Buying Guide

Buying contact lenses on the internet can save you considerable amounts of time and money compared to purchasing them from your doctor’s office or optical stores. There are large, established and reliable contact lens retailers online.

The points below highlights things you should check before purchasing contact lenses online.

• Frequent eye exams are very important to maintaining good vision and can also highlight other medical issues that may arise.

• Prescriptions need to be current for ordering contact lenses online. Online contact lens retailers require you to fill in forms based on your prescription, so it is useful to have your prescription to hand before you place your order. Your vision may change given time, and regular eye exams will detect this. Your prescription may be altered according to the updated eye exam results.

• Some online contact lens retailers have an online database of eye doctors. This is useful if you don’t have the details to hand. They then contact your eye doctor to make sure that your prescription is valid.

• When you receive your order in the mail check that the contacts are correct. Check the brand, diameter, power and curve – if any of the details do not match with what you ordered do not use them.