Why are green eyes so rare? To understand why some colors are rarer than others, it’s helpful to know what causes eye color in the first place. Every iris contains a pigment called melanin, but ...

There’s another eye color change procedure called laser depigmentation of the iris. A doctor uses a laser to diminish the density of the iris’ natural pigment, turning brown eyes blue.

Iris color may not stay constant throughout a person’s life. For example, many babies are born with blue eyes that darken within the first 3 years of life. This change occurs as melanin develops.

A person may want to change their eye color for cosmetic reasons or because they have a condition that alters the pigmentation of the iris. In this article, we describe temporary and permanent ...

Laser Surgery This procedure changes your eye color by destroying the pigment, or color, cells in your iris. When they go away, brown eyes look blue. That’s because blue eyes don’t have any ...