Medical sculpture: a valuable aid to patient rehabilitation

Silicone rubber is the most satisfactory material for cosmetic prostheses. It has a soft, lifelike texture, is easily worked and easily colored and is strong enough to withstand frequent application and removal. Examples of patients referred to the medical sculptor include those with congenital defects of one or both ears, loss of the nose or an eye and orbit due to cancer surgery, loss or absence of fingers or parts of the hand and those who have had radical breast surgery.