Can you buy colored contacts at walmart without a perscription, or an exam?!


Question: Can you buy colored contacts at walmart without a perscription, or an exam?
I want to buy non-perscription colored contacts, without having to have an eye exam. Is this possible? Like, can I just buy a box over the counter?

Answers:

No, you'd have to have an exam first to measure the diameter and base curve of your eyes. The doctor could then write you a prescription for zero power lenses to take to Walmart or any place that sells contacts so you could get colored lenses but with no power to them. While you can buy novelty contact lenses online or maybe even some stores, those lenses can actually damage the eye as they haven't been properly fitted to you.



In most places it is ILLEGAL.....

The problem is contact lenses are not one size fits all.

Anyplace that sells them needs doctor information and
contact him.

You are asking for SERIOUS trouble on getting colored contact
lenses without going through an eye doctor.

IF you buy any colored contacts without going through
a certified eye doctor.
Expect to be in the hospital in the "optic eye ward"
or getting a cornea transplant.

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No, you can't. They have to follow the law the same as any other optical.

You have to get an eye exam first if you want contacts.

BTW...the word is PREscription.

Optician



Just offer the person at the counter $5. They're usually very easy to bribe.



Some gas stations sell them and in houston they sell them on the Harwin shopping strip



Most of the time.




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