The procedure, called scleral pigmentation, is made by lancing a small needle into the top layer of the eye and injecting diluted ink. The process and ink formula are both considered cosmetic and are currently unregulated by the province.
Within hours, Gallinger said she was in pain as the ink leaked from her eye. That pain hasn't stopped despite three months of consultations, medication and attempts at surgery.
"My cornea is thinned out from lack of moisture because the lump [of ink] directly interferes with my lid closing properly," she said Tuesday.
Gallinger has to administer artificial tear drops every 15 minutes in the infected eye. If her cornea ruptures, doctors said she'll lose the eye.
In an effort to avoid similar cases, the Eye Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (EPSO) proposed banning cosmetic eye modification, including tattooing and jewelry, in a letter to Health Minister Eric Hoskins. They later made a presentation to a government committee.
The procedures would become illegal unless performed by a regulated health professional. Currently, there are several medically approved tattoo procedures to improve eyesight or cosmetically reconstruct eyes after an accident.
Ontario working to ban eye tattoos after mishap - Ottawa - CBC News
Within hours, Gallinger said she was in pain as the ink leaked from her eye. That pain hasn't stopped despite three months of consultations, medication and attempts at surgery.
"My cornea is thinned out from lack of moisture because the lump [of ink] directly interferes with my lid closing properly," she said Tuesday.
Gallinger has to administer artificial tear drops every 15 minutes in the infected eye. If her cornea ruptures, doctors said she'll lose the eye.
In an effort to avoid similar cases, the Eye Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (EPSO) proposed banning cosmetic eye modification, including tattooing and jewelry, in a letter to Health Minister Eric Hoskins. They later made a presentation to a government committee.
The procedures would become illegal unless performed by a regulated health professional. Currently, there are several medically approved tattoo procedures to improve eyesight or cosmetically reconstruct eyes after an accident.
Ontario working to ban eye tattoos after mishap - Ottawa - CBC News
