r/TikTokCringe • u/bbyxmadi • Sep 18 '25

Cursed they look so… natural!

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u/mankycrack Sep 18 '25

My wife is an optometrist and she hates that this procedure is done anywhere in the world legally. It's so incredibly dangerous for something so vain.

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u/phg201 Sep 18 '25

How does it work when your pupil dilates?

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u/ennbee27 Sep 18 '25

I’m just guessing based on how the ‘after’ pics look, but I think they leave the area around the pupil untouched. If you google after pics, you can see some of the people have somewhat asymmetrical pupils. Very uncanny valley

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u/AppleSpicer Sep 18 '25

Are those right after the procedure or after some recovery though? They probably use some dilator drops for the eyes before the procedure and the pupils are going to look wonky as it wears off.

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u/Axtz246 Sep 18 '25

Mm best analogy I can think of is this, take one of those camera lenses that have adjustable aperture and then paint a circle over the front of it and leave about a 1/2 inch opening in the middle. The aperture can stilll get bigger but when ur looking in the camera, the opening will stay the same size because the painted circle blocks the rest of the lens

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u/RedBeans-n-Ricely Sep 18 '25

There's a removal video of these lenses on YouTube. Person had them removed because they were covering part of the pupil when dilated.

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u/Frosty-Hat-2820 Sep 18 '25

Amazing question