It is believed that this tattoo can ward off any kind of negative energy or negativity that comes your way – whether it's with people or situations. Some people get the evil eye tattoo as a sign of their faith and believe it helps them avoid disaster and misfortune.

The symbol of the eye is not just about vision. It is a symbol of a "door", a symbol of inner sight, wisdom and understanding.

If the needle isn't in exactly the right place, the ink can be injected into the inside of the eye, onto the retina or into the tissue around the eye. Any of these mistakes can have lasting, terrible consequences, including lost vision and ongoing pain.

Eyeball tattooing is permanent colouring of the white of the eye (called the sclera). It is performed by injecting ink with a needle underneath the top layer of the eye onto the sclera, in several locations, from where the ink then slowly spreads to cover the sclera.