's outer surface.
    Many U.S. eye care professionals do not endorse eye jewelry. Reuters
    news service reports there's a waiting list in the Netherlands of
    people anxious to receive the implants. And that's at a cost in U.S.
    dollars of up to $1.200. Just think, Valentine Day is just around
    the corner, any takers out there?
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