 happens to old prosthetic sockets? Can we donate them to other amputees? I wish unfortunately the answer is no. Throughout the amputee life cycle you're gonna have a lot of different sockets if you use a prosthetic because over time your limb changes size and shape. This is my current socket this is one that's too big. However unfortunately donating this would be pretty darn useless. The way that your limb is shaped, that the bones are shaped underneath is so unique to you. No two amputees are the same. So for the most part old sockets just sit in our closet maybe that's just me. Now certainly in more desperate situations could you retrofit an old socket and become someone's new one? I'm sure you could. I'm also fairly certain that that would be really uncomfortable. In a pinch it could probably work but in general once a socket is outgrown it's into the trash or collecting dust. There's got to be a way to recycle these. I'll look into that.