Heterochromia - ugliness or beauty? (12 photos)

Heterochromia is when a person has different colored eyes. The difference in eye color in humans is caused by an excess or deficiency of the pigment - melanin. This rare phenomenon occurs not only in humans, but also in animals, such as cats. A long time ago, people with different eye colors were considered children of the devil, witches, that is, people associated with witchcraft or black magic. They caused fear in ordinary people, but now it is known that different eye colors are not tricks of supernatural power.

There are two types of heterochromia: the first is complete heterochromia, and the second is partial heterochromia. In complete heterochromia, the color of one iris is completely different from the color of the other iris. In partial heterochromia, a person has one part of the iris (eye) that is different from the rest of the iris, meaning one eye has two colors. Most often, complete heterochromia occurs in people, less often partial, in approximately 4 people out of 1 million. ,

Heterochromia is a mutation that occurs after fertilization of the egg. But you shouldn’t be afraid of heterochromia. It does not affect the health of a person whose eyes are of different colors. A person with heterochromia sees and perceives colors in the same way as an ordinary person, but only he has his own individual flavor. By the way, heterochromia is more common in women than among the stronger sex. It also happens that heterochromia becomes acquired. Due to injury or disease (Hirschsprung's disease, Waardenburg's syndrome), a person acquires a unique phenomenon.