Skip to main content

profile of an older woman needing a prosthetic eye.

"I don't think people would be able to take their eyes off this massive, staring eye,"
she said.
a woman with a bulging prosthetic left eye.

"The process has been quite harrowing,"
she said.
profile of an older woman needing a prosthetic eye.

"I felt like I had been stupid. Like I hadn't done my research enough."

"The whole eye was far too big and had a bulgy look about it."

A man in a navy suit and glasses sits at a table with a box of prosthetic eyes.

a man with brown hair and glasses in a blue checked shirt

"I am old and weathered and quite resilient, but if you're young and this is something that's happened it's not a nice thing."

an older lady with blonde hair

"Family members around me were upset, mine was a bit of a different reaction, it was one more of anger,"
he said.
two eyes, one looking down and to the left

"I defy you, if you were looking at me right now, to tell me if you can tell the difference between the real one and the prosthetic [made by Peter Knowles],"
he said.

a man in a cap and collared sports shirt

"The experience has been deeply frustrating, humiliating,"
he said.

"Losing an eye is deeply traumatic, leaving you vulnerable and self-conscious. A realistic prosthetic is essential as eyes are the first feature people notice,"
he said.

A man in a navy suit and glasses sits at a table with a box of prosthetic eyes.

"The gaze is both downward and to the patient's right so this not only made it unsightly and unwearable but it literally was painful,"
he said.

an obviously fake prosthetic eye

"I have seen Jenny's result. It's both unsightly, uncomfortable and unacceptable,"
he said.

"But regulation you know, will it happen? Maybe. Would it help? Possibly,"
he said.

Posted , updated