美国女子做瞳孔变色手术却几乎失明
Nadinne Bruna, a 32-year-old Instagram model who has more than a million followers, has the eyesight of a 90-year-old after undergoing a controversial procedure: She had silicone implanted in her peepers to change her eye color from brown to light gray. "Before this surgery, my eyes were completely healthy," Bruna tells South West News Service. "My pupils, they can't adjust to light anymore, so I'm very photosensitive now too. This surgery completely f–ked up my life." Retinal implants are illegal to perform in the United States and not approved by the FDA. Ophthalmologists say that they can cause irreparable damage. "The implants interfere with normal fluid leaving the eyes, which causes scarring, increases pressure and damages the nerves permanently," Dr. Richard Rose, retina surgeon at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, tells The Post. The Procedure damaged Bruna's optic nerves, and she ended up with glaucoma, an incurable eye condition that can gradually cause blindness. On top of that, her eyes were constantly red and itchy for a year, and she had to stop modeling jobs because of her condition. "I make most of my money through my Instagram account and I couldn't do photo shoots," she says. "I've been living on my savings." |