How to Purchase Contact Lenses

2008-11-20 12:20:44

( Financial )



Alternatives for Vision Correction

If you have myopia or astigmatism, you have several possible alternatives to correct your vision problem.

Wearing glasses is the cheapest and most available type of vision correction. However, glasses can feel uncomfortable after you have been wearing it for many hours, and especially in warm weather. You may also tend to misplace your glasses especially at the beach.

LASIK is a very effective alternative which can permanently correct your vision. But it may not be suitable for some people, especially those with high prescription. Besides, LASIK can be quite expensive if your medical insurance provider does not cover it.

A third alternative is to purchase contact lenses. You wear contact lenses right on the surface of your eyes, and you can see clearly instantly. These come either in disposable, daily wear or extended wear forms.

Why Purchase Contact Lenses?

Contact lenses can be a good compromise between eyeglasses and LASIK surgery. They are quite reasonably priced, and you can easily get one at the optometrist right in one visit.

Once you put them on, you can forget about them until you are ready for bed. They are easy to clean and store in a sterile liquid solution, and you just rinse them and put them on the next day. First-timers may sometimes feel awkward in following the right procedures to put on lenses, but it becomes quite routine once you get the hang of it.

Contact lenses have been improving throughout the years, and you can even take naps or sleep overnight with extended wear types. The solutions you use for your contact lenses have also been improving, and most of them serve not just to store your lenses but also to rinse out lenses before and after wear, and to remove protein deposits on the surface of the lens.

Tips on Purchasing Contact Lenses

Make sure that you go to a reputable licensed optometrist, not just anyone who has only undergone sales training but has no other professional certification. He will be examining your eyes to determine the prescription or grade.

Unless you have unusual requirements for your eyes, most optical centers would have the right prescription for you in stock. If this is your first time to purchase contact lenses, you should ask the optometrist to train and assist you in putting them on properly.

Check the entire contact lens kit that you will be receiving upon your purchase. Make sure that it contains the lens container or vials, the solution and the instruction manual.

If you experience any discomfort, take off your lens immediately and notify your practitioner.


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