Coastal Eye Group Blog

As you may already know, June is National Cataract Awareness Month. The importance of this month is to spread awareness and information about cataracts to the public in the hopes to save many people’s eyesight. Cataracts are extremely common because they are typically a natural result of aging as the proteins in the eye begin to breakdown…

Our goal during Cataract Awareness Month (a.k.a. June) is to increase the public’s awareness, knowledge, and understanding of cataracts. This includes the causes, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of cataracts. That being said, you may be wondering how your eye doctor can even go about diagnosing a cataract and what surgery is like, or…

It’s June, which means it’s Cataract Awareness Month! If you are looking for a practice to perform your cataract surgery in the Myrtle Beach area, look no further! At Coastal Eye Group we use the most up-to-date technology and techniques to provide patients with the best possible refractive outcomes following cataract surgery. We use the…

Along with being Mental Health Awareness month, did you know that May is also Healthy Vision Month? That means if you haven’t had a comprehensive dilated eye exam in a while, you need to schedule one ASAP. During a comprehensive dilated eye exam, an eye care professional will use drops to widen the pupils to…

Regular eye exams are important, a majority of people know that. Eye exams help them see better when it’s time for a prescription adjustment, as well as catch/monitor any eye conditions that can threaten one’s sight. However, what many people do not know is that eye exams can provide way more about one’s health than…

If you ride your bike twice a day, is that recycling? Now that we have your attention… Can you handle our bike jokes? Or do you need a brake? Just kidding! We know those were some wheelie bad jokes! However… Did you know the month of May consists of two days that are meant to…