Blurry Image on Upload

Here is my code below. It works but the uploaded image is blurry. Can someone help me figure out why and how to fix it?

public function updateProfile(Request $request)
    {
       $user_id = Auth::user()->id;
       $user = User::findOrFail($user_id);
       $user->name = $request->input('name');
       $user->email = $request->input('email');
       $user->address = $request->input('address');
       $user->city = $request->input('city');
       $user->state = $request->input('state');
       $user->zipcode = $request->input('zipcode');
       $user->homephone = $request->input('homephone');
       $user->cellphone = $request->input('cellphone');

       if($request->hasFile('avatar'))
       {

                   $destination = 'uploads/profile/'.$user->avatar;
           if(File::exists($destination)){
               File::delete($destination);
           } 
           $avatar = $request->file('avatar');
           $filename = time() .'.'.$avatar->getClientOriginalExtension();
           Image::make($avatar)->resize(50,50)->save(public_path('/uploads/profile/' . $filename));

           $user = Auth::user();
           $user->avatar = $filename;
      
       }
      
       $user->update();

    
       return redirect()->back()->with('success', $user->name . ' has been updated');

    }