To ensure you enjoy the best white eye health and guaranteed safety for your eyes, it’s important to follow these tips; then you really can’t go wrong buying the best contact lenses on the internet.

 What should I check when buying contact lenses?

• Is your contact lens prescription current? Look out for the expiry date on your from. You should always have a current, valid prescription when you order contact lenses.
• If you have not had a check-up in the last one to two years, you may have problems with your eyes that you are not aware of, or your contact lenses may not correct your vision properly.
• To ensure that your eyes remain healthy you should not order contacts with a prescription that has expired or stock up on lenses right before the prescription is about to expire. It’s safer to be re-checked by your eye care professional to ensure you get the best contact lenses for you current vision.

What does a valid contact lens prescription include?

A proper prescription should contain sufficient information for us to completely and accurately fill the prescription. This includes the following items:

• Your name
• Examination date
• Date you received prescription after a contact lens fitting (issue date) and expiration date of prescription
• Name, address, phone number and fax number of your eye doctor
• Power
• Material and/or manufacturer of the prescribed contact lens
• Base curve or appropriate designation of the prescribed contact lens
• Diameter, when appropriate, of the prescribed contact lens




• Always ask for the brand name of a national manufacturer, so you can compare prices and deals on the internet

What can I do to avoid serious problems when buying my contact lenses?

• Order your contact lenses from a reliable internet supplier you are familiar with. The best contact lenses are often more complex than they appear.
• Request the manufacturer’s written patient information for your contact lenses. It will give you important risk/benefit information as well as instructions for use.
• Beware of attempts to substitute a different brand than you presently have. While this may be acceptable in some situations, there are differences in the water content and shape between different brands. The correct choice of which lens is right for you should be based only on an examination by your eye care professional, not over the phone.
• Carefully check to make sure the company gives you the
  • exact brand
  • lens name
  • power
    • sphere
    • cylinder, if any
    • axis, if any
  • diameter
  • base curve
  • peripheral curves, if any

Don’t accept a brand substitution unless your eye care professional approves it.