Reconstruction Examples
Eyelid Rehabilitation
Cosmetic Concern: 75-year old woman lost the use of her right eye as a child. She wears a glass shell over the right eye. For the past 50 years, her right upper eyelid has been droopy.
Diagnosis
- Non-seeing right eye.
- Right upper eyelid ptosis.
Treatment:
- Right upper eyelid ptosis surgery.
- Hand painted contact lens for the right eye.
Discussion: Once the right upper eyelid ptosis surgery was performed, the ocularist created a hand painted contact lens completing the rehabilitation.
