Can eyes change colour?

[blackcat77]

Can your eyes change colour? and is there any connection to a serious illness had several years ago. When I was young I had greeny/hazel eyes, but now in later life my eyes now seem to be bluey/grey!
I've also had some surgery on my eyes, as I have diabetic retinopathy and wondered if that might be relevant too.

[jno]

yes they can.

http://www.wonderquest.com/eye-color-age.htm

[tamborine]

have a check for cataracts...they start with a milky film over the iris, that would give a duller color. It's easily corrected.

[york310]

Cataracts are not films over the iris or any other part of the eye. They are a cloudyness to the lens positioned behind the iris which are not generally visible to the naked eye. This is a very common misconception.

[sara3]

a pale ring around the iris can indicate very high cholesterol.

[york310]

The white ring that can appear around the edge of the iris can sometimes be associated with raised cholesterol (not necessarily very high) is called arcus senilus which is sometimes seen in younger people called arcus juvenilus. It is a normal ageing change most commonly seen in those over 70.

[blackcat77]

Thanks for the link, jno, very interesting. I've got a cataract in one eye at present which is developing very slowly and have has one removed from my other eye a few years ago.(I'm apparently quite young to get cataracts - I was 45 - but mine have been exacerbated by diabetes.) They do not make your eyes go milky - my eye didn't look any different from usual. I've no white rings around the iris and my cholestrol is very good, according to my last blood test. I think that the link posted by jno is a good explanation, although I wasn't worried about it, just interested. Thank you all for your answers.