Brett Schmidt: Prosthetic makeup is an additive process. So you can only add; you can't take away. Narrator: But when you look at a wound, you're supposed to be looking into the body. The ...

Van Dyke compares the process of applying prosthetics, wigs, contact lenses and makeup to a tedious surgery that can last five hours. “It’s a very grueling process for the actor,” he says.

a process which took six weeks of research, sculpting and makeup). A longtime proponent of prosthetics, makeup artist and entrepreneur Isamaya Ffrench has turned models into elfin-eared creatures ...

These prostheses had to be applied to Theron every day, a process that usually took close to three hours. Theron did wear prosthetic pieces, but makeup products also helped alter the way her face ...

It took more than just a fat suit to transform Robin Williams into the iconic nanny Mrs. Doubtfire, with much of the process taking up a lot of time.

Makeup and prosthetic designer Preetisheel ... that's when I know it has worked." The prosthetic design process took about two weeks. "After that, we had to prepare the prosthetics in the lab.