The eyes will glow! This "post-90s" girl is famous (Internet celebrity photo with glowing eyes)

·Xintong.

Even if you only have one eye left,

look forward,

There are always infinite possibilities in life!

Author: Xu Ye

The lights went out. In the dimness, Xintong gently passed her finger across her eyes, and the pupil of her right eye instantly shot out a dazzling blue light.

This scene, which was like a special effect, made everyone who watched it couldn't help but sigh "so cool", and Xintong was caught off guard and became a hot search.

Xintong’s right eye is actually her own specially made prosthetic eye. "This idea came from a foreign blogger. I saw that the titanium alloy prosthetic eyes he made were very handsome, and I felt that as a prosthetic eye maker, I could also make different prosthetic eyes."

She put a small chip that can emit light into the prosthetic eye, and operated the magnetic light control switch with her hand, creating a dreamy effect of fingers swiping across it and eyes glowing.

Becoming a prosthetic eye maker was beyond Xintong’s ideals - if her eyes had not been removed after a car accident, she might have become a professional dancer. However, there are no “ifs” in life.

She named herself Xintong. "It means new eyes and a new beginning!" she explained to the reporter of "Global People" with a smile.

"I cried after the prosthetic eye flew out"

Before 2013, Xintong never thought that her life would be connected with the prosthetic eye.

This summer, she and her family drove from Inner Mongolia to Shanxi to visit her grandma. Before setting off, she was full of expectations, put on exquisite makeup and beautiful clothes.

Unexpectedly, the brakes failed halfway and the car rolled over. When she regained consciousness, she was already lying in the hospital. Before she could recover, the doctor came over and said that her eyeball was ruptured and must be removed immediately.

She started learning to dance when she was 8 years old. She also majored in dance in college and has been on the stage of many large-scale dance performances. "What will happen to my dance career? What will happen to my future life?" The moment she learned the bad news, many images flashed through her mind, but she finally signed the consent form for surgery in tears.

At the age of 18, she really understood that sentence at this time: You never know which one will come first, tomorrow or the accident.

After the operation, Xintong received prosthetic eyes, but this did not bring her much comfort. She only felt "uncomfortable and unsightly." She was immersed in grief, could not sleep all night, suffered physical and mental torture, and even wanted to end her life.

But when she thought of her family’s tears, she felt that she couldn’t be so selfish. "I have to step out and accept myself as I am now. It's not a big deal to have one eye." She constantly builds herself up mentally and actively adjusts her state.

Half a year after the car accident, she mustered up the courage to return to school and try to restart a "normal" life.

But it’s not easy.

This also means that as a dancer, Xintong cannot do many moves that require some flipping and jumping. Knocks, twists, and falls have become commonplace for her.

·Xintong is dancing.

One time in class, Xintong was practicing the "horizontal rotation" movement. Unexpectedly, she turned too fast and her prosthetic eye flew out. She stopped quickly and subconsciously covered her right eye, "I was worried that others would be scared when they saw me without eyeballs."

After finding the prosthetic eye, she rushed to the bathroom, washed the prosthetic eye and put it on again. When she returned to the dormitory after class, she couldn't help crying, "Why is God so unfair to me? Why did I lose an eye and have to face so many troubles?" All the grievances rushed into her heart instantly, but she It can only be digested by itself.

Since then, Xintong has paid great attention to the condition of his eyes, but embarrassment is still inevitable.

Once, she went to an amusement park with her friends. When they were on the roller coaster, she remembered that she was wearing prosthetic eyes.

She immediately covered her right eye tightly with both hands, fearing that the prosthetic eye would accidentally fly out again. She was "so worried that her mouth turned white."

Another time, she had graduated and started working as a dance teacher. After class, she sent the children out and said hello and goodbye to their parents, but they always looked back at her.

"I thought to myself at the time, is the child so reluctant to let me go? I was quite happy. Then my colleague looked at me and reminded me that the prosthetic eye was crooked. When I looked in the mirror, it turned out that the prosthetic eye didn't know anything. Sometimes it went to the outer corner of my eye, and it looked like I was squinting. My face immediately turned red." Xintong, who was wearing a prosthetic eye, could not blink his right eye.

As time passed, Xintong gradually got used to the existence of the prosthetic eyes. She prefers to remember those heart-warming moments than embarrassing things.

What impressed me the most was that some three or four-year-old children innocently asked her in class: "Teacher, why can't you blink your eyes?" She replied: "Because you are injured. Don't you stop blinking in the future?" Can you please stop asking the teacher? If you ask again, the teacher will be sad."

She didn't expect that this group of children would really remember this. Later, when new children came to class and asked about her eyes, they told the new children not to ask. There are also children with "high emotional intelligence" who encourage her: "I think the teacher is beautiful, just like Princess Elsa!"

These unexpected kindnesses gave Xintong the strength to get out of life. 's darkest moment.

“Can you make me beautiful eyes?”

It was in 2019 that Xintong came up with the idea of ??changing her career to become a prosthetic eye maker.

In the past, she always thought that "there may not be many people like me in the world" and that "it is normal to be unable to blink after wearing a prosthetic eye." It wasn't until she joined a group chat of one-eyed people this year that she realized that her thoughts for many years were wrong.

"Generally speaking, after wearing a prosthetic eye, the eye can actually move and blink. In my case, the injury is serious and the eye condition is not very good."

Because she didn’t understand the situation, the prosthetic eyes Xintong had worn for many years were not suitable for her. This caused her eyes to become inflamed from time to time, and also caused the eye platform to be worn and a thick layer of polyps to grow.

As a result, she had to undergo another surgery to remove the eye socket. "Local anesthesia", "three hours" and "quite painful" were her memories of the operation.

Xintong found that many single-eyed people in the group chat were also troubled by inappropriate artificial eyes. They felt that the artificial eyes were too fake and made them feel inferior after wearing them. She thought: Can I make a better prosthetic eye that would make everyone comfortable and confident?

After much thought, she finally quit her job as a dance teacher and turned to learn eye-catching production techniques. Her family did not support her decision and felt that her years of studying dance and making prosthetic eyes were not in line with her major.

The questioning voices did not dissuade Xintong. "There is no harm in learning one more skill. Even if you fail to learn it in the end, you can still pick it up again. I have been caught in the rain, and I just want to hold an umbrella for others."

Learning to make prosthetic eyes The process is not easy. Xintong not only needs to fully understand the structural characteristics of Asian eyeballs, but also develop sensitivity to color and learn relevant art knowledge.

She practiced each step thousands of times, using herself as the experimental subject, constantly trying and improving, and accumulating experience bit by bit. Hard work paid off, and in 2022 she finally opened a prosthetic eye customization studio in Beijing.

·Xintong is making prosthetic eyes for customers.

When some people first approached Xintong for prosthetic eyes, they did not trust her craftsmanship.

“There is a 28-year-old single-eyed girl who had her prosthetic eyes customized so that she could look her most beautiful at the wedding. She had been to many prosthetic eye customization agencies before, but every time she went there with hope, she brought another one. I was disappointed and thought those prosthetic eyes were too fake, so I was dubious about them.”

Xintong understood the girl’s mood and carefully made the prosthetic eyes for her. As soon as the girl put it on, she jumped up, hugged Xintong and cried excitedly. “She said she didn’t expect prosthetic eyes to be so realistic, and she finally let go of the big stone in her heart. I also felt an indescribable joy in my heart.

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The bride-to-be was not the only one to be surprised in this small studio.

Tiantian, a 6-year-old girl, had her eyeballs removed due to illness, and her father took her with her She came to Beijing from Guizhou to get prosthetic eyes. The first thing she said when she saw Xintong was: "Auntie, can you help me make beautiful eyes?" My eyes are not beautiful enough now. "After putting on the prosthetic eye made by Xintong, Tiantian lay in front of the mirror and took a look for a long time, then ran over and hugged Xintong, and said happily: "The eyes are so beautiful, I really like them."

57-year-old Uncle Zhang's eyeballs shrank due to an accidental fall. He has been feeling very depressed since the accident. After wearing the prosthetic eye made by Xintong, his eyes can move and blink. He immediately picked up his mobile phone and video-recorded with his relatives and friends, "Look. , my eyes can’t tell it’s fake at all! ”

·Xintong has to consider many details when making artificial eyes, such as iris color, red blood streak pattern, etc.

Many single-eyed friends lament the significance of the job of a prosthetic eye maker Extraordinary. “If the appearance of monocular people cannot be improved, finding a job and dating a partner will be even more restricted. Although a good prosthetic eye cannot restore a person's vision, it can better remedy facial defects and restore a person's self-confidence to a great extent, which is very important. "

Exchange sincerity for sincerity

After the video of "Lighting Prosthetic Eyes" became popular, many people wanted to find Xintong to customize "same style" prosthetic eyes, but she refused one by one.

“Firstly, this kind of prosthetic eye is relatively heavy, and secondly, there are certain requirements on the thickness of the prosthetic eye piece during the production process, so it is not suitable for many people to wear. They want to buy it, but I keep telling everyone not to buy it. ”

Xintong’s special prosthetic eye can emit light of different colors such as white light, blue light, and red light.

Xintong has its own persistence when it comes to issues related to prosthetic eyes. .

She believes that the most important thing about artificial eyes is comfort. “I am a wearer, and I know that if you wear artificial eyes that make you uncomfortable, you will basically not be able to do anything well on this day. . Some people wear ill-fitting prosthetic eyes all year round, resulting in lower eyelid deformation. This is irreversible, and even surgery cannot restore the eyes to their previous appearance. ”

The second most important thing is verisimilitude. Everyone’s iris color, eye white color and even red blood streaks are different. In order to achieve a more realistic effect, Xintong needs to compare with the wearer’s real eyes. A little hand-painted prosthetic eye. You have to choose the time when doing this work. It is better to do it under natural light from 10 am to 5 pm. If the light is not good, she will stop and would rather wait until the next day to continue.

A prosthetic eye usually requires three to five days of dedicated work to achieve satisfactory results.

However, the prosthetic eye is not finished yet. Xintong also has a habit of doing it for customers. Return visit. If the other person feels that the prosthetic eye is wearing well, she will be relieved; if the other person feels uncomfortable, she will immediately make adjustments.

She does not want anyone to follow her old path. , wearing an uncomfortable prosthetic eye, causing secondary damage to the eyes, and slowly, many customers became friends with her.

·Xintong’s little girl. The small studio is a place where many people regain their confidence.

This also makes Xintong more grateful for life. She knows that the market price of a prosthetic eye is 5,000 to 10,000 yuan, and some families have difficulty paying it. She couldn't afford it. So she launched an activity to make prosthetic eyes for 10 people with one eye for free. "Every one can be helped." After the activity, she decided to provide one free quota every month. Children from poor families under 12 years old or poor elderly people over 60 years old, as well as people injured on the job such as police officers and fire fighters, Xintong has heard many praises and also encountered some not-so-pleasant comments about her. I don’t want to hear others say: “It must be easy to make money as a prosthetic eye maker, it’s a good job! "As soon as she heard this, she began to resist communicating with the other party in her heart.

"If the prosthetic eyes I make are good, it will be natural for me to earn income. But my original intention is not just to make money, but more importantly, to empathize with the one-eyed people and do some real things for this group. ”

Her dream is to find opportunities to study technology abroad and make better and more realistic prosthetic eyes in the future to help more people regain their confidence.

Now, Xintong wears her own prosthetic eyes, dances, works out, and makes cool short videos. She uses her actions to encourage single-eyed people who are in pain, and also responds to the pain of lying in bed when she was 18 years old. Myself on the hospital bed: Even if I only have one eye left, look forward, there are always infinite possibilities in life!

Director: Lu Hong

Producer: Zhang Jiankui

Editor-in-Chief: Xu Chenjing

Editor: Su Rui