Caring for your Artificial Eye

General Information

If you have a full artificial eye prosthesis, remove it every two or three months. Soak the eye in warm, soapy water for a few minutes. This softens any protein build up that may have accumulated on the polished surface. Using a soft cloth, gently rub the eye to remove this deposit. Rinse well in clean water to remove all traces of the soap, then reinsert back into the eye socket.

IMPORTANT:  if you have a scleral shell, remove it each night and also clean it.

• Do Not use any chemical or abrasive cleansers
• Never use rubbing alcohol. The use of this liquid will crack the surface of the prosthesis
• If any problems arise, please contact your ophthalmologist or ocularist
• Return to your ocularist once a year to have the eye repolished and to provide an opportunity for prosthesis to be evaluated