A Polish woman, Aleksandra Sadowska has gone completely blind in one eye and rapidly failing sight in the other after a tattoo artist made an attempt to dye her eyeballs black, Mirror UK reports.
The rising 25-year-old model from Wroclaw, west of Poland reportedly went to the tattooist to dye her eyeballs black so that she can look like rap artist Popek, who also had the same feature. However, the procedure went south when Aleksandra started complaining of pains in her eyes with the tattooist telling her there was no cause of the alarm and then instructed her to take painkillers as it was normal.
But after losing complete sight in her right eye, doctors told the model that the damage was irreparable and that she would soon lose sight in her left eye too. The Polish tattoo artist, Piotr A, has been arrested is now facing three years in prison for unintentionally severely disabling the woman.
During the subsequent investigation, it was discovered that the tattooist had made serious mistakes in the process, including using body ink for tattooing skin, which should not come into contact with the eye.
“I will not lock myself in the basement and get depressed,” added Ms Sadowska.
“I have sadness behind me, but I live on.”
The tattoo artist, who is based in the Polish capital of Warsaw, is now facing up to three years in prison for unintentionally severely disabling the woman.
Ms Sadowska’s lawyers told local media: “There is clear evidence that the tattoo artist did not know how to perform such a delicate procedure.
“And yet he decided to perform it which led to this tragedy.”
The tattooist, who still runs his salon where he carries out mainly ear piercings, has now been charged — four years after Aleksandra’s ordeal began.
He has pleaded not guilty.
