How to Read Your Prescription

If you’re wondering how to read your prescription, we’re here to help. Maybe you’re entirely new to wearing prescription glasses, or you’ve just received an up-to-date prescription and want to understand what it means. Understanding your glasses prescription is helpful if you want to know the severity of your visual impairment or want to shop online for your prescription glasses.

What To Know Before Ordering Contact Lenses

The purchase of all types of contact lenses requires a valid contact lens prescription – which can’t be the same of your glasses prescription – written by a qualified eye care practitioner. This is true even for plano lenses with no vision correction purposes, colored contact lenses or special-effect lenses that are worn for cosmetic purposes only.