What we do
Complete eye care, from annual exams to advanced surgery
Most people meet us for a routine exam. Some of them we go on to care for through cataract surgery, glaucoma management, or a sudden problem that can't wait. Every service below has a page explaining what it involves.
Routine & family eye care
Where most people start, and where nearly everything else gets found.
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Comprehensive Eye Exams
A full eye exam checks how well you see and how healthy your eyes are — performed by a board-certified eye physician, not just a vision screening.
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Pediatric Eye Care & Strabismus
Dr. Erin Benjamin is fellowship-trained in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus — care that families in Beaufort County have often had to travel for.
Surgical eye care
Performed by board-certified surgeons, here in the Lowcountry.
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Cataract Surgery
One of the most common and most reliably successful operations in medicine — and one our surgeons have performed thousands of times, here in the Lowcountry.
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Cataract Lens Options
The lens you choose shapes how much you rely on glasses afterwards. Here is what the options actually mean, without the marketing.
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Dropless Cataract Surgery
The medication goes in during surgery instead of into your hand four times a day for a month.
Medical eye care
Conditions we diagnose, monitor, and manage over the long term.
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Glaucoma Diagnosis & Management
Glaucoma takes peripheral vision so gradually that most people never notice until it is gone. Found early, it is very manageable.
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Diabetic Eye Exams & Retinopathy Care
If you have diabetes, an annual dilated eye exam is the single most effective way to protect your sight — even when your vision seems perfectly fine.
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Macular Degeneration Care
Macular degeneration affects the central vision you use to read, drive, and recognise faces. Caught early and monitored properly, a great deal can be done to protect it.
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Dry Eye Diagnosis & Treatment
Burning, gritty, watering eyes and vision that keeps going in and out — dry eye is common, genuinely miserable, and very treatable.
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Pterygium & Pinguecula
The growth on the white of your eye that people who spend their lives outdoors on the coast tend to get.
Educational handouts
Several of our service pages include a printable PDF handout you can take away or share with family. You'll find them on the relevant page — they're a supplement to the page, not a replacement for talking to us.
Bluffton & Hilton Head Island
Not sure which one you need?
That's genuinely fine — most people aren't. Start with a comprehensive exam and we'll work it out from there. New patients are welcome at both offices.