If you plan on buying blue contact lenses, regardless if you are getting them prescription or plano, you will need to get a valid prescription from your doctor or eye care specialist.
The law was changed a few years back where all contact lenses regardless if they were vision correction or not, are considered to be medical devices. Because of this change, only doctors and eye car specialist with the proper credentials can sell colored contact lenses. In the past, you could pick up colored contacts at any corner store or flea market, and while this might still be the case, it isn’t legal any longer.
The reason the law was changed was because contact lenses are delicate and need to be treated as such, there were too many injuries and problems with having just anybody sell them. If contact lenses are not created or handled correctly they can cause injury to your eye and lead to serious complications.
If you are ordering your blue contact lenses online then you will be required to provide the company with a valid prescription before they can be shipped. The good news is that if you are just getting plano blue contact lenses and they won’t have any vision correction you should be able to get a prescription very easily and cheap.
If you do require contacts that have vision correction then just visit your local doctor and get them to write it out, then provide that to the online company, typically by fax, and you are all set. Most online companies that sell colored contact lenses are very quick and efficient in the process so even if you have a deadline in which you need the contacts by you should be alright.
Online websites care about the same information in regards to ordering contact lenses as you would come across if you went to your local optometrist or doctor. It helps to understand your exact contact lens prescription and needs. This includes the curve, diameter and power of the contact lenses. Even though you might be getting a blue tint, all these other factors might come into play as well.
Don’t look at your new colored contact lenses as simply decoration for your eyes, but as something that needs to be understood, cleaned and care for and properly planned out if you want to buy them. Spend a little time planning ahead and get the perfect blue contacts and you won’t regret it.