Prosthetic Contact
Lenses
Using the Prosthetic Contact Lenses
When you look at someone, eyes are probably the first thing
that you will notice. You might notice that peer back are
covered with prosthetic contact lenses. Prosthesis is any
artificially-created device which has been created to replace
a body part. Most often it's the prosthetic limbs which grab
the media attention, but prosthesis can be created for various
body parts including heart valves, teeth and even the eyes.
Prosthetic contact lenses are different from prosthetic eyes.
When just the lens needs replacement, it means that the eye
still is intact. The prosthetic contact lens fits right over
the eye, same as any type of contact lens would. It also requires
the same type of maintenance routine as other types of contact
lenses and it feels the same, too.
Prosthetic contact lenses make a perfect choice for those
who have suffered an eye injury which has caused the eye to
become somehow disfigured. They're also worn by individuals
who have lived with an eye defect since birth. Such injuries
and defects can leave the eye looking abnormal.
Prosthetic lenses can also be used to realign an eye which
has 'crossed'. No surgery will need to be involved and when
the lens is put into place, the colored part of the eye appears
to be in its 'normal' position in the center of the white
area as opposed to the corner. Prosthetic contact lenses can
easily disguise such inconsistencies making the eyes less
awkward to look at and leaving the affected individual with
a much higher level of self-confidence.
These contact lenses aren't always required to correct a
vision problem, although they can easily be made that way.
Most of the times, they're purely cosmetic in nature. Since
each reason for requiring prosthetic contact lenses is unique,
as well as is the manufacturing process. The easiest way to
make this type of prosthetic device is to work from close-up
pictures which were taken of both eyes. Digital photographs
usually work best and provide the truest colors making it
much easier to match eye color and any unique eye coloring
patterns.
Caring for prosthetic contact lenses has not much difference
from normal contact lens maintenance routines. Since all the
lenses are hand-crafted, they generally are not made to be
disposable. That means daily cleaning and disinfecting and
weekly enzyme cleansing routines to remove protein build-up
are the essential steps to both preserving the coloring of
the contact lenses as well as preserving the health of the
eye.
If you feel you will benefit from prosthetic contact lenses,
discuss this option with your eye doctor.
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