She remembers that during one annual visit when she was in junior high school, he asked about her interests. “No one ever asked me that question,” she says. When she responded that she was interested in science, he noted her inquisitive nature and suggested optometry might be a good field for her. At subsequent visits, they discussed this idea.
Cameron’s family moved to the Houston area when she was in high school, but she remembered her conversations with her former optometrist. After graduating from Cypress-Fairbanks High School, she earned her undergraduate degree from Baylor University, then moved to Philadelphia, where she attended Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University, one of the nation’s top-ranked colleges of optometry. She graduated with honors in 2005.
While in Philadelphia, a colleague introduced her to Mark Soveral, a licensed optician. Soveral worked in the eyecare industry and enjoyed the satisfaction of helping others. He remembers as a boy, he needed glasses, but they were expensive, and his mother, a single parent of three who worked three jobs, had to search out the best bargains. “I watched my mom struggle with those interactions,” he says. “I wanted to be able to help people afford glasses.”
Cameron and Soveral eventually married and, over the next 20 years, had five children. When Cameron graduated from optometry school, the couple moved to Montgomery. She calls Montgomery a “hidden jewel,” close enough to Houston for big city needs and an international airport, but “tucked away in a little secret spot.”
Cameron and Soveral have worked together at Cameron Optical since 2007, where they each use their talents to help patients. Soveral is clinic director and optician; Cameron is an optometric glaucoma specialist, having attained the highest level of optometric training. The clinic treats patients of all ages: their youngest patients are six months old; the oldest is 103. Soveral notes that Cameron is respected for being knowledgeable, personable, and empathetic. “She listens,” he says.
As an optometric glaucoma specialist, Cameron can fit patients with glasses and contact lenses, but does much more. Her high level of training enables her to treat patients who have such conditions as glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and corneal abrasions. She also manages post-surgical care for patients who have had surgery to treat cataracts or retinal tears. In addition, she provides glasses for patients who have had strokes or brain surgery. “We can help people cope and learn to live with their new disabilities,” she says. She also co-manages patients who have neuro-optometric conditions.
Meanwhile, Soveral uses his training, background, and effervescent personality to help people find the glasses that suit them best. He estimates the clinic has more than 5,000 frames available. Some cost as little as $99, but many designer frames are available as well, including those by Gucci, Versace, and Vera Bradley. Glasses are made at an on-site lab, giving patients options not usually found in the area. For example, those who want to re-use their favorite frames can get their new glasses in hours rather than weeks.
Cameron Optical is proud to provide patients the benefits of advanced technology, such as ocular coherence tomography (OCT), an imaging device that is a valuable tool for early detection of eye diseases, as well as prevention. There have also been recent technological advances in vision correction. “Complex contact lenses have come a long way,” Soveral says, noting new multifocal contact lenses for patients with astigmatism are far better than their predecessors. Even glasses have undergone technological advances. Silhouette offers strong, lightweight frames with a minimalist look and are popular with patients; Ovvo frames, made of surgical steel and titanium composite, are touted as being virtually indestructible.
Cameron Optical also offers OptiLight, an FDA-approved treatment that uses intense broad-spectrum light to address meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), which is the cause of most cases of dry eye. Cameron Optical also recommends Neurolenses, which can help ease headaches, eye strain, and dizziness. Neurolenses can correct common eye misalignments, promising great vision as well as the elimination of many vision-related complaints prevalent among people who do much of their work utilizing their near vision.
In early 2025, Cameron Optical introduced its patients to NeoGen for non-surgical eye lifts. NeoGen is a nitrogen plasma energy treatment that repairs and rejuvenates the skin. “It tricks the body into thinking it needs new skin,” Soveral says. “It triggers stem cell regeneration. The body automatically starts to regenerate.”
Patients were amazed by the results, and Soveral thought, “Why stop there? You can do the whole face and neck.” In addition to expanding the treatment to include faces and necks, Cameron Optical began combining NeoGen with TriLift, a new technology that painlessly stimulates facial muscles. The combination of rejuvenating the skin and underlying muscles amounts to non-surgical facelifts at a small fraction of the cost of surgical facelifts. “You are talking about the most incredible, most natural facelift you will ever have with no scarring and minimal social downtime,” Soveral says. “It textures, tones, and tightens.”
TriLift is painless, working its magic in just 20 to 30 minutes by stimulating muscles. (Patients even get their choice of music to listen to so the experience is more relaxing.) Once the muscles have been treated, most patients choose to have their skin rejuvenated as well. Soveral calls NeoGen “spicy”—tolerable, but not quite painless. “It’s like a hot puff of air,” he says. Patients may limit social interaction for a week or two afterwards because of redness and peeling, he says, but the recovery time is extremely minimal when compared to surgical facelifts.
Cameron Optical is one of the few providers nationwide to offer both TriLift and NeoGen, and while many existing patients have taken advantage of this new technology, many more have flown in from around the country, Soveral says. The effects of sun damage, aging, and the loss of elasticity are addressed in minutes rather than hours, and without injections or incisions. “It’s the coolest thing I have ever seen in my life,” he says.
Cameron Optical accepts both vision insurance and medical insurance, including Medicare. Because insurance can often be confusing, staff members can guide patients so they’ll know what is covered.
For more information about Cameron Optical Eyecare and Aesthetics, visit cameronoptical.com.
15260 Highway 105
Montgomery, TX 77356
(936) 448-1200
