Classic Vision Care Blog
How To Protect Your Kids From Eye Infections
Practicing good hygiene is the best way to protect your kids from eye infections. One of the most common infections contracted by kids is conjunctivitis, and if your child is affected, make sure your family is using these best practices to avoid the spread of this...
Recognizing the Signs of Macular Degeneration
According to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF®), more than 10 million Americans currently face macular degeneration. This incurable eye disease remains the leading cause of vision loss. When diagnosed in time, the optometrists at Classic Vision...
Steps To Take After An Eye Injury To Reduce Eye Pain/Strain
An injury to your eye, whether large or small, can make even the simplest task simply impossible. Others that are more common and more serious may require immediate treatment such as surgery to prevent your suffering permanent eye damage and loss of vision. The more...
Am I a Candidate for Contact Lenses?
Do you need assistance with vision correction? Our knowledgeable optometrists Mital Patel, OD, Mark Machen, OD, and Ashley Swalla, OD, at Classic Vision Care in Kennesaw and Marietta, Georgia, look forward to helping you see the world more clearly via glasses or...
Reinvent Your Look In The New Year With New Designer Eyewear
Do you find yourself looking in the mirror, wanting to revitalize your style but feeling lost about how to do so? Many men and women choose to join a gym or change out their wardrobe, but they’re missing the power of making a very simple change: Reinvent your look and...
5 Steps to Prevent Diabetic Eye Disease
If you suffer from diabetes, you possess a greater chance of developing such eye diseases as cataracts, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy, which occurs when high blood sugar damages delicate blood vessels within your eyes. Classic Vision Care optometrists Mital...
Minimizing Eye Strain and Computer Vision Syndrome
With the widespread use of computers today comes a higher incidence of eye strain and computer vision syndrome for many people. These kinds of afflictions can make life miserable and can seriously affect our ability to complete our daily tasks both at work and at...
How Staring At Screens Can Impact Your Vision
Everywhere you look, you see people using phones, small screens, and computers for leisure, information, and work, and chances are pretty good that you are doing the same thing. It’s amazing to be able to connect with the rest of the world any time you choose, to find...
The Symptoms of Eye Infections Caused By Contacts
You probably know that it’s not a good idea to sleep in your contact lenses, and you are also aware that wearing disposable lenses past the prescribed replacement date is asking for trouble. If you are going swimming, it’s also smart to take your contacts out first....
Did You Know That Watery Eyes Are Actually Caused By Dry Eyes?
Understanding what causes issues with our eyes is important so that we can take immediate steps to avoid or correct the problem. After all, if we are experiencing uncomfortable issues with our eyesight, it will make it almost impossible to live normally in our...
Optometry and COVID19: What You Should Know
Now that things are reopening, our offices have reopened and we’re safely delivering our full range of optometric services. We’re making sure that you’re safe, with extra sanitary measures, temperature checks, and masks to ensure that you have as little risk of...
The Link Between Diabetes and Your Eye Health
According to the American Diabetes Association, people suffering from either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, a disease where your blood sugar or glucose levels remain too high, possess a greater risk than the general population of eye disease and eventual blindness. It’s...