Uses for Prosthetic Contact Lenses

In cases of corneal laceration and conditions that cause light sensitivity or photophobia, prosthetic contact lenses are often prescribed to reduce symptoms. Severe photophobia can cause headaches, nausea and dizziness. Additional conditions that result in photophobia include cataracts, uveitis, inflammation of the iris and albinism.

Eye disfigurements that cause low self-esteem in patients include incomplete pupil formation (aniridia), involuntary eye shaking (nystagmus) and even albinism, which prevents eye pigment formation, leaving the pupil with an almost translucent appearance. Prosthetic contact lenses can disguise these abnormalities.
Amblyopia is a condition referred to commonly as lazy eye. Lazy eye presents in infancy and childhood and normally affects one eye. Treatment of this condition is performed by blocking vision in the strong eye in order to correct refraction and enable vision development in the "lazy" eye. Prosthetic contact lenses are one treatment option that is used to block vision in the strong eye.