

In a 2007 Body Modification Ezine article, Larratt discussed the risks and possible complications of the procedure, including blindness, and said it should never be performed without a professional. Larratt called Cobra's procedure "effectively painless because there aren't nerve endings in the surface of the eye" and claimed that the after-effects included minor pain, bruising, discomfort, and mild blistering between the sclera and conjunctiva. The saline eventually dissipated and left only the jewelry behind. Larratt's wife Rachel underwent a procedure where the surgeon injected small drops of saline to create a fluid-filled pocket between the conjunctiva and the sclera, where he inserted a thin piece of platinum jewelry.
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The technique he used during the procedure, injecting the sclera with blue dye, is similar to an established method practiced by surgeons who install eye implants. Procedure Ĭobra initially attempted a procedure that involved covering the needle with ink and then puncturing the eye but deemed it unsuccessful. As of March 2013, both Rahn and Larratt have died from conditions unrelated to the procedure (murder and tubular aggregate myopathy, respectively), making Farrah Flawless the person who has had scleral tattoos for the longest period of time in the world. Larratt recruited Joshua Matthew Rahn and Paul "Pauly Unstoppable" Mowery (now known as Farrah Flawless). Cobra agreed to attempt the procedure if Larratt could find two other volunteers. Inspired by his then-wife's eye implant surgery, he reached out to Howie "Luna Cobra" Rollins to devise a method to color his eyes permanently blue. Writer and artist Shannon Larratt photoshopped his eyes in a photo to look like the blue eyes of the Fremen in Frank Herbert's novel Dune. The process remains uncommon due to professionals' discomfort performing the procedure and is illegal in the American states Oklahoma and Indiana and the Canadian provinces Ontario and Sasketchewan. Rather than being injected into the tissue, the dye is injected between two layers of the eye, then gradually spreads. Scleral tattooing is the practice of tattooing the sclera, or white part, of the human eye. Absolutely,” she told Kennedy News.For eyelid tattooing, see face tattoo. “If I could go back in time, I would have done one black and left it.

However, even if Peterson could turn back time, she would apparently still get at least one eyeball inked. Do your research! I will preach it now until I die," she added. I wanted to lead and inspire - but I also let y'all know the insane risks to this as well like how I went blind for three weeks. “I did all of this for me and I did it to reinvent myself into someone I could be proud of being and looking. I just want to make it very clear - I never did this to myself to ‘influence’ anyone to do the same,” Luke said, per the Australian news outlet. “I am so sorry to hear this has happened - but also I’m heartbroken knowing someone did this to achieve a similar result to me and now they’re losing their sight forever. According to, Luke went blind for three weeks after her 40-minute tattoo session.Īccording to the Australian news outlet, after Luke found out about Peterson, the model posted a note to social media expressing her “heartbreak." Peterson’s inspiration, Amber Luke, experienced similar complications after undergoing the same procedure in 2019. Peterson claims she was hospitalized for three days after the swelling began, and is now at risk of developing severe cataracts. In December that same year, she got her left eye tattooed purple.īy August 2021, both of Peterson's eyes had swelled up so much she wished that she had listened to her 7-year-old daughter who was allegedly “not on board with it at all.” After the procedure, she experienced minor symptoms such as dryness and headaches. Peterson first tattooed her right eye blue in July 2020. I'm basically on the verge of going blind,” Peterson shared. And that is dangerous… I'm kind of recovered - on the outside, it's recovered. Even today I woke up with more floaters in my eyes. If I didn't have my eyeballs tattooed, I wouldn't be having this problem. From a distance, I can't see features on faces. Now, according to the The Mirror, the woman is reportedly at risk of going completely blind.
