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    Eye Whitening Surgery: A New Genius Beauty Technology or Torture Treatment?

    Evidently, I'm not in Kansas anymore. Ok, so I've never been to Kansas but based on the conversation I had with my friend Lynn this morning, I must be somewhere over the rainbow.

    Me: Hey, want to have lunch today?

    Lynn: I can't, I'm having my eyes whitened.

    Me: Huh?

    Lynn: Yeah, it's a really cool new procedure that makes your eyes totally white! They just remove some membrane and, voila, you look eons younger.

    Me: Um, I think I'd rather try one of these anti-aging tricks. And I have to go.

    CLICK.

    Ok. Let me process this.

    It's true that I sometimes get frustrated with my bloodshot eyes. And, I did once hear Julie Campbell, the editor of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, say that having super-bright whites of your eyes is what makes Elle Macpherson so stunning (yeah, 'cause the rest of her is so unattractive) but I'm not sure that either of those are enough tempt me into having a membranes removed from my EYES.

    However, because Lynn is generally a sane person and, because I love learning about the newest (sometimes wackadoodle) procedures and products -- like the ones on this list, I decided to find out more before passing judgment.

    Turns out that there's a Korean doctor named Bong-Hyun Kim who pioneered Cosmetic Eye Whitening Surgery™ 13 years ago in Seoul. 13,000 plus procedures later, the good doc is looking to bring his technique to the U.S. in the coming months.

    If you can't wait for him to get to a city near you, you can always wing on over to La-La land, where patients who are bothered by yellow, discolored or veiny eyes can submit to a procedure called EyeBrite Eye Whitening™.

    Available only at the Boxer-Wachler vision institute the "pain free" procedure takes 5-20 minutes per eye during which time "a thin membrane covering the white portion of the eye is removed. This membrane holds the unsightly red veins and yellow or brown material. A crystal clear membrane (without red blood vessels, yellow or brown spots) grows back in its place." There are no stitches, no grafts and full results are expected within eight weeks of the surgery.

    Sounds simple enough and I'm sure it's nice to have clear eyes, but I think I'll wait a while before electing to have this surgery.

     

    47 comments

    • Guy C  •  2 years 3 months ago
      the original surgury to improve vision, before LASIX was to dissolve the top layer of the cornea, and then laze the excess tissue away. In a few weeks the eye is pretty much back to normal, with full regeneration in six months. I had it done a couple of years ago because of a defect in my cornea (instead of Lasix) To be honest- not a big deal. Kinda like a bad contac lens day. After the first day there was a constant gritty feeling, but that wears off fast. So, this surgury sounds gross, but it really is not a big deal.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  2 years 3 months ago
      and i do want to say.. because i am so self aware of it.. i do remember meeting a young woman years ago..and thinking to myself the whites of her eyes were so so white and clean and beautiful. so i guess there is something to be said..but with allergies we can forget it!
    • NATHYMD  •  2 years 3 months ago
      coool i need that and a peeling for my scary skin
      and a lipo
    • ki_la21  •  2 years 3 months ago
      Ouch!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  2 years 3 months ago
      Ah---well.. ah I do have a brown spot in my eye...and they can get red and yellowish.. I thought it was a liver problem? anyways...my mom who went blind from glaucoma..(for not putting in her drops) fearful after a botched cataract operation.."you can lose an arm or leg, but you lose your sight and that's the light going out of your life...so why don't I take Cara's advice, ditch the coffee, sugar, dairy and see if it happens...wow.
    • Coley  •  2 years 3 months ago
      This makes me want to puke.
    • angef  •  2 years 3 months ago
      I have read several times that one of the MANY things airbrushed in magazine pics are the whites of the eyes. It is perceived as a sign of good health, which subconsciously makes you more attractive to the neanderthal parts of our brains that look for the healthiest mate to carry on the species. I couldn't even do contacts, so this procedure sounds pretty nauseating, but is it really any worse than having fat sucked out, pumped in other parts, or having a deadly toxin injected into our wrinkles? I have been aware of my yellowy-veiny eyes for a couple years now, and would LOVE them to be pearly white, but then I'd like that for my teeth and skin too. And how gross is a chemical or laser peel? Burn off the top layer of my face? My daughter's teacher had it done and had gray, ashy flakes peeling off her skin for weeks! And my ultra sensitive teeth can't take the whiteners either. Guess I'll just have to be mellow yellow.....
      And as for the anal bleaching, I'll leave that to the porn stars and Bruno.
    • Miss B  •  2 years 2 months ago
      This is actually an amazing procedure for those who have been toretured for years by peoples annoying comments such as "do you smoke pot" "wow your eyes are really red, you better get some sleep"; I know people who feel like they haven't gotten jobs because they are eyes are so red. When "get the red eye drops" don't work anymore, where do you turn. A life changing procedure for those of us with chronic red eyes who avoided going out becasue tired of people always asking about red eyes. If you don't think this is a concern to people, read the 1000's of desperate people who have thought there was no solution for the red veins in their eyes or chronic red eyes www.wrongdiagnosis.com
    • maria  •  2 years 3 months ago
      oh come on.??!!
      do i need to do that way.??!!
      i cant afford.!!
      and im too young to make experience.!!


      joyce.!
    • Sarah  •  2 years 3 months ago
      weird science. don't think i could try this...sounds a little scary!
    • MICHELLE  •  2 years 3 months ago
      I wonder if he gives a refund if you go blind???????????
    • valrio2  •  2 years 3 months ago
      there is an herb called maca that they say is good for whitening you eyes along with your teeth, making your complexion better, and giving your energy, just all around goodness! they sell it at whole food stores and you can add it to any protein shake...
    • not this way  •  2 years 3 months ago
      white eyes is something i have desired for a long time and wondered when there will be a "cure". however, financially it isnt an option to me. there are certain procedures i would handle, this would be one of them.
    • Lucky  •  2 years 3 months ago
      YIKES!!
    • whatever  •  2 years 3 months ago
      GROSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
    • BlessedDaily  •  2 years 3 months ago
      Now, now, that's what they said about contact lens 40 years ago. Stick something in my eye...you've got to be kidding.
    • Kai  •  2 years 3 months ago
      .........EW. Just.... ugh. I don't even want to imagine it. The idea of removing part of your eye's membrane in the name of vanity is beyond stupid, and I hate to think of what kind of repercussions there might be later.
    • GlamourGirl  •  2 years 3 months ago
      This sounds ludacris. People are going to get enough of tighten this and enhance that. Lasik surgery and contacts are two things, but surgery to whiten your eyes! The blindness rate might be going up real soon. The vainity rate has really hit an all time high.
    • B  •  2 years 3 months ago
      OK if you think you need your eyes whitened to look younger, you need a shrink first.
    • ablex  •  2 years 3 months ago
      I have to wonder if there's any therapeutic effect.
      I, for instance, have blood vessels growing where they shouldn't from overwearing contacts for years. I wonder if this would correct the problem, if it ever needed correction.

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