Amber Luke had always embraced bold beauty. With over 600 tattoos and nearly her entire body covered in ink, she wasn’t a stranger to pain—or the spotlight. But nothing could’ve prepared her for what happened when she decided to tattoo her eyeballs.
In her early twenties, Amber—known as the “Blue Eyed White Dragon” online—took her commitment to body modification one step further. She wanted her eyes to match her striking aesthetic: a bright, surreal blue. But the price she paid was more than she ever imagined.
The moment the ink touched her eye, she knew something was wrong.
“It felt like shards of glass were being rubbed into my eyes,” Amber later said. Four needle injections per eye. No anesthesia. No second chances. What followed was three agonizing weeks of complete blindness. She couldn’t walk on her own. She couldn’t eat without help. She couldn’t see anything at all.
For two days, she cried blue tears—a haunting sign that the ink had flooded places it was never meant to go.
Amber says the artist went too deep, penetrating the eyeball in a way that no safe procedure ever should. “If it’s done right, you shouldn’t go blind,” she later explained. But her experience was anything but right.
The trauma changed her. It shook her faith in her own limits. Though she had spent over $90,000 on tattoos and piercings since the age of 14, nothing had ever left her this broken—or this afraid.
In a moment of reflection, Amber had a tattoo inked across her chest: a woman crying blue tears. A permanent reminder of the pain, the risk, and the lesson she’ll never forget.
She shared her story online not for pity, but as a warning. “It’s been five years since I lost my sight for three weeks and was completely incapable of being an independent person,” she wrote. “The torturous procedure… changed me forever.”
Amber still embraces her unique style, but she now draws a firm line when it comes to her eyes. Some risks simply aren’t worth the fallout.
This wasn’t just another tattoo. It was a turning point.
A reminder that what we do to stand out… can sometimes leave scars we never meant to wear.