How to order contact lenses without a current doctor's prescription.

It's just as simple to order contact lenses online without a current or still valid doctor's Rx as it is to order contacts with a current prescription.  It's just a matter of knowing where to go.  However, there are a couple guidelines that we suggest in case you are short on common sense.

• If you haven't worn contact lenses ever before don't order vision correcting contact lenses without first going to an eye doctor for a fitting and eye exam.
• Even if you wear eye glasses and you know your prescription you should still go and get fitted for contact lenses so the eye doctor can verify you are a good candidate to wear lenses and he can verify your base curve.
• Use common sense... if your prescription for contact lenses expired 5 years ago and you think your vision may have deteriorated then cough up the $100 and get your prescription updated by an certified eye care professional.

If you are like most of our visitors and you are a regular wearer of contact lenses but your prescription has expired somewhat recently and you are confident that your vision is still excellent (perhaps you wear eye glasses with the same power and script) but don't want to waste the time and the extra money to get the piece of paper updated and have someone grant you permission to buy and wear the same lenses you've been wearing for multiple years then you do certainly have an option.  You can order contact lenses without a current prescription from the UK.  It's just about as straight forward as ordering contacts online from the US but here's the step by step details.

1. Use this link to order contact lenses from the UK without a current Rx.
2. On the LensPlanet site choose your base curve, lens diameter and eye power for both eyes... if you don't know this information stop at this point and make an appointment with your eye doctor - and then add an email address to create an account and hit the checkout button.
3. Select United States from the country drop down and put your State in the County field and your City in the Town field.  Zip code goes in Post code and the rest is obvious.

That's all there is to it.  Note: LensPlanet ships via Royal Mail, expect a few days for the order to process and then clear customs and make it across the Atlantic.  If you give yourself 2 full weeks from when you really need them you should be fine.