This use to be a very common question. With prices as
low as 70% than the local optical store then surely the lenses are not
up to the same standard. The local retailers are perhaps the most
guilty of encouraging this myth to circulate so
much in the first place. After all they are the ones to lose
out most for people shopping on the internet instead of them. They know
your eyes and eye health are of vital importance so they
target this as an insecurity.
The truth of the matter is that the lenses have to be
the same as the ones you've been prescribed. This is now law, it's
illegal for an online retailer to sell you any brand that hasn't
been prescribed to you and they have to verify your
prescription with your eye care professional. The
online retailers will only sell you contact lenses
identical to the ones your local optical store would sell you. To such
an extent they now have this as part of their
guarantee if you shop with them. They guarantee you'll receive exactly
the same lenses prescribed to you and that they'll be in the
manufactures own sterile packaging. This means they are just as safe
and of good quality as if you'd bought them from your local store.
When buying contact lenses from an
online retailer you can be rest assured that the quality is the same.
For further protection online retailers will also advise that if you
discover a package damaged or if you discover a lens
damaged in anyway even after you've opened the box then they will
replace these at no additional cost to yourself. They will
require you to return these items including any
damaged lens so do not throw any away in order to receive your
replacement. Online retailers will ask that you contact them
before returning any product so they know to expect a return from you.
Otherwise you can shop with confidence.
