Can the Isis Iris Whitening Kit really change your eye color?

Et Moi muses…I’ve come across various dubious sources about changing or lightening the iris without contacts. Among the things that would change the eye color are: Doing a liver cleanse or a raw food diet, eye drops from Isis cosmeceuticals which contains msm and arbutin. Just wondering everyone’s opinion on this topic. Is it safe, ethical, or even effective? The Beauty Brains respond: Isis Cosmeceuticals does indeed offer an iris lightening kit. What they don’t offer is any proof that it works. How is eye lightening supposed to work? Iris color is determined mainly by the melanin content (the same pigment that determines the color of your hair and skin) in a part of the iris known as the stroma. The production of melanin is controlled by an enzyme known as tyrosinase.  It’s been demonstrated (at least in cell cultures) that Alpha Arbutin, the active ingredient in this Isis product, can disrupt melanin production by blocking tyrosinase. (That’s why Alpha Arbutin is a popular ingredient in skin lightening creams.) So, in theory, you can lighten the color of your eyes by reducing production of melanin in your iris. At least that’s what the fine folks at Isis Cosmeceuticals would like us to believe. Is there any proof the Iris Whitening Kit really works? This whole thing sort of makes sense but we could find no evidence that Alpha Arbutin actually works this way. Isis Cosmeceuticals doesn’t provide any supporting information wh...
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