When it comes to the realism of prosthetic eyes (sometimes called glass eyes because they were made of glass early on) one of the most important things to do is match the color of the prosthetic to the color of the patient s natural eye. It s easy to say that someone s eyes are brown or blue or green, but that s only one part of the story. When you look closely at the human eye, you see that it s made up of varying shades and colors. These colors all blend together to produce the most common shade; the one that people notice overall when they identify what color a person s eyes are.
In order for a person to have a good match with his or her prosthetic, the painter of it must closely match the natural eye. If that s not done, it will be very obvious that one eye is not natural, which can make the wearer of the prosthetic uncomfortable and self conscious. The painting and color matching of the eye must be performed by a professional. Anyone who does this kind of work should be talented and artistic, but also well trained so that he or she can give patients something they re comfortable with.
Since the prosthetic eye will be so apparent to others, where a prosthetic leg, for example, might not be, the eye has to look good and has to fit well. Both of those issues are important and significant, and when there s a problem with one or both of them, it can affect a person s personal and professional life. The artificial eye needs to be painted with all of the irregularities and imperfections that a natural eye would have, including the small red lines that can be seen in the whites of the eyes of most people.
No one has eyes that are completely white on the edges and completely solid colored in the middle. Even people whose eyes are so brown that they are essentially black have irregularities and variations in their eyes. With that in mind, painting a prosthetic eye a completely solid color wouldn t do justice to the beauty of the human eye or to the beauty of the person using the prosthetic.
Color matching a prosthetic eye is both an art and a science, and the eye is worked on until it is as close as possible to the natural eye. This can be difficult for people who have a less common eye color such as hazel, or those people who have a mix like blue green, grey green, or blue grey. While all of these can be matched, it can take more work to get them just right. Then, the eye must be taken care of properly so that it doesn t build up deposits on it, as these can make the eye look dull and more artificial than it normally would.
The need for a prosthetic eye can evolve for a lot of different reasons based on disease, injury, or a birth defect. Fortunately, there are skilled professionals who work with color matching that can create a prosthetic eye to match any natural eye. Through dedication and practice of their craft they provide people who need an artificial eye with something beautiful and natural looking, helping to boost their confidence and make them more comfortable with their new prosthesis.
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Carolina Eye Prosthetics provides hand-crafted and hand-painted prosthetic eyes. With two North Carolina locations their ocularists serve patients in need of artificial eyes. For more information about Carolina Eye Prosthetics visit http://www.carolinaeyeprostheticsinc.com or call 1-877-763-9393.
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