Bob Barron, a former master disguise specialist for the Central Intelligence Agency, now crafts hope for people with facial deformities like seven year-old Gage Chenard, who was born without a left ear.

Gage, from Portland, Maine, suffers from microtia, a rare disease that affects one in 10,000 American children born each year.  He cannot hear out of that ear, and his fondest wish is to be able to wear sunglasses.

Bob Barron runs a company called Custom Prosthetic Designs Inc., in Ashburn, Va.  He created life-like disguises for the CIA for years. 

He tells INSIDE EDITION, "I mastered a technique of making silicon look like skin," he says, adding, "The CIA prepared me for what I'm supposed to be doing for the rest of my life."

Gage's mother Jennifer has always known life would be a challenge for her son.

"I didn't want him, even from infancy, to feel that he was different," Jennifer says.  "I just want him to be happy and feel like any normal kid."

She continues, "You want everything for your kids, and you want to spare them any pain that you can."

At first, Jennifer looked into reconstructive surgery for Gage, but respected her son's refusal to undergo any operation.

"I told her I didn't want surgery," Gage says.

A tip from a friend led them to Barron's laboratory, where he took precise impressions of the good and the deformed ears.  After he created the silicon prosthetic, he then fine-tuned the texture by adding a special powder that enables the ear to resemble skin. 

It took about 3 weeks before Gage received his new ear, custom-tinted to match his skin tone.  Barron then used an adhesive glue to fit the ear in place on Gage. 

Jennifer says, "I never thought I'd see the day...it is really something, really cool.  It's just amazing and I'm overwhelmed."

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