Downey Eye Clinic

01/01/2026

We will see you Friday! Happy New Year! 🥳

12/29/2025

Come 👀 us!

📆 same day appointments available

2️⃣ convenient locations

😎 frames for every style and budget

👓 exams for all ages

12/26/2025

12/18/2025

11/26/2025

These are the nutrients your eyes want to keep your vision healthy and strong.

10/27/2025

Staying safe this Halloween includes protecting your eyes:

• Ensure that masks or hoods do not block your vision or restrict your peripheral field, which can increase the risk of trips and falls.
• Avoid sharp props. Choose accessories made from soft, flexible materials and avoid sharp-edged items like swords or wands that could cause eye injuries.
• Use for high-quality, FDA-approved makeup and face paint, and test it on a small skin patch first.
• Use costume eyepatches only when standing still for photos. They can affect depth perception.
• Don’t wear decorative contact lenses without a prescription. Even if they don't change your vision, contact lenses are medical devices and require a prescription and fitting by an eye doctor so you don’t have serious complications such as corneal abrasions, infections and blindness.

09/20/2025

Add these eats to your menu.

09/05/2025

Tens of thousands of people suffer eye injuries related to sports activities in a common year. Using the right kind of eye protection while playing sports can

09/04/2025

MEET OUR TEAM!

Dr. Amanda Ballard is a Marion County native. She completed her undergraduate degree at WKU and earned her doctorate from Indiana University School of Optometry. She and her husband, Walter, live in Lebanon with their three daughters, Sophie, Lilly and Evelyn. She spends all of her free time in the bleachers cheering on the St. Dominic Lady Knights and the Washington County Commanderettes. Dr. Ballard will be seeing patients at our Columbia location.

08/29/2025

Only 67 percent of children in Kentucky receive routine vision screening, behind the 72.4 percent figure in top-performing states, according to Vision Center.

With school starting, you may notice that your child is having difficulty reading.

Prioritizing comprehensive eye exams throughout a child’s academic years can help them see correctly to succeed in school, sports and life.

08/23/2025

It is recommended that a second exam happen at pre-school age, with yearly routine screenings beginning at school age.