Acrylic Scleral Shell Artificial Eyes

For situations where the eye’s vision has been lost, but the eye is not removed, the usual deterioration in appearance can be very successfully corrected by the use of a thin acrylic shell. Scleral shells fully cover a natural eye that has become disfigured and often is sensitive and painful. The medical term for such an eye condition is phthisical eye.

We have proprietary techniques for the creation of scleral shells which replicate subtle, multi-layer coloring and blending details to match the companion eye. In addition, we employ a special secondary enlargement technique to gently and symmetrically open the eyelid in a manner that avoids painful over-stretching of delicate eye tissues.

The highly positive feature of a thin scleral shell  prosthetic eye is that it provides for virtually natural motion, since the natural eye is retained under the shell to give full movement to the prosthesis. In most cases, properly fitted scleral shells only need to be removed semi-annually for professional maintenance

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