Originally Posted by
JamesFromBywong
When the eye is removed (enucleation), it is replaced by a coral ball about 25mm in diameter to which the muscles that move the eye are attached. The skin (I think from the back of the eye) is pulled to the front and sewn over the coral ball.......The prosthesis fits over the skin covering the coral ball and moves with it.............The prosthesis is made by taking a mould of the socket using a paste in the same way that moulds were made for false teeth. A wax model is then made and fitted so that the eyelid closes and the eye bulges in the normal way. The coloured part is painted by hand on a small round piece of (I think) acrylic...........The final prosthesis is made from acrylic by (I think) moulding..........