Why is there a blue rim around my brown eyes?

By Denise Drew on Oct 2, 2016 @ 09:05 AM. Your vision seems fine, but you notice a blue ring around the iris (the pigmented portion) of your eyes. This can happen with eyes of any color, but can be more noticeable with brown eyes. read more

Expert Answers Lylas Mogk, M.D. is an ophthalmologist and director of the Henry Ford Visual Rehabilitation and Research Center in Grosse Pointe and Livonia, Michigan, and the author of Macular Degeneration: The Complete Guide to Saving and Maximizing Your Sight. read more

Sounds like you are losing the melanin in your eye(s). This happens to about 1/3 of the people in my family. Blue eyes are blue because they lack any pigment. As you get older and your hair starts to turn gray, you may also also lose the pigment in your eyes. By the time my brown-eyed grandmother died, at the Age of 92, her eyes were a pale gray. read more