Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 235-238, October 2010

Complications and management of cosmetic anterior chamber iris implants

  • Sarah Hull

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmology Department, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
    • ,
  • Hari Jayaram

      Affiliations

    • UCL Institute of Ophthalmology & Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road, London, UK
    • ,
  • Ali A. Mearza

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmology Department, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, UK. Tel.: +44 2033111498; fax: +44 2088467333.

published online 12 April 2010.

Abstract 

Purpose

To report the management of complications due to cosmetic iris implantation.

Design

Interventional case report.

Methods

A 27-year-old female underwent bilateral anterior chamber NewColorIris™ implants in Panama to cosmetically change her eye colour. Two weeks later she presented as an eye emergency in London with corneal decompensation, raised intraocular pressure and significantly reduced vision. Bilateral explantation was performed with good postoperative recovery.

Results

Three months following explantation, visual acuity had normalized and intraocular pressure was within the normal range without medication.

Conclusions

Cosmetic iris implantation can lead to potentially sight threatening complications. This is the first case to be reported in the United Kingdom. There is a lack of published safety data and their cosmetic application should be cautioned against.

Keywords: Cosmetic iris implants, Corneal decompensation, Safety data

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PII: S1367-0484(10)00031-7

doi:10.1016/j.clae.2010.03.001

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 235-238, October 2010

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