In many movies prosthetic makeup is used to change the appearance of actors.  On the other hand some characters have prosthetic limbs.  In action movies a lot of times artillery is attached to limbs for example Edward Scissiorhands.  Other times characters have lost limbs to cancer or in war such as Augustus in The Fault in Our

Stars.  The same goes for Tv.  Also many celebrities have prosthetics like Bethany Hamilton and Oscar Pistorius.

How prosthetics are used in Movies and Television