In the practice of Ophthalmology it is not always that you can give vision to a patient. There are occasions when you have to add a cosmetic value to the patients life, like in blind eye with corneal opacity. Simple answer is tattooing. Then why tattooing is not done by general ophthalmologists ?

There are two main reasons Firstly there is non availability of chemical pigment & secondly whatever pigments are used for tattooing are irritants for eye. Eye doesn't remain quiet after the procedure & corneal epithelium doesn't remain stable on the pigment. The ideal pigment or dye used for tattooing should be inert and easily available. On this background, We wish to draw your attention to a new pigment for tattooing which we have discovered. It is an emulsified paste. It is not water soluble. We tried it initially on blind eyes which patients were prepared to get enucleated afterwards. Next, we tried the pigment in patients of corneal opacity. The results are satisfactory beyond expectations.

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