OCULAR CONCEPTS

The President of Ocular Concepts, Kevin R. Schou, BCO (Board Certified Ocularist), began in the field of Ocularistry, making artificial eyes, in 1978. After being in the field for more than fifteen years and hearing consistent complaints from patients of having to wait six to eight weeks and wear a patch until their tissue is healed before getting their custom eye, Kevin had the idea that there must be something that could be done to ease these patients back into the life they had before their enucleation (removal of the eye) in a much more timely fashion. The idea to develop Natural-Iris Conformers was an answer for people faced with this disfiguring trauma. The loss of an eye regardless of the cause is a very traumatic event and can be life changing for the patient. Patients described many situations that were emotionally difficult during their recovery time. Such situations included losing time from work and school, socializing with friends and family being seen in public, loss of..