Meet our Patchers

Harriette is 3 years old and was born with a unilateral congenital cataract, which she had surgery to remove at 5 months old. She patches for 4 hours a day and has done so since her operation. She has been wearing Hide&See patches for about a year and a half and loves...

Chelsea is 4 years old and has been patching her right eye since October due to a congenital cataract surgery in August 👀Her Mum, Kayla, says she has a long road ahead of her as she is also partially blind in her left eye. Chelsea loves wearing Speckles' fun designs and we...

Eli Mae is 3 months old and underwent surgery to remove a congenital cataract from her left eye in late 2022. Her ophthalmologist is really happy with how her eye has healed from the surgery so far, however, she has a small pupil that doesn’t seem to dilate regardless of how many...

Owen is 16 months old and started his patch journey in August 2021 after having congenial cataracts removed at 6 weeks old. He loves keeping busy during his patch daily sessions by playing with his light board or heading outdoors for some green time.

Say hello👏 to our patcher of the week, Malone! 🤩 Malone was born with PFV, a unilateral congenital cataract, and optic nerve coloboma in her left eye. A one in ten thousand diagnosis.  

Florence had a cataract in her right eye removed when she was just two years old. A cataract can make your vision blurry or misty, a bit like trying to look through frosted glass. Due to the surgery, they also had to remove her lens so she now wears a new lens every week.

Meet Zara! 👏 At only 5 weeks old, Zara underwent eye surgery to remove her unilateral cataract in her right eye. A cataract is the clouding of the lens which blocks light and therefore the brain is unable to receive a clear image from that eye.