I have a scleral shell and did not have my eye removed.

The shell moves a bit, but not much. It's pretty obvious if I keep my head still and look over extremely left or right with my other eye. But, just obvious to me. The shell is so good, people don't believe it's not a real eye. I don't tell everybody I meet, of course, but those that do find out are shocked.

So a good ocularist is important. They will get the look and fit right. I had mine done in 2 stages. First, to get used to the feeling. It wasn't the final size and clearly was not "normal". I had that for a year(?). Then I had it adjusted to be the same size as my other eye. If I'm looking straight at you, you literally cannot tell the eyes apart.

At this point I've had it for 10 years. It feels extremely weird when I *don't* have it in, and perfectly normal when I do. I go to the ocularist once a year to have it cleaned and polished. While I can take it out and put it back in (using a mini suction cup) I almost never do. One exception was when I had an eye infection and had to remove it daily for drops and cleaning.

So bottom line, it may take a while to get to the point where it looks and feels normal, but you'll get there.

I had my eye removed and I have a prosthetic eye. It feels totally normal to have my prosthesis in. It does not move at all unless I rub it hard, and even then not much at all. Same as with a shell, I can remove it easily when I want but I rarely do. Last time I removed it was when I was in New Mexico and the desert dirt blowing in the wind stuck to it. I had to clean it daily there or I would be blinking over sandpaper.

I've got a ceramic prosthesis covering my totally blind left eye, and no one notices. Putting it in in the morning is not much different than a contact lens. The only awkwardness comes when I'm with a new partner; you know they're the one when they are cool with you saying "I'll be right there girl, just let me take my eye out before bed."

When I was a lot younger, I was surprised to learn that a 'glass' eye is not really glass, nor is it completely round like a sphere.

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I really appreciate all of your comments. I thought i am the only one who has this kind of situation. Im still learning to cope up with this tightened feelings thou.

It feels a little bit like a hard contact lens, but an over large one. It will take some getting used to and for a while you won’t be able to wear it very long, that being said it does move and how well it moves will largely depend on how well it’s fitted and how much you can tolerate.