The process of applying 3D prosthetic appliances has in many ways come full circle. In the days of what is considered the fif•st"ffiodern use of foam latex pros thetic appliances, the 1940s and 1950s, the appliances were made as one piece; they were essentially masks. These one-piece foam latex appliances continued to be the norm until the late 1960s, when it is believed that iconic makeup artist Dick Smith became the first to employ the use of multiple overlapping partial appliances to create a complete makeup-on Dustin Hoffman as the 121-year old Jack Crabb in Little Big Man.
That process. set a new standard of prosthetic appliance appfication and contin" ues to be the standard method of application. However, the one-piece appliance never went away and has begun to see a resurgence in popularity, particularly in television, where time for application is in short supply. This chapter examines