Top-brand products for less, expert advice, professional exams and valuable savings, make proper vision care easy and affordable at Walmart. There are Walmart Vision Centers in over 2,000 stores nationwide, most of which have Independent, Licensed Optometrists working in or near the store, to provide you the eye care you need.

What is an Optometrist?

Optometrists are doctors of optometry (ODs) who are eye health care professionals state-licensed to examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries, and disorders of the visual system, the eye, as well as diagnose related systemic conditions affecting the eye.

• Optometrists can prescribe medications, vision rehabilitation and therapy, eye glasses, contact lenses, and perform certain surgeries.
• Optometrists can also offer counsel regarding surgical and non-surgical options that meet their patient's visual needs related to their occupations, hobbies, and lifestyle.
• An optometrist has completed pre-professional undergraduate education in a college or university and four years of professional education at a college of optometry, achieving the doctor of optometry (O.D.) degree.

To schedule an exam with an Independent Optometrist, visit a Walmart Vision Center.

Seeing an Eye Care Professional

Many people put vision care at the top of their list and say that sight is their most important sense. But, a lot of people have never had an eye exam. If you've never had an exam, or it has been a long time, the information below will give you an idea of what to expect.

Your eye doctor will perform a number of tests on the internal and external parts of your eyes using several different medical instruments. The purpose is to examine the retina, optic nerve, muscles, cornea, blood vessels, pupils, lens, iris, conjunctiva, eyelids and eyelashes.

At the end of the exam, your eye doctor will make a final diagnosis and determine the treatment plan, if needed. The diagnosis will include the status of your vision and any eye health problems. It will then be determined whether you need any type of corrective eyewear, like eyeglasses.

Questions about eye conditions, vision care and eye health? Visit your local Walmart Vision Center.

Walmart thanks our partner, The Vision Council and their report, Making the Grade? for the content of this page.

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*Valid only at Walmart Vision Center. Professional eye exam not included. Valid eye doctor prescription required. Guarantee is for eyeglasses returned within 12 months of purchase from a Walmart Vision Center. Returned glasses will be replaced by glasses of comparable value. You must bring the broken eyeglasses back to a Walmart Vision Center to be eligible for warranty replacement.