Why did Jarrett stod get his eyeball removed?

Why did Jarrett stod get his eyeball removed?

Annabel said, “I saw a TikTok video of influencer Jarrett Stod removing his artificial eye and explaining that he’d had retinoblastoma. You never think something like that will happen to your child”. In January 2021, a month after seeing the TikTok video, Annabel had the sudden urge to find her old Polaroid camera.

What is an eye ball?

eye·​ball ˈī-ˌbȯl. : the more or less globular capsule of the vertebrate eye formed by the sclera and cornea together with their contained structures.

What is retinoblastoma caused by?

Retinoblastoma occurs when nerve cells in the retina develop genetic mutations. These mutations cause the cells to continue growing and multiplying when healthy cells would die. This accumulating mass of cells forms a tumor. Retinoblastoma cells can invade further into the eye and nearby structures.

Can people take out their eyeball?

Enucleation is the surgical procedure by which the entire eye is removed, including the sclera. The muscles that control eye movement are left behind and intact and are attached to the spherical implant or to the remaining eye socket tissues to increase motility of the residual eye socket contents.