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# Eyeball Piercings
The JewelEye Punctures Your Sclera

By Alex Covert | Published 2008-12-21 | Art & Design
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eyeball-piercings-the-jeweleye
References: [bodypiercingblog](http://www.bodypiercingblog.com/entry/eyeball-piercing/)

There are countless ways to puncture your skin with a metal stud or needle. The face is a popular place to start, and the eyes in particular. Piercings on or near the eyebrow, tear ducts and between the eyes are fairly common. Some have tattooed their [eyelids](http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eyelid-tatttos-more-eyelid-tattoos) and even their [eyeballs](http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-next-fronteir-in-tattooing-eye-coloring)! What else is left? Well, you could try a JewelEye, the only piercing in a place other than your largest organ, your skin. Yep, you can get a heart, star, euro sign, four-leaf clover, or a musical note implanted into your [superficial, interpalpebral conjunctiva](http://www.niioc.nl/cei-eng.htm).

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 6.1/10
- Popularity: 77% | Activity: 99% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women
- Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### Key Themes Behind This Trend

- **Extreme Body Modifications:** Disruptive innovation opportunities lie in developing new and safe techniques for extreme body modifications like eyeball piercings.
- **Personalized Body Jewelry:** Opportunities for disruptive innovation exist in creating customizable and unique body jewelry options like the JewelEye.
- **Medical Tattooing:** Disruptive innovation can be found in the development of new techniques and materials for medical tattooing procedures like tattooing the eyelids and eyeballs.

### Where This Applies

- **Body Modification Industry:** The body modification industry can explore disruptive innovation opportunities by offering new and extreme forms of body modifications like eyeball piercings.
- **Jewelry Industry:** The jewelry industry can capitalize on the trend of personalized body jewelry by creating innovative designs and materials for unique piercings like the JewelEye.
- **Tattoo Industry:** Disruptive innovation opportunities exist in the tattoo industry by expanding the range of tattooing techniques and materials to include medical tattooing procedures like tattooing the eyelids and eyeballs.

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