This year we have seen a lot of eye loss from work place accidents. Something unpredictable happens and an eye is damaged or lost. For the worker and the employer the experience is devastating. In many cases safety equipment has
I would like to start by thanking everybody who bought necklaces through the office to help sponsor the clinic in Dili. It was a resounding success! I was lucky enough to have had two work experience people assisting me in the
We’ve just come back from a really interesting meeting of the Ocularist Association of Australia in Melbourne. At the meeting we discussed the development of a universal item number for an eye prosthesis. This to be used by medical insurance
Paul is in Dubai at the moment. He has sent me an email with the link to a fascinating story of eye loss. Writer Tanya Vlach suffered facial trauma and eye loss after a car accident. Her story describes some of the
I’ve had some people come to see me lately who leave me with a sense of sadness. Their anxieties about their artificial eye have taken a huge toll on their self esteem. Even though years have past, I can feel
Most kids don’t use the word “bullying”. For them, the problem is more about unwanted attention. What is most important is fitting in. If an artificial eye is well fitted and polished it should look natural and not draw unwanted
I had an email this week from a woman who has had a new prosthesis made interstate. She was happy with the look of the eye but unhappy about the constant discharge she has been experiencing. She told us that
“I’m relieved to see that you are not as sinister in real life as you are in your website photos” That is what a new client told us this week. Paul and I were amused as we had actually gone
We had an interesting experience this week. We met someone who was coming in to replace an eye that was made thirty years ago. She happens to know a nine year old client of ours. Our young client approached her
When an eye is removed, a permanent fitting for an artificial eye takes place six to eight weeks later. This is to allow the socket to heal. Making and fitting an artificial eye requires several appointments with an ocularist. For
