even i can't tell. >> reporter: that's the ultimate level of suck sus for robert barron, the man whoc. his designs are fit for spies. literally in his previous life he was an understood cover agent creating diseases for the cia. >> i tinted silicone to look like skin. that was my forte. >> reporter: for 15 years he crafted silicone mass for operatives, working incognito around the world. >> agents depended on that realism because if that disguise attracted attention in a negative way, then their lives were in jeopardy. >> it's the stuff movies are made of. >> that's right. yeah. >> reporter: but in 1983 he went undercover to a biomedical sculpt ter's conference to learn some new tricks of the trade. it was a mission that changed his life. >> i saw the disfigurements, people without a nose, without eyes, without ears. i said, bob, if you can put people in hiding, you can bring these people out of hiding. >> reporter: nine years later he retired and today works out of his ashburn, virginia, studio where he sees patients from around the world, rebuilding eyes and ears and lives. so what

even i can't tell. >> reporter: that's the ultimate measure of success for robert barron, the man whodesigned eric's prosthetic. it's something he's used to because barron's designs are fit for spies, literally. in his previous life, barron was an undercover agent creating disguises for the c.i.a. >> i tinted silicone to look like skin. that was my forte. >> reporter: for 15 years, he crafted silicone masks for operatives working incognito around the world. >> agents depended upon the realism of that disguise because if that disguise attracted attention in a negative way, then their lives were in jeopardy. >> reporter: it's the stuff movies are made of. >> that's right. yeah. >> reporter: but in 1983, he went under cover to a biomedical sculptor's conference to learn some new tricks of the trade. it was a mission that changed his life. >> i saw the disfigurements of people without a nose, without eyes, without ears. i said, "bob, if you can put people in hiding, you can bring these people out of hiding." >> reporter: nine years later, he retired and today works out of his ashburn, vir

. >> he's robert barron and for 15 years he crafted silicone masks for operatives working incognito around the world, but in 1983 he went undercover in a biomedical sculptors conference to learn new tricks of the trade. it was a mission that changed his life. >> i saw the disfigurements of people without a nose, without eyes, without ears. i said had bob, if you could put people in hiding, you can bring these people out of hiding. >> nine years later barron retired. today he works out of his ashburn studio where he sees patients from around the world rebuilding eyes, ears and lives. an incredible skill. >> it is. he's using his powers for good. >> in an amazing way president of. >>> we're looking at a -- in an amazing way. >>> we're looking at a pretty nice day. the weekend will be spectacular. by february standards it's spectacular. we're looking at temperatures tonight about 10 degrees above last night. we'll gain another 10 degrees tomorrow night. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, 37 was the high, 17 this morning at national, 9 at dulles. that's