First time contact lens user
hi all, so far have been reading through this thread. noticed warhunter always say to get proper eye examination and checking first before get contact lens, so my experience is went to an optical shop, asked for contact lens but was recommended permanent lenses as my astig is too high (400+) however as i was a first time user, not sure if able to commit to long term, want to try it out first. so was given the choice to try a contact lens with astig 275 max in singapore. not sure if the person is optometrist or not, what he did was check my current eye glasses degree, then check my eye degree with this machine that shows a house. after that went inside a room and he used some prototype glasses to fit on different lens and ask me to read certain alphabets. after that he say come back in a few days to collect as he had to order. he said after lens come, will need to come back for contact lens consultation, check eye health, with someone else. which is not by him (the person who took my order for the contact lens).
so my question is, did the shop give a proper eye check? any procedures lacking that i should request when going over to collect my contact lens? so he is not an optometrist, probably optician since he cannot check my eye health for me on the actual day? long post guys. but thankyou in advance for reading such a long post. since i have heard about stuff that could even blind the eye with wrong contact lenses not suitable for eye. so therefore i would want to be very "safe" and kiasu on my first try. thank you all!
Monthly or daily one is fine but would prefer monthly ones.
