Avulux Lenses for Migraine Relief
If bright light, fluorescent lighting, or screen glare seems to bring on your headaches, you may be dealing with light-triggered migraine. At Dr. Gottlieb Optometry in Lakewood, California, our optometrists offer Avulux lenses, a clinically studied lens technology designed to reduce light sensitivity and ease the impact of migraine. Call our office or schedule online to find out if Avulux is right for you.
What are Avulux lenses?
Avulux is a precision-engineered lens filter developed from more than a decade of research into how light affects the migraine brain. Unlike standard tinted or blue-light lenses, Avulux uses a multi-band optical filter that targets several wavelengths at once rather than just one.
How do Avulux lenses work?
Researchers have found that certain colors of light — blue, amber, and red — are more likely to intensify migraine pain and light sensitivity, while a specific band of green light can actually have a calming effect. Avulux lenses are built around this discovery:
- They filter out the majority of the blue, amber, and red light known to trigger discomfort
- They allow soothing green wavelengths to pass through normally
- They’re designed to do this without distorting how you perceive color, so the world doesn’t look tinted or artificial
Because the lenses work indoors and outdoors, patients can wear the same pair whether they’re under office fluorescents, staring at a screen, or out in daylight.
Am I a good candidate for Avulux lenses?
Avulux is intended for people age 12 and older who experience episodic migraine and notice that light — sunlight, fluorescent lighting, computer screens, or glare — makes their symptoms worse. During your visit, your optometrist will review your migraine and light-sensitivity history, perform a comprehensive eye exam, and help determine whether Avulux lenses are an appropriate addition to your migraine management plan.
Avulux lenses are a general wellness aid, not a substitute for medical treatment of migraine disease. Patients being treated by a neurologist or headache specialist should continue that care alongside using Avulux.
How are Avulux lenses different from FL-41 or blue light glasses?
Patients often ask how Avulux compares to older options:
- FL-41 tinted lenses were originally developed for sensitivity to fluorescent lighting. They only filter a narrow slice of blue-toned light and don’t address the amber and red wavelengths also linked to migraine pain.
- Standard blue light glasses reduce blue light exposure from screens but were never designed with migraine light sensitivity in mind, and don’t preserve the calming green light Avulux is built to let through.
- Avulux lenses were purpose-built for migraine light sensitivity, filtering multiple problem wavelengths at once while keeping color perception accurate — and they’ve been evaluated in an independent, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
What should I expect at my appointment?
Your optometrist will discuss your symptoms and triggers, let you try Avulux lenses in-office, and go over frame options that work with your prescription or as non-prescription wear. Many patients notice a difference in comfort right away in bright or fluorescent-lit environments.
If light sends your migraines into overdrive, you don’t have to just live with it. Schedule a visit with Dr. Gottlieb Optometry today, by phone or online, to see if Avulux lenses can help.
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