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Oct 13, 2021 · Learn about eye devices for anophthalmia and microphthalmia. Special devices called conformers can help children’s eye sockets grow to a normal size and shape, and prosthetic eyes can change the way children look.
Advice for caring for a child with an artificial eye. What is an artificial eye and what do they do? An artificial eye, (sometimes referred to as a ‘prosthesis’), has a primary function to restore a patient’s cosmesis after suffering eye loss.
At Northwest Eye Design, we create prosthetic eyes for children and adults. Eye loss is very difficult at any age, but especially for a child and their family. We have been encouraged by many children who have shown resilience and quickly adjusted to their eye loss.
Artificial eyes or shell (ocular prosthetics) can be fitted for your child. The eye specialists (ophthalmologist and orbital prosthetist) will talk to you about your case.
Aside from Ocular Prosthesis, Dr. Mark Paroli is an advocate of Low Vision and various Myopia Control methods in children, particularly, Orthokeratology. He created and currently runs www.artificialeye.ph, a website aimed to be a Prosthetic Eye resource site for Filipinos, created by a Filipino.
In unfortunate events, children may also need to have their eyes removed. Same reasons with adults, it is usually an end-stage eye disease or because of a traumatic injury requiring to have their...
An artificial eye (ocular prosthesis) is a concave shell made from unbreakable acrylic resin or cryolite glass. Artificial eyes are intricately painted to match a natural eye. While they look very real, they do not allow the wearer to see.
