Meet our Patchers

Brielle is almost 3 and has been patching since she was 3 months old as she was born with a congenital cataract. She had surgery at only 3 weeks old to remove the cataract and now patches to correct the amblyopia and strabismus that developed. Brielle is also a twin so she's had LOTS of support on...

Aila is 3 years old and was diagnosed with PHPV at around 9 months old with suspected minimal vision in her right eye. She started patching with Speckles when she was only 18 months old

Ada is nearly three and needs to patch for at least half a day every day (mostly) to help improve the vision in her left eye, in addition to wearing glasses. When she was only 3 months old, her parents noticed a white spot in this eye, which was later diagnosed as...

Harry is 3 and a half and has been patching since he was only 6 months old due to a Congenital Fourth Nerve Palsy in his left eye. This basically means the muscles in his eye are not as strong as they should be, making it harder for it to move. When...

Sadie is nearly three and has been patching her eye since she was a baby due to a congenital fibrovascular pupillary membrane. Basically, this means there is a thin, fibrous tissue covering the pupil of Sadie's eye, which can block or distort the light entering the eye, leading to blurry or reduced...

Tilly is nearly two and has been patching since she was only a few weeks old due to her congenital Ptosis - a condition where the upper eyelid of one or both eyes droops down (this can lead to other vision conditions such as Amblyopia).

Hudson is 4 years old and is new to the patching life, starting only 3 weeks ago as his right eye is turning in. He wears his patch on his left eye for 2 hours at a time, 5 days a week, in addition to wearing glasses