Cateye and heterochromia
This is my eye. My left eye with a reflection through my balcony French doors, to be precise, and bloodshot because this morning my cat pulled a stunt somewhat like this cartoon. Instead of a baseball bat, it was one of his hind legs that punched me. I’m thankful to still have my eye; this photo better shows how close he came.
My eyes have a coloring that’s known as central heterochromia, meaning my iris has a circle of a different color around the pupil. In addition to having heterochromial eyes, I also have hair with sectoral heterochromia (I was born with a blonde streak, the rest is dark brown):
I have the Internet to thank for finally being able to put a name to my blonde streak and eyes.
April 2nd, 2008 at 18:50
Hello
I have sort of similar features, my eyes are brown in the middle with a blue rim around, with the upper side so light that it looks fading. My hair is brown but with golden flashes and, what is oddest, now that I am turning 47 my hair is getting blond spots rather than grey… I look a lot younger, could be taken for 30 y.o. or less. I was told I could have a genetic condition called mosaicism or chimerism (I am currently under test for that), and that could even help me resist infections - in fact I never got any children’s disease. May I ask you if you ever noticed something similar, sorry if I am disturbing you but finding a heterochromic kin is so rare…
Have a nice time.
Simon
April 2nd, 2008 at 19:32
No worries, I know the feeling! I’ve only ever met one other person with heterochromial hair in real life, and that was when I was 7 years old. I had loads of illnesses as a child, so I don’t think I have the heightened resistance to infection. I do wonder what color(s?) my hair is going to turn as it greys…!