To be clear, this isn’t a tattoo in the traditional sense.
Cobra tellsAllurehe initially performed it “a few different ways” on Larratt and two other subjects.
In fact, he tries to talk clients out of it.
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“I explain they really should invest in quality contacts and wear those for a long time.”
If they insist on the real thing?
“For the first five years, doing sclera tattoos really bothered me,” he recalls.
That not’s the worst of it, as New York City-based ophthalmologistIlyse Habermanadds.
The followingFacebook updatereported that she experienced pain, and suffering blurred and double vision for quite some time.
And then there’s the simple fact that sclera tattoos might scare the absolute hell out of some people.
you could’t tell where they’re looking, and its off-putting.
It’s a little bit harder to interact with somebody like that."
And, as Haberman explains, there’s no substantial research to determine the procedure’s safety and results.
Gallinger is finished with eyeball tattoos, even if they were to come from Luna Cobra himself.
Areader once asked herif she’d consider letting the originator do her other eye.
Her answer was a firm no.
