The second version, shared a few days later on July 3, 2006, is the version in the Facebook post. The image is also tagged "manipulation" and "tool" on Flickr by the creator. The first version, posted June 28, 2006, is a less edited version of the eye, which shows harsher lines around the second iris and pupil – consistent with a digitally manipulated image. The striking two-pupil eye in the Facebook post was first published online to Flickr in 2006, where two versions of the image were shared by the same creator. The American Optometric Association told Lead Stories that "pupula duplex" is "not a medical term that we are aware of." USA TODAY reached out to the association for comment. The minister and his reportedly unique eyes are immortalized in wax by Ripley's Believe It or Not.
995, who allegedly had two pupils and two irises, according to the Arizona Retina Project at the University of Arizona. The fake disorder "pupula duplex" is based on a myth about Liu Ch’ung, the Chinese minister of state in A.D. Here are a few examples of what polycoria actually looks like. "False" polycoria, or pseudopolycoria, occurs when there are holes in the iris that look like pupils but they don't function as such. With "true" polycoria, each pupil functions independently, constricting or dilating on its own when reacting to light. Polycoria is a condition where an eye has – or appears to have – two or more pupils, according to Healthline. "While there is a condition called polycoria that gives the appearance of two pupils in one eye, it does not look like that Facebook image." "This appears photoshopped," Medeiros said. Susanne Medeiros, a spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, told USA TODAY that the image seems to be altered. "I believe the condition is actually called polycoria?"įollow us on Facebook! Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunks Real condition called 'polycoria,' experts say
"Nothing is true everything is permitted," they said over Facebook Messenger. In response to USA TODAY's request for comment, the person who shared the post said the picture is photoshopped and that they were not the original poster. While a similar condition does exist, it's called "polycoria" and doesn't look like the picture in the Facebook post, experts say. The post amassed more than 400 likes and 50 shares in four days, and posts with the term "pupula duplex" have received more than 31,000 interactions on Facebook and almost 200,000 interactions on Instagram in the last year.īut "pupula duplex" isn't real. 15 Facebook post, superimposed on an image of an eye that has two irises and pupils. "The Pupula duplex is a medical oddity that is characterized by having two pupils in each eyeball," reads the text of a Feb. Watch Video: Influencer shows how she travels the world while legally blind The claim: An image shows a rare eye condition called 'pupula duplex'Ī striking image online is catching the eyes of social media users.
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