Color Contacts without a prescription

First of all when discussing color contacts and a prescription it's important to distinguish between the 2 major types of color contacts.

1. Those that correct vision
2. Those that simply change a person's eye color

Vision correcting color contacts require a current prescription (for same country delivery) to determine how much correction is required.

Color contacts that only change eye color, if sold from a contact lenses provider based United States, should also be fitted by a trained eye doctor.  Is it perfectly legal to order color contacts on-line without a prescription if you live in the United States?  It is not legal for a US based company to sell and ship color contacts to a US address without a prescription.  In Canada and the UK color contact lenses that aren't vision correcting aren't considered medical devices and so do not require a prescription for contact lenses.  So this means if you live in the United States you can order color contacts online without a prescription but you have to know which web sites don't require prescriptions but will also ship to the US.

Follow these simple directions to buy color contacts online with no prescription from the UK..

1. Use this link to order your non-prescription color contact lenses from LensPlanet and get them for a great price.
2. Select from Freshlook Colorblends or Focus Softcolors and when choosing your eye power choose zero, 0.0 for both eyes.  (this means the lenses are non vision-correcting - regular contact lenses that correct vision do not of course come in 0.0 power).
3. Select the United States from the ship to country when you check out.

Note that many color contact lenses only come in the most common base curves and diameters, usually in the range from 8.5 to 8.6 base curve and a diameter of 14.4 go 14.5.  These are the most common eye measurements and usually a person with average eyes won't notice a difference between this .1 millimeter in curve difference.  If you have concerns about a perfect fit you should schedule an eye exam with an eye doctor to get fitted and get a prescription for the shape of your eyes even if your vision is perfect.   If you'd rather just spend the money on an inexpensive pair of lenses to check the fit then try the Expressions Colors by Ciba Vision which are inexpensive.

More to come on the legal issue of buying color contacts online without a prescription