Many patients with congenital and traumatic defects are seeking access to treatment for restoration of these defects. Persons who have an absence of any body part, which causes them embarrassment need not suffer this trauma any more.

With today's silicone materials it is possible to make a facial prosthesis so life like that it is difficult to tell it apart from the rest of the body. Even from close-up! The prosthesis is custom made and coloured for each patient.

The Anaplastologist, who makes the prosthesis, will use different shades of colour and other methods to closely match each persons skin.

The ears are most easily noticed prosthesis and so has to be very well camouflaged. Such a prosthesis can retain a pair of spectacles besides ear ornaments.

Fingers, like ears, are frequently made here. The finger nails are specially fabricated of acrylic and mimics the real one in every detail. Nail polish can be applied. The fingers are vacuum retained.

In orbital defects in particular a non aesthetic prosthesis creates more psychological trauma than no prosthes is at all. Special care is taken to see that this does not happen.

Our Anaplastogist, has been with us for the past 29 years and has undergone training at the Queen Mary's Hospital, London in the latest techniques and materials used.