On the plus side, blue-eyed people may have a lower risk of cataracts, which is when the lens of your eye (right behind the iris) becomes cloudy and compromises vision, says Dr. Chhablani.

The iris, for all its intricacies, gets the attention of us eye doctors only when it causes problems for our patients.As a ...

A 59-year-old woman who presented to an outside eye care provider 1 year prior for right eye redness and a shadow in her vision was referred to the New England Eye Center when the redness did not ...

Wong explained that everyone with blue eyes is linked to "a single common European ancestor from six to 10,000 years ago." People with blue eyes have brown pigment underneath their iris and blue ...

But Guarisco's eye issues worsened, and she was forced to visit the ER for allergy-like symptoms in her right eye, including "discharge, redness, itching and visual disturbances," the lawsuit states.

Salina Moreno, a.k.a. @eye_em_sal_ on the app, has one glass eye — and it luxuriously features a 14K gold iris and black diamond pupil. Salina's ocularist custom designed the shimmering prosthetic.