What are Prosthetic Contact Lenses?
Prosthetic soft contact lenses are lenses that we use to alter the appearance of an eye. This can be for cosmetic reasons such as from scarring, iris trauma/irregularity, post-surgical complications, or pupil irregularities. They can also be used for patients who have double vision, glare, or light sensitivity where we use the pigment to block some or all of the troubling light. In worst case scenarios where all other treatments have failed for double vision, an occluding contact lens can be prescribed (instead of wearing an eye patch) for a less striking appearance.
Prosthetic lenses can be designed to be a solid color, a computer generated pattern, or can be hand-painted for the ultimate custom design.
An example of a color swatch of different iris patterns showing the variety of colors, shades and patterns to choose from.
Each iris shade comes with a range of densities and a variety of pupil and iris diameters to choose from.
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This is an eye that had a large iridotomy after glaucoma surgery which induced double vision from excess light.
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We used a prosthetic contact lens to block the light coming from this secondary pupil to regain single vision again.
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An example of an eye with an iris coloboma that may benefit from a prosthetic contact lens
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A scarred over eye that may benefit from a prosthetic contact lens.
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