Tattooist Welcomes Legalisation Of Controversial Eye Inking Procedure

We're not sure what we think of this...

Imagine a needle heading towards your eye... next minute a sharp edge pushes against the cornea and pierces the delicate membrane. Continuing to the white of the eye, the needle squirts a liquid that can never be removed.

Sound appealing? No didn't think so.

This is the process of eye tattooing! Yup, it's a thing. 

It's a niche market, but approximately 20 Australians have undergone eye tattoo procedures. 

Kylie Garth’s eyes are now a fetching shade of pale blue after her eye inking procedure. Source: Luna Cobra Source:Instagram

The NSW Government on Friday amended the Public Health Act 2010 to include eye tattooing as a “skin penetration procedure” along with tongue piercing.

Labor’s Mr Secord told news.com.au it was “a major stuff up” and placing a needle in the eye could lead to blindness and even cancer.

“The last thing you should be doing is puncturing your eye. It’s absolutely ridiculous and instead of regulating and legislating you should be banning it.

“Doctors have advised they are very reluctant to undertake any procedure involving eyes and the Baird Government should be not regulating this area.”

However tattooist Luna Cobra has said “Any reports of a link between cancer and eyeball tattoos is only speculation and this has never been reported since I started this in 2007.”

Apparently, it feels like a little bit of sand is in your eye. Source: Luna Cobra Instagram Source:Supplied

So despite the legalisation, there's still a lot of controversy!

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