keratopigmentation

Introduction

Indictions:

• photosensitivity due to congenital absence of pigmented retinal epithelium of iris

Complications

• infections - corneal scarring, vision loss
• reaction to dye inflammation, uveitis, neovascular invasion of the cornea
• pigment migration - leakage of dye into the eye
• damage to the cornea

Notes

• American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) has warned of the dangers associated with eye color-changing procedures trending on social media

More general terms

• eye surgery; opthalmologic surgery; ocular surgery