John William Godward Under the Blossom that Hangs on the Bough painting

John William Godward Under the Blossom that Hangs on the Bough painting
John William Waterhouse waterhouse Saint Cecilia painting
colored contact lenses you see all the time — it may be safer — and it's really a lot of fun," says Maloney. "It's a really neat way to make yourself unique if that's something you want to do." The 15-minute procedure costs $3,900 and is performed under local anesthetic. And according to Maloney, the procedure is painless. "As you recover, there's some mild irritation for a couple of weeks and there's some redness around the jewel and all the redness goes away and the discomfort goes away and you've got a little twinkle in your eye." Is It Really Safe? Many ophthalmologists are still wary of eyeball jewelry, and are issuing strong cautions about the fashion trend.Susan Taub, M.D., assistant professor of ophthalmology at Northwestern University in Chicago, says the three risks of implanting jewels in the mucus membrane of the eye eaxist: rejection, infection, and inflammation.