Latest in eyewear, lenses, & eye care!
The food drive was a big success! You donated over 240 pounds of food to Forever Fed, a local ministry that delivers food and fellowship to families in need right here in Cherokee county. The second part of the drive was a pledge by our practice to donate $10 for every frame sold in November […]
Forever Fed is a mobile ministry delivering food and fellowship to families who are under-served in Cherokee County. Forever Fed’s Cans4Kids/Food4U program distributes boxes of food containing seven meals and seven snacks to each person in the household twice each month to families unable to access area food pantries for food support. These families lack transportation, […]
Pollen counts are rising! Here is our current advice for eye allergies. 1) Don’t rub! As tempting as it is, rubbing actually makes it worse. 2) Use a good artificial tear like Refresh or Systane to help flush away the irritants and soothe the eye 3) Use OTC ketotifen twice a day. It is available […]
We’ve treated multiple teenagers recently with eye infections caused by sleeping in their contact lenses. Lens manufacturers advertise some lenses for overnight wear, but only about 1 in 10 adults can successfully wear a lens overnight, and every teen should remove their lenses before sleep. Teenagers are 10 times more likely to have an eye […]
Lubricating eye drops play an important role for many of us. Our natural tears protect and lubricate the surface of the eye and often the amount and quality of those tears is just not getting the job done. Our two favorite brands are Refresh and Systane and can be used with or without contact lenses. […]
In our experience, contact lenses that change eye color have not been as comfortable as clear lenses, by quite a wide margin. That is changing with the latest lenses. If you are interested, please check out the manufacturer’s website and get in touch with us to see if this lens would be appropriate for you. […]
Pollen counts are super high, we are in the thick of it! Here is our current advice for eye allergies 1) For mild symptoms use a good artificial tear like Refresh or Systane to help flush away the irritants and soothe the eye. 2) Use OTC ketotifen twice a day. It is available without a […]
A big thank you to everyone who voted for us! Thanks to your kindness, we were voted “best optometrist” in both the Townelaker and Around Woodstock reader’s choice awards. We appreciate it!!
We have posted about shingles before, but we just saw another mid-50’s patient with an outbreak on her face. Our heart breaks for her because she is completely miserable. The rash is very painful and involves her eye. Her vision is very reduced, and may not recover even with treatment depending on the severity of […]
A recent large study suggests a link between a commonly prescribed antibiotic and retinal detachment. If the photosensitive cells inside the eye pull loose, it is called a retinal detachment and is a true eye emergency. Patients often describe seeing large flashes of light and a black veil or curtain in their field of view. […]
