Melanie Martinez is almost 2 years old and lives in the USA. Her eyes are riveting, it is impossible to pass by her without noticing. Melanie’s pupils are dilated, so it seems her eyes are completely black. But this is not a joke of parents: not lenses and not photoshop.
babies a rare disease – Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome. At the genetic level, it affects the human cornea, the iris of the eye. In the “owners” of this diagnosis, the eyes look different. The iris can be very dilated, have a non-standard color, the pupil can be very small, or vice versa, completely overlapping the iris.
Also, the pupil may be shifted to the side. But, the eyes’ color and the pupils’ location look natural. The only difference is that they are so big that they look like dolls. At the moment, she is feeling fine. They scare some people away. Indeed, there are horror films where the characters have exactly such eyes.
Apparently, the fantasy of directors and authors of horror books has a real basis. Giant eyes and an unusual color are not just fiction. The girl should not appear in the sun without special glasses. The photographs show that otherwise, she is the most ordinary girl. Like everyone else, she loves to play, wears dresses, and beautiful bows.
Mom shares photos of her daughter on Twitter. Users are delighted and admire the unusual beauty. But the mother is still restless. She is afraid that Melanie might be teased at school because she is not like that. This is happening now, she shares. On playgrounds, children may start screaming: look at her eyes. But Melanie is still small and does not understand that she is different from others.
