Presently, this is just a Photoshopped concept image, but how far off is an implant like this? Breast augmentation is commonplace, and in more extreme modification subcultures, jewelry and whiskers implants are.  We’ve seen forked tongues and devil horns, so why does this seem like it’s went just a step too far (pardon my terrible pun)?

From Bit Rebels :

We have seen the odd and weird peirced people that literally changed their appearance into something uneartly assuming to get attention or to be original.  So why would this not be possible as well?  An incorporated stiletto heel into your foot could possibly be the new “edge”.  I am sure we’ll see someone who will go all out and actually do this.  To me, this is just as weird as it comes.  It looks painful and alien to me, but I guess the stuff people will do to stand out will always be pushed farther and farther into the land of the weird.  What do you think?  Is this something that women dream of?

Via Laughing Squid

I always wondered what the kids would get up to once piercing became passe. I mean, I’m Gen X, right? You can’t shock me. Sure, I thought. They’ll try. But me, I’ve watched a Prince Albert. My ex split his tongue and had his teeth filed decoratively. I seriously considered coral horn implants. Beat that, whippersnappers.

But this. This creeps me right the fuck out.

This platinum eye jewel (available in several styles) is inserted under the cornea. In case that description alone doesn’t give you the willies, or perhaps gen-gap you into a drinking binge, there is also the 500 Euro price tag to take into account. (I haven’t seen anything on this hitting the US yet). Still thinking of having it done? Here’s the how-to video:

If this all seems like a bit of a commitment, the fad for sticking things to your eyeball doesn’t end there. Eric Klarenbeek has designed a series of eye jewels that attach to contact lenses, trailing down the face like tears.  Or perhaps like those suction-cup crystal dragonflies meant to liven up suburban kitchen windows and sold mostly in various beachfront stores worldwide. They look better on this mannequin than they look on actual models,  where they trigger my instinctive need to get that damn thing out of your eye.

Oy. The kids these days. Get off my lawn.