Eyes

Before she recieved her degree in Anaplastology, and before she worked as an apprentice to her father, Barbara started painting eyes at the age of 16. While she was taught all the traditional ways of fabricating the shape of an artificial eye, the method she most uses is not the most common - but it is the method most preferred by her patients. She starts with a flat piece of wax and carves the opposite of what she sees.

Barbara prefers not to use dental impression material unless absolutely necessary. If you think of the inside of the orbital socket as flexible as “jello”, it is easy to understand why it would be easy to put in too much impression material - with the end resulting in a prostheses that is thicker and heavier than necessary, and one that doesn’t move to its potential. Barbara’s prostheses are typically thinner, lighter in weight, and have more suction. This typically results in an eye that moves a little bit more naturally. And the method she uses is well received by infants, children, and adults.