A mother of five regrets not listening to her seven-year-old daughter who warned her that she could go blind if she got her eyeballs tattooed.
Anaya Peterson, a 32-year-old law student, is now facing permanent blindness after tattooing her eyeballs blue and purple.
Inspired by “blue-eyed dragon” Amber Luke, an Australian model who got her eyeballs inked blue in 2019, Anaya chose to tattoo her own eyeballs without fully understanding the risks.
After months without complications, Anaya woke up in August 2021 with “swollen” eyelids and checked herself into the hospital’s A&E ward.
Doctors believe she had a reaction to the ink and are concerned she may lose her sight permanently. Anaya has since expressed regret for her decision, saying “I just wanted to be at home watching [TV] to be honest. I can’t even put it into words. It wasn’t nice at all whatsoever.”