Patient Guidance
What Type of Eye Appointment Do I Need?
Classic Vision Care uses a few simple visit paths to help patients get to the right kind of appointment. This page is a routing guide, not a diagnosis, and the team can still help if you are unsure what to book.
Routine Vision Care
This is usually the right starting point for annual eye exams, updated glasses prescriptions, and contact lens updates when there are no urgent medical eye symptoms.
- Annual eye exam
- Updated glasses prescription
- Updated contact lens prescription
- No acute medical eye red flags reported
Medical Eye Concerns
Some requests look routine at first but are better handled on the medical side. Dry eye symptoms and other complaints that appear medical instead of routine vision care usually start here.
- Dry eye symptoms
- Burning, watering, irritation, or tired eyes
- Blurry vision or other symptoms that appear medical
- Diabetes, high blood pressure, or heart disease
Same-Day Acute Concerns
These symptoms may need same-day attention during office hours.
- New flashes or floaters within the past 3 weeks
- Eye pain
- Something stuck in the eye causing pain
- Eye trauma or injury
- Sudden vision loss or partial loss of vision
- Sudden double vision
- Chemical exposure to the eye
After-Hours Emergency Guidance
If urgent symptoms get worse before your appointment, come in. After hours, go to the emergency room.
This page is meant to help with routing and expectation-setting. Eye emergencies still require real-time clinical judgment.
Dry Eye and Myopia Notes
Dry Eye
Dry eye is evaluated first. Patients do not need to self-select IPL, radio frequency, BlephEx, punctal plugs, or other named treatments before evaluation.
Initial dry-eye evaluations can begin at either office. Punctal plugs are placed at both offices. Advanced dry-eye treatments (IPL, radio frequency, BlephEx, MiBoFlo) are performed in Kennesaw.
Myopia Control
Myopia control is typically handled as an assessment-led program. The goal is to determine whether a child is a good fit for options such as MiSight, Ortho-K, atropine, or multifocal lenses.
Which office should I book?
Both offices offer routine eye exams, medical eye visits, contact lens exams, children's exams, dry eye evaluations and an optical showroom with free adjustments and repairs. Pick the office that is easier to reach, then choose a visit type above. If you are not sure, call either office and the front desk will route you.
Kennesaw office
1615 Ridenour Blvd, Suite 201, Kennesaw, GA 30152 · (770) 499-2020
- Landmarks: in the Barrett Pavilion shopping center near Target, a short drive from Town Center Mall and the Kennesaw State University area.
- From I-75: take the Barrett Parkway / Town Center exit and follow the signs toward Ridenour Blvd.
- Parking: free, in the shopping center lot directly in front of the office, with accessible spaces near the entrance. The office is Suite 201.
- Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9:00am to 6:00pm, Wednesday and Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm, Saturday 10:00am to 2:00pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.
- Good fit if: you live or work near Town Center, Acworth, Woodstock or Barrett Parkway, or you want a Saturday appointment.
East Cobb / Marietta office
3535 Roswell Rd, Suite 8, Marietta, GA 30062 · (678) 560-8065
- Landmarks: on Roswell Road (GA-120) near The Avenue East Cobb, an easy drive from the Johnson Ferry Road area, East Cobb Park, Roswell and Sandy Springs.
- Finding the door: look for the Suite 8 door facing Roswell Road.
- Parking: free, on-site and steps from the door, with accessible spaces and an accessible entrance.
- Hours: Monday and Wednesday 8:00am to 5:00pm, Tuesday and Thursday 9:00am to 6:00pm. Closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
- Good fit if: you live in the 30062 or 30068 zip codes, the Walton, Pope, Lassiter or Wheeler school areas, or along the Johnson Ferry corridor, or you want a Monday appointment.
Maps, directions and the full location details are on the locations page.
What should I bring?
- Your current glasses and, if you wear them, your contact lenses or their packaging
- A list of the medications and supplements you take
- Your vision and medical insurance cards, if you plan to use them
- Any eye prescription or eye records from another office that you want reviewed
- For a child's visit, any school screening results or teacher notes
New patients can save time by completing the new patient forms before the visit and arriving a few minutes early.
Insurance, timing and dilation
- Insurance: the plans we accept are listed on the insurance page. The front desk can check your vision and medical benefits before the appointment if you call ahead.
- Timing: plan on more time for a first visit, a medical visit or a contact lens fitting than for a routine update, and let the front desk know if you have a hard stop.
- Dilation: many medical and diabetes-related visits include dilating drops. Near vision stays blurry and light feels bright for a few hours afterward, so bring sunglasses and consider a driver if you are sensitive to glare.
- Kids: a children's eye exam can be booked at either office; bring the school screening form if there is one.
Machine-Readable Sources
These companion files provide the same routing and capability information in a machine-readable format.
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