Patients often assume artificial eyes are still made of glass, as they were for a long period of time. Today, a thin, curved, glossy painted acrylic disc is made to look exactly like your other natural eye. It has an iris, pupil, white, and even blood vessels. The disc is placed in front of a porous round implant that is inserted into the eye socket and covered with eye tissue called conjunctiva. The disc can be removed, cleaned, and replaced when needed.
Patients having enucleation can opt to have a stock prosthetic, but we recommend using an ocularist to make a custom prosthesis because it typically will provide a better fit and match your natural eye much more precisely.
For your fitting, the ocularist uses a foam material to take an impression of your eye socket to create your prosthetic eye. From there, the fit will be adjusted until you’re fully comfortable.