Do They Make You Get Glasses with Your Contact Lenses?
April 27th, 2010 | See the Top Answers to this Question Below
I made an appointment so I can get contact lenses after my eye exam. I think the woman mentioned something about glasses with them, but I’m not sure. Is it required for us to buy glasses with our contact lenses?
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Here’s how it works: When you go in for an eye exam for contacts, they still have to do the standard eye exam for glasses, along with the eye health exam (remember the puff of air in the eye to check for glaucoma?), so when you’re done the optometrist will give you a prescription for glasses AND a prescription for contact lenses. It’s up to you whether you want to get glasses. Just bear in mind a contact lens exam is only good for a year, but an exam for glasses is good for two years.
no, only if it’s part of a promotion
They can’t make you buy anything you don’t have money for or don’t want to buy. All you need is the prescription, nothing else, and you can buy your contacts from anyone, so long as the prescription is still current.
Normally not but it is advisable to have a pair of glasses on hand in the event that your run out of contacts or as a vision correction back up if you ever experience an eye irritation or infection.
i have been wearing contacts for 10 years, and it is definately a good idea to get glasses. You can’t wear contacts all the time. The best thing for your eyes is not to wear them more than 12 hours a day, so when you are relaxing at home before bed then you wear your glasses and so on.
Well, it’s suggested that every prescription contact lens wearer have a pair of eyeglasses as a back-up. It can be the new prescription, or it can be their old glasses even if the prescription is slightly weaker. A contact lens patient should be prepared in case there is a ripped lens, eye irritation or infection, allergies, etc. This could be why the technician mentioned eyeglasses.