{"id":14186,"date":"2022-03-25T10:54:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T10:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-causes-eye-color-to-change-in-adults\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T10:54:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T10:54:52","slug":"what-causes-eye-color-to-change-in-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-causes-eye-color-to-change-in-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"What causes eye color to change in adults?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-causes-eye-color-to-change-in-adults\/#What_causes_eye_color_to_change_in_adults\" title=\"What causes eye color to change in adults?\">What causes eye color to change in adults?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-causes-eye-color-to-change-in-adults\/#Can_your_eyes_suddenly_change_color\" title=\"Can your eyes suddenly change color?\">Can your eyes suddenly change color?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-causes-eye-color-to-change-in-adults\/#Why_is_one_of_my_eyes_getting_lighter_than_the_other\" title=\"Why is one of my eyes getting lighter than the other?\">Why is one of my eyes getting lighter than the other?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-causes-eye-color-to-change-in-adults\/#Why_is_half_of_my_eye_a_different_color\" title=\"Why is half of my eye a different color?\">Why is half of my eye a different color?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-causes-eye-color-to-change-in-adults\/#What_disease_makes_your_eyes_change_color\" title=\"What disease makes your eyes change color?\">What disease makes your eyes change color?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-causes-eye-color-to-change-in-adults\/#Can_eye_Colour_change_with_age\" title=\"Can eye Colour change with age?\">Can eye Colour change with age?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-causes-eye-color-to-change-in-adults\/#What_causes_sudden_eye_color_change\" title=\"What causes sudden eye color change?\">What causes sudden eye color change?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-causes-eye-color-to-change-in-adults\/#Can_your_eyes_just_change_color\" title=\"Can your eyes just change color?\">Can your eyes just change color?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_causes_eye_color_to_change_in_adults\"><\/span>What causes eye color to change in adults?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Natural Age-Related Eye Color Changes <b>As they are exposed to light, melanin production increases, causing the color of their eyes to shift. However, eye color changes can also occur as a person ages. Those with lighter color eyes  especially Caucasians  may see their eyes lighten over time.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_your_eyes_suddenly_change_color\"><\/span>Can your eyes suddenly change color?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Why does eye color change naturally? <b>Eye color can change over time, but only slightly. The eye color of most babies will darken in the first few years of life. During this time, the body produces a darker pigment, known as melanin.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_one_of_my_eyes_getting_lighter_than_the_other\"><\/span>Why is one of my eyes getting lighter than the other?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This is because eye color is determined by your genes and the melanin level on your body. As you grow up, the melanin level increases around your pupil, making the eye darker. However, <b>10-15% of Caucasian eyes change to a lighter color as they age, as pigment in the iris changes or degrades<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_half_of_my_eye_a_different_color\"><\/span>Why is half of my eye a different color?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Some people have two different colored irises from a condition called heterochromia. This condition is <b>often caused by injury or trauma to the eye. Rarely, it may be caused by a birth defect such as Waardenburg syndrome, Sturge-Weber syndrome, congenital Horner&#8217;s syndrome, or Parry-Romberg syndrome.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_disease_makes_your_eyes_change_color\"><\/span>What disease makes your eyes change color?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Fuchs&#8217; heterochromic iridocyclitis.<\/b> Also called FHI, this condition is a form of chronic uveitis. It can lead to atrophy of the iris, cataracts, and eye inflammation. The condition can also cause pigment loss, which can change the color of one eye, leading to heterochromia, or two differently colored eyes.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_eye_Colour_change_with_age\"><\/span>Can eye Colour change with age?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Why does eye color change naturally? <b>Eye color can change over time, but only slightly. The eye color of most babies will darken in the first few years of life. During this time, the body produces a darker pigment, known as melanin.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_causes_sudden_eye_color_change\"><\/span>What causes sudden eye color change?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As previously mentioned, <b>exposure to light causes your body to produce more melanin. Even if your eye color has set, your eye color could slightly change if you expose your eyes to more sunlight. As a result, your eyes might appear a darker shade of brown, blue, green, or gray, depending on your current eye color.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_your_eyes_just_change_color\"><\/span>Can your eyes just change color?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Can it really change for no apparent reason? In most people, the answer is no. Eye color fully matures in infancy and remains the same for life. But <b>in a small percentage of adults, eye color can naturally become either noticeably darker or lighter with age<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents What causes eye color to change in adults?Can your eyes suddenly change color?Why is one of my eyes getting lighter than the other?Why is half of my eye a different color?What disease makes your eyes change color?Can eye Colour change with age?What causes sudden eye color change?Can your eyes just change color?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}