Bifocals for kids

[Lynne]

Jo: I think I have the record on fitting young patient's the earliest I started was 23 hours. Have done a couple at 98 years. As to making one (short version) I take a mould of the socket, make a plaster cast of this, then a wax model to attain socket/lid fill. Make a mold of that with pupillary center pegged. Paint an Iris, mold white plastic around that, strip off some of the white plastic, apply veins (red nylon fibers) and match the color of the sclera. Then I apply a layer of clear plastic, and smooth an polish. Working time 4 to 12 hours with some notable exceptions each way.

Long version is too long for this forum.

Chip

:) Wow, Chip, what a wonderful job! That must be so very satisfying, to see the final piece in use, and what a difference it must make to the patient. I know that Columbo, what is his real name? has one, and its really hard to tell which eye it is! :cheers:

[chip anderson]

Lynne:

Actually I have always thought that Peter Faulk's and Sammy Davis, Jr.'s were horrible. I wish I knew Mr. Faulk as I have always admired his work and would like to make him a better one.

There are rumors that Sandy Duncan and David Bowie have prosthetic eyes, if so they are very good work.

Chip

[Stopper]

I do believe Sandy has one but I think Bowie just has two different eye colors. Probably from congenital Horners syndrome
Cheers

[mhboptics]

My office fits alot of kids with bi-focals, but, we also do alot of vision thearpy and as mentioned before, these kids have convergence problems.