Contact Lenses in Bangkok
Jan 23rd, 2003, 10:41 AM
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Contact Lenses in Bangkok
I have read that glasses are cheap in Thailand, but can anyone give me an idea on cost of contact lenses? I wear hard gas permeable ones which cost about £90 per pair here in the UK. I need a new pair, and if they are reasonably priced, I will buy them in Bangkok. Any info or advice would be gratefully appreciated!
Jan 23rd, 2003, 10:48 AM
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I went to Bankok a couple of months ago and can tell you that contact lenses and optometrist stuff is a bargain in BKK. I wear daily disposable lenses and managed to get 15 pairs for 600 baht - much cheaper than back home. Just bring along your prescription or the box of lenses to show them the brand you need - the optometrists are vey well equiped and can also do eye tests etc
Jan 25th, 2003, 07:37 AM
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Louise:<BR>Unlike soft lenses, which are same everywhere, if you get the same brand and parameters, this is NOT the case with gas permeable lenses. Even the big brand names, such as Polycon and Boston may have different production facilities and sending the same set of parameters may not produce the same product, even from the same company. Get your glasses as cheap as you want but remember that , unlike your glasses, your contacts rest directly on your eye and can do some serious and permanent damage if they are not right. You get one pair of eyes.<BR>Dr. Thomas Freddo<BR>Director, Specialty Contact Lens Services, Boston University School of Medicine
Jan 25th, 2003, 09:09 AM
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Thanks for your reply Dr Freddo. I am probably being a bit dim here, but do I take your response to mean that I should definitely not buy my contacts in Bangkok using my UK prescription, or should I go to a reputable optician in Bangkok and get them to do a sight test and make the lenses too?
