By organizing your approach to prosthetics in a comfortable risk-free fashion, you�ll enhance what Timothy McMahon, O.D. describes as the �secondary gain� of prosthetic fitting. �It enhances our referrals and allows us to give back to humanity,� he says.

Leroy Meshel, M.D., medical director of the Wesley Jessen Special Eyes Foundation, echoes that sentiment. �There�s nothing you�ll ever do in contact lens fitting that will give you or your patient more satisfaction than fitting prosthetic lenses.

Michael A. Ward, Director of Contact Lens Service at the Emory Eye Center in Atlanta, adds �A prosthetic lens fitting can be of tremendous value in a patient�s recuperative abilities to overcome depression.�