In what may be the most life-affirming instance yet of a YouTube viewer harnessing the platform for a Diy project, a New Zealand father named Dwayne Collins taught himself how to make a prosthetic eye for his daughter, who suffers from a rare developmental disorder.
Collins’ daughter, Liberty, was born with microphthalmia -- a rare condition that left her with one eye significantly smaller than the other -- and the family struggled to find her a prosthetic that fit well and wasn't tremendously painful. Despite the fact Collins, an oil rig worker, had no previous medical experience, he stumbled upon a YouTube video one day by the renowned British ocularist John Pacey-Lowrie that detailed the production process. After six months of experimentation in a makeshift workspace in his backyard shed, Collins mastered the technique.
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Collins’ daughter, Liberty, was born with microphthalmia -- a rare condition that left her with one eye significantly smaller than the other -- and the family struggled to find her a prosthetic that fit well and wasn't tremendously painful. Despite the fact Collins, an oil rig worker, had no previous medical experience, he stumbled upon a YouTube video one day by the renowned British ocularist John Pacey-Lowrie that detailed the production process. After six months of experimentation in a makeshift workspace in his backyard shed, Collins mastered the technique.
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- 11/29/2017
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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