This
is a picture of the latest trend in jewelry… platinum shapes that can be surgically
inserted into eyeballs. Apparently, this $3,000 cosmetic surgery has been done
hundreds of times in Europe and L.A., but a woman named Lucy Luckayanko had the
surgery in November, and became first person in NYC to have the operation done. According to an article from the
Huffington Post, Luckayanko said that she had the surgery so that she could
have something to “tell people” and so that she could feel “unique.” How pathetic that a person would think so
little of herself (or be so vacuous) that their most outstanding personal
quality is a platinum eyeball implant! To me, this seems like a pretty stupid
reason to get a potentially dangerous surgery that has not yet been cleared by
the The
American Academy of Ophthalmology or the FDA.
According to
the article, this new fashion trend poses a significant health threat. For
example, the author states that the surgery could potentially lead to
“infection or bleeding that could cause blinding”. And those are just two of
the concerns that were listed. To me, the dangers involved outweigh the want
for more bling, and I think the fact that people are actually doing this says a
lot about our values. We have become obsessed with looking “cool” and keeping
up with the latest trends, even if they put our health in jeopardy. What could
be more critical to the quality of life than vision? We have become obsessed
with material things and looking for new status symbols to show off our wealth
and to prove that we are “hip”.
I know that
most of you are probably thinking that this surgery is ridiculous, right? I
agree. But I would encourage you all to think about the idea of getting a
tattoo, or getting a piercing. These are things that seem normal to us
nowadays, but I am sure that when these things first became popular, they were
thought of as ridiculous as well. Perhaps eye jewelry will become a common
element of body décor in the future.
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