Comments on: Titanium Pegs and Artificial Eyes http://geelen.com.au/geelen-blog/titanium-pegs-artificial-eyes/ Hand crafted artificial eyes with a natural look Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:07:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve http://geelen.com.au/geelen-blog/titanium-pegs-artificial-eyes/#comment-16448 Steve Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:06:15 +0000 http://geelen.com.au/geelen-blog/common-misconceptions-about-artificial-eyes/#comment-16448 I was born with a premature left eye, no retina or optic cord connecting to my brain but fortunately all the muscles and tear ducks worked. At the ripe old age of 3 Dr Stone of MGH, surgeon and Ray Jarling, ocularist worked together to make an artificial eye which used a magnet to help keep the eye in place and make it move more realistically. As I matured I started to have a sag in the eye socket and we discussed removing the magnet from the artificial eye to reduce the weight but leave the magnet behind the eye in place as I didn't want to endure another surgery. All has worked out according to plan and I sincerely thank the two of them for all their efforts to let me live a somewhat normal life. Only drawback to the magnet idea is MRI's which didn't exist back in 1955. SvFiat I was born with a premature left eye, no retina or optic cord connecting to my brain but fortunately all the muscles and tear ducks worked. At the ripe old age of 3 Dr Stone of MGH, surgeon and Ray Jarling, ocularist worked together to make an artificial eye which used a magnet to help keep the eye in place and make it move more realistically. As I matured I started to have a sag in the eye socket and we discussed removing the magnet from the artificial eye to reduce the weight but leave the magnet behind the eye in place as I didn’t want to endure another surgery. All has worked out according to plan and I sincerely thank the two of them for all their efforts to let me live a somewhat normal life. Only drawback to the magnet idea is MRI’s which didn’t exist back in 1955.

SvFiat

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