Barber in China shaves eyeballs to give better vision

A veteran barber, hailing from China has revealed that he has been cleaning eyeballs with razor-sharp blades for more than four decades without any problem.

Xiong Gaowu, 62, has a distinctive skill which normal hairdressers would definitely not offer their customers.

He is famed as an expert eyeball-shaver which basically means he washes people’s eyes with a knife.

The five-minute process is said to involve pulling the eyelid back to expose the eyeball, following which the eyeball is cleansed, shaved and scraped with a razor sharp blade.

The process is repeated for both upper and lower eyelids.

The barber uses an iodine solution was added for sterlisation before eye drops were applied to blade and reportedly claims that he has never had a slip up in more than 40 years.

The method, according to him, allows the inner eyelid to get cleaned allowing better vision. However, he only serves customers above 30.

His outdoor barbershop is located in Chengdu, capital of south-western China’s Sichuan Province.