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How Does A Prosthetic Eye Move? An Ocularist Answers Your Questions

If you’re thinking about getting a new prosthetic eye, you’ve probably done a lot of research. Questions...

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Self-Care & Prosthetic Eyes | 3 Reasons Not to Delay Getting a New Prosthetic Eye

For patients who have experienced eye loss, self-care might look like a new prosthetic eye. At Carolina Eye Prosthetics...

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The Gift of Confidence

Kristen Mitchell’s prosthetic eye was a present to herself. In 2006, Kristen Mitchell, a fifth-grade teacher from...

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Safe Prosthetic Eye Visits During COVID [Plus 3 Reasons Not to Delay Care]

What is safe to do now and what will just have to wait?  It’s a question we all face on a frequent basis during...

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4 Ways to Offer Quality Telemedicine for Older Patients with Eye Loss

While many ophthalmic and oculoplastic surgeons, ophthalmologists, ocularists, and others are offering virtual visits...

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Conformers May Provide Light Perception for Some Children

Microphthalmia is a developmental disorder in which one or both eyes are abnormally small and have anatomic...

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Benefits of a Scleral Shell

Accidents and eye diseases can sometimes cause an eye not to function or to become disfigured. Living with either of...

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Gaining Confidence After Losing an Eye

...thoughts without fear of judgment.” Anna’s sister and fellow board-certified ocularist, Emma Boyd...

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Treating Microphthalmia in Babies

Was your infant born with microphthalmia? Do you know the best procedure to treat microphthalmia? Are you searching for...

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Eleanor’s Story: Her Journey with Microphthalmia

Confidence doesn’t come in a bottle. You can’t buy it. You can’t sell it. You can’t catch it or earn it....

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