Surgeon: Patients need to be educated on dangers of cosmetic iris implants

NEW ORLEANS — Patients who are interested in receiving cosmetic iris implants to change the color of their eyes need to be educated on the ocular complications associated with the implants, according to a speaker here. “[The implants] are heavily marketed, these are very savvy presented on the Internet, and there’s a lot of misleading information about FDA-approved material and U.S. patent studies. Of course there are no studies,” Tal Raviv, MD, said at Cornea Day preceding the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting. “And the reality is this causes such horrific damage.”