My eye patch fabrication process has been led by Dr. Jeff Magallanes, a Maxillofacial Prosthetist from The Royal Melbourne Hospital. His experience and help during the process has been invaluable.
Recently, he spoke to me about my lived experience and the value of working together in enriching the process. He highlighted the benefits of drawing on my lived experience in both refining the process and enabling him to grow professionally.
There are considerations that he didn’t think of or consider that I faced as issues which has helped him in exposing unknown issues. It has meant the that my prosthetic eye-patch has gone through several iterations.
Read below Dr. Jeff Magallanes’ experience –
Jeff Magallanes, Maxillofacial Prosthetist, The Royal Melbourne Hospital