Anita Adams has gorgeous blue-green eyes.  But they're not natural.  In fact, she went under the knife to change her eye color permanently.

"It absolutely was a big risk," says Adams.

Anita's eyes used to be two different colors; one was green and one was brown.  It was a dramatic difference.

"It really bugged me and annoyed me...and it made me feel very uncomfortable," Anita says of her different-colored eyes.
 
The real estate agent says she was so self-conscious she wore uncomfortable brown contacts to cover up her mismatched eyes.  Then she learned about a new procedure called NewColorIris to change the color of her eyes.

But it's not approved in the Unites States, so the 37-year-old Grand Junction, Colorado, resident traveled all the way to Panama, the only place it's offered.

During the procedure, the patient remains awake under local anesthesia.  The doctor makes a corneal incision, then implants a lens made of silicon.  The entire procedure takes only 10 minutes. 

Anita is not the only one to go under the knife.  Photos on the NewColorIris website show one patient who went from brown eyes to light blue, and another who went from brown to dark blue.  

Doctors warn that any surgery comes with risks, but for Anita, her new eyes really change the way she sees herself.