The prescription for contact lenses is important so that you can order the most suitable and convenient contact lenses for your eyes. It is important to keep in mind that the recipe for lenses is not the same as the recipe for glasses because the contact lens is on the eye, but the lens of the glasses is 10-14 mm away. Therefore, lenses are often weaker than spectacle lenses. BC (curvature) is also important for lenses.

If you have not used contact lenses before, we definitely recommend that you visit an ophthalmologist or optometrist first, who will prescribe your lenses and teach you how to use and care for the lenses. If you have a prescription for lenses, you can conveniently order contact lenses from the Pupilo online store.

Typically, a lens prescription has the following information:

NB! In a particular example, a person has eyes of the same strength, although they may be different!

OD (right eye): -2.75
OS (left eye): -2.75
BC (base curvature): 8.8
Dia (diameter): 14.0, in many cases it is not indicated because it is not such an important indicator, but in general it is between 13.8 and 15.00

Recommended lenses (optometrist/ophthalmologist recommendation): Acuvue Oasys

In some cases, it may also be marked on the prescription:

- Cyl (cylinder - on toric lenses)
- Ax (axis 0-180° - on toric lenses)
- dd (multifocal or progressive lenses, usually labeled Lox, High, Medium)

If you have used contact lenses before, but no longer have a prescription for lenses, the contact lens packaging, which contains all the necessary information, may also be helpful.:

If you have lenses with such a package, you can order new ones according to it! However, it should also be taken into account that if you have lenses of different strengths, you may have another pack of different strengths.

For a specific example:
Contact lenses: Acuvue Oasys
Powers: -2.75 (both eyes)
Base curvature: BC 8.8