Blogs

WEST GEORGIA OPTICAL OFFERS NEWEST CONTACT LENS

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Posted by: West Georgia Eye Care Center in Frontpage Article on April 22, 2019

Intelligent Invention TIME has recognized ACUVUE® OASYS with Transitions™ as one of their Best Inventions of 2018. This new option for contact lens wearers can help manage light in three innovative ways: Less Squinting – Patients who react to bright light by squinting may find that OASYS with Transitions™ eases this reflex. 5 Seconds Faster Recovery… Read More


Corneal Transplants: A+ Success Rate!

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Posted by: West Georgia Eye Care Center in Frontpage Article on April 2, 2019

Hero Donors… Corneal Transplant donors are heroes who change the lives of visually impaired people who need new corneas to regain sight. Recently, News Leader 9 (WTVM) shared the story of a local corneal transplant recipient who is hoping for improved vision to help her maintain a 4.0 GPA at Columbus State University. Although legally… Read More


Should we be SMILEing?!

Smile Up Close

Posted by: West Georgia Eye Care Center in Frontpage Article on February 22, 2019

SMILE… LASIK remains the most popular refractive surgery currently performed in and outside of the U.S.A., but a newer procedure called SMILE has hit the U.S. market.   Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) is another all-laser refractive surgery procedure first approved in the U.S.A. in 2016, and which is now being billed by some as a… Read More


January: National Glaucoma Awareness Month

Glaucoma Diagram

Posted by: West Georgia Eye Care Center in Frontpage Article on January 11, 2019

“The only way to predict if there’s a cloud on your horizon due to glaucoma is to get tested. No matter what the diagnosis, the forecast is for clear vision in the years ahead.” Willard Scott (American weather presenter, author, television personality, actor, clown, comedian and radio personality)  2 Million Americans It is estimated that… Read More


THE AMAZING PEOPLE WE WORK WITH…

Jesus Christmas Red

Posted by: West Georgia Eye Care Center in Frontpage Article on November 20, 2018

Amazing Season… Each year at Christmas the physicians and managers of West Georgia Eye Care Center bless the staff with an amazing, festive, celebratory event – the ‘Annual WGECC Christmas Party’! The gift of a Savior to the world, Jesus Christ, is truly the reason for the season and our celebration. And, just as the wise… Read More


We Never Stop Learning… or Teaching!

Teresa Alcon meeting

Posted by: West Georgia Eye Care Center in Frontpage Article on November 7, 2018

“Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”                                             Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) Physicist & Nobel Laureate ACRONYMS – AAO, IRIDEX, ALCON, JCAHPO and GEM will not pop-up in a search for colleges and universities, but they are institutions of learning in their own right.   These acronyms represent… Read More