Custom Prosthesis Eye

A prosthetic eye is an artificial eye which is implanted in patients to restore the volume and near normal appearance of a missing eye. The loss or disfigurement of an eye can be both physically and emotionally painful. A life like prosthetic eye or artificial eye or shell can help regain self-esteem, confidence and social acceptance in a person with loss of one eye.

One eye may be absent since birth or lost due to injury. Sometimes the eye may be blind but painful or the eye may be shrunken due to disease or injury .This kind of shrunken or painful eye may need removal due to intolerable pain or cosmetic disfigurement. Various treatment procedures like placement of ball implants, use of lining from inside the mouth (mucous membrane grafting), use of fat from buttocks (dermis fat graft) and expanders etc. can be performed to restore the lost volume before fitting a prosthesis.

Children may be born with absence of one eye. This can be psychologically traumatizing for the parents. When left alone, the facial growth on the affected side may be hampered. The available empty socket can be expanded and implants can be placed to help stimulate facial growth and give a socially acceptable cosmoses.

Creating a life-like ocular prosthesis is achieved by utilizing advanced fitting techniques, proprietary color matching systems, and a combination of digital technology and hand painted craftsmanship. Fitting the prosthetic eye begins with an oculars making an impression mound of the socket. Each prosthetic eye is meticulously handcrafted and customized for each patient for precise color matching, maximizing movement, proper eyelid functioning and natural appearance.

You can wear your prosthetic eye during your everyday activities like taking a shower, playing sports, and swimming. You can also cry while wearing your prosthetic eye. Yes, that is possible as tears are produced in the eyelids and eye socket.

Who may need a Prosthetic eye?

A prosthetic eye may be needed due to the removal of the eye due to various causes such as:

• Injury
• Tumours
• Painful Blind eye
• End stage glaucoma with loss of vision
• Cosmetically unacceptable shrunken or discoloured blind eye
• Absence of eye since birth
• Infection inside the eye
• Abnormal size of the blind eye