Jewel Eye on the Unstraight Guy

As
much as we love the cultural sensibilities of the Dutch, and their
slightly blood-shot
view of the world, we have to wonder what these trend-setters have been
smoking. There is NO WAY the Dowbrigade would allow anything to
be inserted INTO HIS EYE, unless it endowed him with some superpower
like X-ray vision or the ability to detect active Wi-Fi zones. But hey,
no one has every accused us of being a fashion maven….

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Body piercing and tattoos make way — the latest
fashion trend to hit the Netherlands is eyeball jewellery.

Dutch eye surgeons have implanted tiny pieces of jewellery called "JewelEye" in
the mucous membrane of the eyes of six women and one man in cosmetic surgery
pioneered by an ophthalmic surgery research and development institute in Rotterdam.

The procedure involves inserting a 3.5 mm (0.13 inch) wide piece of
specially developed jewellery — the range includes a glittering
half-moon or heart —
into the eye’s mucous membrane under local anaesthetic at a cost of 500 to
1,000 euros (270 to 540 pounds).

from Reuters