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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3718</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.131032</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Ocular Camouflage Adoption for an Anophthalmic Anthrophobic Patient&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Rajeev</surname><given-names>Vini</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Jain</surname><given-names>Ajay</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Arunachalam</surname><given-names>Rajeev</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ugrappa</surname><given-names>Sridevi</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>19</day><month>05</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>0)</volume><issue/><fpage>11</fpage><lpage>15</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: An ideal ocular prosthesis that imitates a natural eye can make an individual improve their social relationships and can bring back a stress-free environment thereby advancing the quality of life. Objective: Loss of an eye can affect an individual psychologically and can prevent them from leading a normal social life. The present case report focuses on the steps in the fabrication of a pragmatic custom ocular prosthesis that eliminated the social phobia faced by a young adult. Case Report: A 20-year-old female patient requested the rehabilitation of her anophthalmic socket resulted from surgery due to a tumour. Even though she was using a stock ocular prosthesis, the reduced dimension of the palpebral fissure resulted in poor retention of her existing prosthesis thereby causing frequent displacement. Of the range of eye prosthesis available, a custom-made ocular prosthesis was suggested to simulate a natural eye thereby increasing the confidence and self-esteem of an affected person. Discussion: Various techniques have been utilized over the years in the fabrication of custom ocular prosthesis. The life-like camouflage of the natural eye can be obtained by replicating the colour shape and size of the normal eye. Crafting a realistic looking artificial eye is a state of art and improves the cosmetic effect of the face. The prosthesis was made of high-quality acrylic material accurately and was hand-painted to match the colour of the natural eye. Conclusion: The surgical removal of the eye is a disheartening situation and the receptivity of the society on this aspect can not be predicted. In this situation, a well-fabricated prosthesis can conceal the disfigurement and improve the patient__ampersandsignrsquo;s social interaction.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Anophthalmic socket</kwd><kwd> Artificial eye</kwd><kwd> Custom eye prosthesis</kwd><kwd> Enucleation</kwd><kwd> Ocular prosthesis</kwd><kwd> Scleral shell</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
