Comments on: Eye Removal – What Are My Options?

By: Kolby

Kolby — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:25:33 +0000

I have been wearing a scleral shell in my left eye for nearly five years. I had my right eye removed in september of 2009, and I will have my left eye removed within the next month. I was born four months premature, and my eye condition is known as retinopathy of prematurity. I have been wearing my ocular prosthesis in my right eye since october 2009, and no one can tell that I cannot see. I love my ocularist, and I know that he will match my ocular prosthesis for my left eye to my ocular prosthesis in my right eye perfectly. The most difficult thing for me about having my right eye removed was the emotional roller coaster, and I know that I will experience the same thing when I have my left eye removed. A strong support system helps for sure, and talking to people who have been through the same thing helps too. No one can truly understand what you are going through unless they have been where you are themselves.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:30:38 +0000

The artificial eyes are made from PMMA(poly methyl methacrylate acrylic). It is a heat cured dental grade plastic. They are very hard and can be polished to a high glassy sheen. In the majority of cases the eye prostheses are realistic and fool most of the people most of the time. Because of the nature of the operation most eye prostheses pick up quite natural movement. They certainly have good conversational movement however most do not move to the extremes of the eye socket. There is a good explanation of the operation on http://www.artificialeyes.net

By: Eyes

Eyes — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:20:52 +0000

Hi Jenny

What is the realism/lifelike-ness of the artificial eyes? Are the convincing enough to look real by the majority of people?

And one last question is, what is the texture of the artificial eye like? Is it hard, soft, gel like, glass like?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:27:36 +0000

I am afraid that there is no surgery that will make both eyes the same again. I presume you where born with micro ophthalmia in one eye. Usually a custom made haptic lens (which is a thin solid lens much like an artificial eye, that sits over the existing globe) does pick up most of the movement from the eye behind.

Have you had a lens made for you before? If you have been wearing a lens, have you ever filmed the movement of the prosthesis? It is a strange anomaly that someone wearing an artificial eye cannot see the movement by looking in the mirror. We have surprised many people by filming them and replaying the movement to them.

By: tahira

tahira — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:47:38 +0000

I have unequal eyes by birth. i will be very thank full to you , if you can tell me is there any other option other than artificial eye for my case like any permanent surgery . i don’t really like artificial eye as it does not give a natural movement to the eye