AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Body piercing and tattoos make way — the latest Dutch eye surgeons have implanted tiny pieces of jewellery called "JewelEye" in The procedure involves inserting a 3.5 mm (0.13 inch) wide piece of from Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As much as we love the cultural sensibilities of the Dutch, and their slightly blood-shot view of the world, we have to wonder what these trend-setters have been smoking. There is NO WAY the Dowbrigade would allow anything to be inserted … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/eyejew.jpg\")
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\n much as we love the cultural sensibilities of the Dutch, and their
\n slightly blood-shot
\n view of the world, we have to wonder what these trend-setters have been
\n smoking. There is NO WAY the Dowbrigade would allow anything to
\n be inserted INTO HIS EYE, unless it endowed him with some superpower
\n like X-ray vision or the ability to detect active Wi-Fi zones. But hey,
\n no one has every accused us of being a fashion maven….<\/em><\/p>\n
\n fashion trend to hit the Netherlands is eyeball jewellery. <\/p>\n
\nthe mucous membrane of the eyes of six women and one man in cosmetic surgery
\npioneered by an ophthalmic surgery research and development institute in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n
\n specially developed jewellery — the range includes a glittering
\n half-moon or heart —
\n into the eye’s mucous membrane under local anaesthetic at a cost of 500 to
\n 1,000 euros (270 to 540 pounds).<\/p>\n