Vida Trümpelmann
Eye in Cape Town

In a broader sense, fake or glass eyes) and the socket as well as related problems such as lids, an ocularist will take care of your ocular prosthesis (the correct term for false, conjunctiva and postenucleation socket syndrome. In a nut shell, we are professionals who manufacture and fit individually designed artificial eyes and scleral lenses.

You will see the lid shape change and take on a more narrow look. The use of a minus cylinder to narrow the lid opening can also cause the iris to look smaller. It works very well for a patient with a displaced socket. In the past, the prism added significant weight to the lens, but nowadays a press-on Fresnel prism, composed of a thin, flexible, wafer-like material that provides optical power and prism power to aid in image displacement, is used. We can also arrange to make and fit your prosthesis in full working day although we prefer at least two days. In a nut shell, we are professionals who manufacture and fit individually designed artificial eyes and scleral lenses. In a broader sense, an Ocularist will take care of your ocular prosthesis (the correct term for false, fake or glass eyes) and the socket as well as related problems such as lids, conjunctiva and postenucleation socket syndrome (see FAQ) The traumatic experience of losing an eye, whether through trauma, pathological or congenital reasons can be eased by the knowledge, skill/expertise, and experience of our in-house team of ocularists and technicians. Working closely with the other professionals involved such as ophthalmologists (eye specialist), optometrists or oculoplastic surgeons, anomalies such as a lid retraction, deepened upper lid sulcus or ptosis (lax upper lid) can be identified and managed. Vida has recently been co-opted for the education committee for OASA and is currently an associate member of the ASO (American Society of Ocularists).