Whether or not the National Capital Region’s lockdown will be downgraded to general community quarantine (GCQ) come May 15 is still being deliberated. One of the provisions of GCQ is the partial opening of commercial spaces like malls, with only essential, non-leisure stores like hardware (the only specific business specified) allowed to open.
[READ: “Bukas na ba?” A list of services and sectors allowed under GCQ]
Other healthcare facilities like dental and eye, ear, nose and throat (EENT) clinics will likewise be open to serve the public.
Meanwhile, while the easing of the lockdown is being decided, other quasi-essential (yes, we’re making that a thing) services are taking to the internet to provide much-needed services. (Remember the dentist answering ECQ dental emergencies through his TikTok?) These include opticals, which often requires a trip outside for consultations and eyeglass fitting.
Accidents happen all the time and often it involves a missing pair of eyeglasses or contact lenses—not to mention running out of contacts solution, which by the way is bound to happen since shops abruptly closed when quarantine was imposed.
It’s a good thing some optical shops remain open—at least for delivery and online consultations—to cater to our eye care needs, whether it’s contact lenses or eye solution refills or even prescription glasses.
Ideal Vision
Apart from a website where customers can shop, Ideal Vision also has a Facebook shopping page where prescription contacts, solution and eyewear are listed with prices. Shopping through their website will require you to register first. Once that is done and the item is paid for through bank transfer, PayPal or credit card, they can deliver your order.
Delivery coverage as of writing is Quezon City, Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Manila, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, San Juan, Taguig, Valenzuela, as well as the municipality of Pateros.
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Magno Optical
For your contact lens needs, Magno Optical is just a Facebook message away. They have a variety of contacts from prescription to one-day kind and even UV-blocking variants. For delivery details and payment, just find them on Messenger.
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Owndays
One of the newer players in the local optical market and a fixture in malls, Owndays is known for its minimalist and modern eyewear silhouettes. But since its branches are not opening any time soon, you can order prescription glasses through their website. There’s a 10 percent discount for every purchase. Delivery is free but limited to Metro Manila and payment can be made through credit card only.
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George Optical
Apart from essential eye care products like contact lenses and temporary reading glasses available through their website, George Optical offers free online consultation with a licensed optometrist. You can ask eye health-related concerns via phone call. Just send them your contact details through their Facebook page.
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Vision Express
For immediate eye concerns, Vision Express’s mobile hotline is open 12 hours a week. That’s on top of free one-on-one online consultations with their in-house optometrist and an online shop not just for contacts and solution but also eye medicine.
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LS Pascual Optical
Through its Facebook page, LS Pascual Optical offers a range of eyewear and eyecare products from contact lenses to solutions and disposable reading glasses for delivery. You can reach them through Messenger to have a product you need delivered within Metro Manila via Lalamove after paying through online bank transfer or GCash.
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Eye Republic
Most of the items available on Eye Republic’s website are discounted and available for delivery. These include a range of contact lenses and solution, as well as a full-face protection visor. You can also schedule an appointment with their doctors through their website.
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Sunnies Specs Optical
The team behind the multi-label lifestyle brand Sunnies will be making its Specs Optical customizable eyewear designs available for delivery through their website starting May 15. You can choose your frame and prescription lenses and have it delivered and paid via cash on delivery (among other payment options) as well as book virtual consultations with their eye doctors.
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