Starla Hadlock-Allen

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Get to know Ocularist Starla Hadlock Allen, who serves patients in Mesa, Arizona.

Ocularist Allen is currently serving patients of the state of Arizona at The Eye Concern, Inc., located in Mesa. The mission of The Eye Concern, Inc. is to provide those in need of ocular prosthetics with a quality product that fits well, provides optimal cosmesis, comfort and security, as well as blends naturally with the patient’s anatomy. The team of professionals working there strive to produce prosthetics that have the appearance of “living tissue”. It is their desire that every person who engages with Eye Concern, Inc. will have a pleasing, comfortable, and memorable experience.

Ocularist Allen is a Diplomate of the American Society of Ocularists. The American Society of Ocularists is an international, non-profit, professional and educational organization founded in 1957 by professionals specializing in the fabricating and fitting of custom-made ocular prosthetics (artificial eyes). Ocularist Allen earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University. In 2007, she completed her internship with her father, John L. Hadlock, who is also an ocularist. Starla and her husband, natives of Arizona, and their children live in Mesa and enjoy serving their community.

An ocularist, like Starla, is someone who specializes in the fabrication and fitting of ocular prostheses for people who have lost one or both eyes due to trauma, disease, or birth defects. The fabrication process for a custom made ocular prosthesis typically includes taking an impression of the enucleated eye socket, creating a wax pattern from that impression and then fitting the ocular prosthesis to the person’s socket, working with an acrylic model made from that final fitting of the wax model;  hand painting the iris and sclera while the patient is present to match the coloring to their companion eye, then processing and polishing the ocular prosthesis. In addition to creating the prosthetic eye, the patient is shown how to carefully care for and handle the prosthesis.

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