Buyer Beware: Optometrists Warn Consumers of Illegal Sales of Contact Lenses

[jtrotterb]

Contact lenses can cause infections. I am an optometrist and have seen a few patients get corneal ulcers causing scarring which have resulted in permanent vision loss. One patient of mine was 20/20 and after an infection caused from contacts he got a corneal scar which caused a decrease in vision down to 20/80. Contact lenses are a medical device that are only legally available through eye doctors. I have seen them being sold at beauty supply stores but that is illegal for a good reason.

[daylatefriend88]

She's a lying bureaucrat. The only reason that optometrists are saying unprescribed contact lenses are dangerous, is because they lose money from people don't purchase the actual lenses from them. OPTOMETRISTS WON'T MAKE ANY MONEY IF PEOPLE BUY THEM FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES. Contacts aren't dangerous in any way if you soak and cleanse them every day in contact solution. I hate liars.