Your prescription explained
Your prescription contains information about your eyes that is required to make the right lenses for you. This page should help you ensure that you've got everything you need before placing an order with us.
Commonly asked prescription questions
Common layouts of prescriptions
Here are some common prescription layouts that you might see. For each version, we have included how it should look when entering it on our website.
Less common prescription figures
Below are some examples of more unusual cases you may encounter, along with instructions for what to do if these ever apply to you.
If you need a prism for one or both eyes, it will look similar to this:
We can provide lenses with a prism correction, but you’ll need to contact us to discuss this.
Sometimes figures like this appear on your prescription. These are not needed to make your lenses:
Some prescriptions have this figure, which looks like a sideways 8. This means ‘infinity’. And you should select ‘infinity’ from the list:
This prescription has some figures scrawled underneath - these are additions for both intermediate and near distances. Even though it’s a single figure, it applies to both eyes:
To enter this, you’ll need to use the “My prescription doesn't look like this” link to show the more advanced prescription area.
Sometimes opticians write ‘DS’ in the CYL column. This simply means there is no astigmatism, and you can enter either nothing (leave the field blank) or select the phrase DS in the drop-down:
