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An ocular prosthesis is an artificial eye that is custom-molded to fit your socket for optimal comfort and movement and then custom-painted for a color match to your natural eye. Every prosthesis is as unique as the individual wearing it, and our skilled ocularist ensures the most lifelike and natural appearance possible. 

Your ocular prosthesis needs to be polished and resurfaced every 6 months to 1 year for optimal comfort, function, and appearance. Polishing removes scratches as well as buildups of protein that occur naturally as the plastic sits in your eye socket. If you're experiencing itchiness,  irritation, or extra discharge, or your prosthesis looks dull or fuzzy, a polish and cleaning will likely make your prosthesis feel like new again.  

Eye sockets change over time. Part of keeping your prosthesis fitting and looking great includes occasional buildups or modifications. We can enlarge it four times up to four years after making it before the plastic is too aged to be added upon. 

Reductions can be made for many years. 

Scleral cover shells are a thinner prosthesis that fits over an unseeing live eye. They are the most difficult prosthesis to make because they are very thin. They are custom-molded to fit your socket for optimal comfort and movement, then custom-painted for a color match to your natural eye. 

A conformer is a clear acrylic shell that is used for several purposes.

For individuals with a damaged natural eye that is highly sensitive,  a custom ocular conformer may help reduce eye pain and still allow for limited vision. 

For individuals who are recovering from eye removal surgery (evisceration or enucleation), your surgeon likely placed a standard conformer to protect the healing eye socket and prevent contraction. You should continue to wear this conformer until your first visit with our ocularist, typically 6-8 weeks following surgery.  At that time our ocularist will determine if you are ready for a custom-made ocular prosthesis or if you would benefit from a custom-made conformer prior to prosthesis fabrication. 

Ocular Conformer Therapy is a treatment for individuals who were born with a microphthalmic socket (one or both eyes are small), or anophthalmic socket (one or both eyes are missing) or who have highly sensitive globes. It consists of wearing a conformer for increased amounts of time over several weeks or months to help prepare the socket for wearing an ocular prosthesis or scleral cover shell.

Socket Expansion Therapy is also a treatment option for individuals who are born with microphthalmic or anophthalmic sockets. This therapy has the best results when children are started at a young age. The conformer is worn continuously to help expand the eye socket as your child grows. 

The process of expansion therapy requires regular visits every 6 weeks to 2-3 months, depending on your child's growth and individual needs. At each visit, the conformer size will likely increase,  preparing for eventual fitting of an ocular prosthesis or scleral cover shell that is painted to match their natural eye. 

We  make custom prosthetic eyes that  show your personality, interests, and passions!  Some fun eye requests we've received:

Blue Sparkles

American Flag

College Logo

Candy Cane Stripes

Terminator Eye

Whatever your fun eye idea, our ocularist can make it happen.