Q: How Many Contacts Come in a Box?

A: Six*

This is one of the more common questions I hear when people are wondering how much their contacts are going to cost. The simple answer is six, but there is a better question to ask: “How much is a year supply of contacts?”

Some brands of contacts are meant to be replaced every two weeks and others are one month. So you have to buy twice as many boxes for a two week lens vs the one month kind. On average, the one month kind are almost twice as much as the two week lenses, but this varies from brand to brand.

In general, the cheaper contacts you see advertised to get you in the door are made from an older, plastic technology that in general is more dry and less breathable on your eyes. The newer contact lens materials cost a little more, but most people notice their eyes feel significantly less dry and red with the newer, breathable contacts.

If you want to find out how much contacts cost per box, check out 1800Contacts.com. If you buy a complete year supply, you can usually get a discount, and having a year supply tends to make it less likely that you will over-wear your contacts and get an eye infection.

*If you get the daily disposable contacts, they come in packs of 30 or 90.

Also, I am converting from paper charts to an electronic health record powered by Dr Chrono. This will allow new features for you like:

• online appointment scheduling.  Stay tuned to visionhealtheye.com for the functionality of scheduling your eye exam 24 hours a day.  Certain high traffic time slots will not be available to schedule online, so if you don’t see the time you need, then please call 435-753-3906 to see if it might still be available.
• self-serve data entry.  When you come in for an exam, you will input into the system your demographics and health history yourself, then it will always be there so you won’t have to re-write the same information for the next visit.
• easy, legible, portable records. Someday you might need your eye exams transferred to another doctor. They won’t be as helpful if the copies ( or handwriting ) aren’t clear and legible. Dr. Chrono makes it easy to fax your clear, legible records after you provide us with a HIPAA-compliant records release.

I appreciate you entrusting me with your eyecare. Feel free to tell your friends and family about us because my goal is to become the trusted eyecare provider of choice for those seeking the best value.
-David Langford, O.D.