2006-09-25 23:25:06 · 15 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Health ➔ Other - Health
yes..when i was a baby my eyes were quite blue..over the years they have gone dark blue to a hazel where they are now
2006-09-25 23:26:27 · answer #1 · answered by scuba_steve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Much like skin complexion, eye colour does change to an extent. The change is most notable if you follow through from childhood.
I have a stepson of 4 and his eyes are a dark shade of green, only 2 years ago those very eyes were blue. Looking at the colour in my wife's eyes, I'd say the boy will eventually end up with brown eyes in a few years or so.
Note that not all people experience this colour change. I have had the same colour since the very first colour photos of me were taken some decades ago :-)
2006-09-26 06:36:28 · answer #2 · answered by paidpaipa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eye color can change over time because of age or, unfortunately, disease.
Eye disease is a cause of color change. So, ask a doctor to examine your eyes if you notice a slow loss of color. The change could be due to Fuch's heterochromic iridocyclitis, Horner's Syndrome, and pigmentary glaucoma,
Aging, however, is the usual cause of color change over time. Color can change as we age. It does so for 10 to 15% of the normal Caucasian population. These people's eyes change slowly over many years after they reach adolescence.
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"Some eyes become darker, but most become lighter with increasing age," says Richard A. Sturm, a Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
How and why eye color changes
Pigment in the stroma (the connective tissue of the front layer of the iris) gives the iris color. Iris color can lighten if the number of pigment granules in the stroma decreases or if the granules produce lighter pigment. (See figure.) The iris can also lose color if the stroma pigment degrades.
Eyes, unlike skin and hair, do not synthesize color pigment continuously. Instead, eyes retain the pigment granules and accumulate them in the iris stroma. So, if the pigment degrades, the eye color lightens.
Likewise, eyes can darken if the number of pigment granules increase or if the granules make darker pigment.
2006-09-26 06:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's not beat about the bush - most eye colour change is cosmetic and brought about by the use of coloured contact lenses !
2006-09-26 07:06:28 · answer #4 · answered by Dover Soles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All babies start with blue eyes. As we age they darken to brown/hazel/green. In some people the iris stay blue or changes slightly to grey.
2006-09-26 08:53:29 · answer #5 · answered by Tabbyfur aka patchy puss 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't answer that from a medical point of view, but mine have.
When I was younger (I am 33 now) my eyes where blue grey. The have hazel stripes and and more grey than blue in other parts!
2006-09-26 06:32:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most white babies are born with blue eyes and they will change as they get older.
2006-09-26 06:32:25 · answer #7 · answered by andham2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometime the yellow falls around the center of the eye, thus changing a green eye to a blue w/ a small ring of yellow (like me).
2006-09-26 06:28:02 · answer #8 · answered by Jose Esoj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have blue eyes which have got darker as I get older. They used to be really light blue now they are darker and a bit more grey!
2006-09-26 06:27:19 · answer #9 · answered by Fluffy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES, My son was born w/ beautiful blue eyes, by the time he was 4 they changed to a gray/green color, which is also beautiful, I'm stuck w/ boring brown.
2006-09-26 06:34:22 · answer #10 · answered by start 6-22-06 summer time Mom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My nieces eye colour has changed... but she is only 10.... mine have always been very, very dark so I've never noticed a difference.
2006-09-26 06:26:39 · answer #11 · answered by Ellie29uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋