Information About False Eyes You Need to Know

Fake eye or eye prosthesis is artificial eye that is installed for someone who has lost eye. Fake eye can be used by men and women of various ages. An accident or illness can not only cause a person to lose vision, but also lose his eyeballs. This situation can reduce self-confidence due to unusual appearance. Although it cannot restore vision, false eyes can make a normal appearance and restore confidence. The fake eye in question is not in the form of a ball, but only the outer arch with an image of the white and black parts of the eye that looks like the original. Before installing a false eye, you need to undergo an eyeball implant (orbital implant) first. It aims to fill the eye socket, then the fake eye can be used. Orbital implants can be done with synthetic materials or fat grafts that come from the patient's own body. To make a fake eye, you can find an ocular, someone who is an expert in making fake eyes.

How to Use Fake Eyes

After undergoing eyeball implants and making fake eyes, you can install fake eyes independently at home. Installation of false eyes can be done by following the following methods:

• Wash your hands first.
• Wash fake eyes with special soap and warm water.
• Dry fake eyes.
• Hold the false eye between the thumb and middle finger, then lift the upper eyelid with the other hand.
• Insert the upper part of the false eye into the upper eyelid.
• Hold the false eye with the index finger, while the other hand pulls the lower eyelid, so the false eye enters the lower eyelid.

In addition to installing it yourself, you can also remove your own false eye. In general, removing the false eye can be done in two ways, using a suction cup and without a suction cup. For clarity, consider the following ways:

Without using a suction cup

• Wash your hands first.
• Pull the lower eyelid using the index finger.
• Look up and the fake eye will come out through the lower eyelid.

By using a suction cup

• Wet the suction cup first with clean water.
• Squeeze the handle of the bowl and press the surface of the false eyeball with the mouth of the bowl.
• Remove the squeeze slowly and make sure the mouth of the bowl is attached to the false eye.
• Pull the lower eyelid and remove the false eye through the lower eyelid.

Fake Eye Care

Fake eye can also cause allergic reactions and inflammation, especially if cleanliness is not maintained. Some signs of inflammation to look out for are watery eyes, and pain and swelling in the eye area. To prevent inflammation, follow these tips for treating false eyes:

• Wash fake eyes once a month with a special soap that is free of softener and not erosive.
• Fake eye can be used while sleeping, except when the ophthalmologist gives other instructions.
• Use a suction cup when installing or removing fake eyes.
• Don't remove the fake eye pairs too often.
• Drop eye drops of lubricant on the false eye.
• Get a fake eye check with oculary once a year.
• Change fake eyes once every 5 years.
• Visit the ocular if the false eyeball feels loose, to be adjusted again.

Especially in children, it is advisable to check the ocular with a fake eye more often. This is because the eye sockets in children are still growing, so the false eyeballs can become loose. The following is the recommended time for inspection:

• For children under 3 years, check it 3-4 times a year.
• For children 3 years and older, check 2 times a year.

You can feel uncomfortable at the beginning of the use of false eyes, but over time will get used. In addition to examining the fake eye with the ocular, you are also encouraged to visit an eye specialist once every 6 months to monitor eye health. Immediately consult an eye specialist if inflammation occurs in the eye.