Have you ever wished that you had a different eye color? Maybe your brown eyes don’t hold the same appeal that blue eyes do? Well a new 20 second laser procedure may be all that you need to help that wish come true.

Stroma Medical, a company from California, has come up with a new laser surgery for the eyes which removes melanin from the anterior layers of the iris. As melanin is the pigment that is responsible for the brown color when it is removed surgically, the eyes turn blue. This is a permanent and irreversible procedure.

The surgery is yet to be tested in the United States but more than a dozen patients in Mexico and Costa Rica have undergone the procedure. They have deemed it to be safe, but it will still be a while before the company gets all the health approvals in the United States.

Incidentally, the surgery which is going to cost $5000 only disrupts the pigment and the body will remove it naturally. The procedure may be short but for the blue eye to appear it will take several weeks after the surgery. Wonder how useful this science project will be?