Photos: Aleksandra Sadowska dyes Her Eyeball Black, now risks going Blind
chuks oti
Mar 04, 2020
A model has been left nearly blind after having her eyes dyed black by a tattooist.
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Aleksandra Sadowska, 25, has no sight in her right eye and is fast losing her ability to see through her left.
The model - who had the tattoo done in Warsaw, Poland, because she wanted to look like her favourite rap artist - had the whites of her eyes dyed black.
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Now the man who did it, a tattoo artist named in local media as Piotr A, faces up to three years in jail over the bungled procedure.
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Aleksandra was initially told that the pain she was experiencing was normal, according to reports, and that she could take painkillers.
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However medics say there is no hope of repairing her eyesight, and said she will soon be fully blind.
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She said: "Unfortunately, for now doctors do not give me much optimism for improvement.
"The damage is too deep and extensive. I'm afraid I will be completely blind."
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And she continued: "I will not lock myself in the basement and get depressed.
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"I have sadness behind me, but I live on."
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She is a devotee of Polish rapper Popek, who she wanted to emulate.
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He has undergone a similar eye tattoo.
According to Polska , Aleksandra has undergone three procedures aimed at restoring her sight, but discovered that the dye had gone into her tissue.
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The ink used was only suitable to be used on skin, it is claimed, and should not come into contact with the eyeballs.
Lawyers for Alexandra told the Polish media: "There is clear evidence that the tattoo artist did not know how to perform such a delicate procedure.
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"And yet he decided to perform it which led to this tragedy."
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She has demanded £300,000 in compensation following the botched tattoo, which was done in 2016.
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The suspect denies wrongdoing. He is set to stand trial in Poland.
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