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I have tried more than a few migraine glasses to help with the aggressive photophobia of chronic migraine disease (and photophobia from fibromyalgia, actually). All of the FL-41 tints. Various brands and one from my local optometrist. Some were better ‘styles’ to wear in the workplace. None of them was strong enough to wear outside. Most sold separate outdoor pairs.
Avulux are not fL-41 tinted lenses. They do block blue light, though. They do that and more.
Avulux glasses for migraine do block blue light like FL-41 lenses. In fact, they block more blue light and they also block more problematic light in the spectrum while letting in the soothing green light. Some of the research done demonstrated that “white, blue, amber, and red light increased the subjects’ headache pain intensity, while green light was actually shown to reduce pain intensity” (Avulux) All the light in the spectrum that is aggravating to us is blocked, and the light that soothes us is let in.
I need to draw a distinction between FL-41 glasses and Avulux glasses because wearing them is a profoundly different experience. I loved my FL-41 specs. Any reduction in light sensitivity, and you would too. Then you try the Avulux glasses and your mind is just blown. The comparison between the two is just that different.
One thing I should note is the lack of colour distortion with the Avulux glasses. I sort of got used to the FL-41 colour distortion, but there were times when I was creating image content for my site or art where it was problematic. So having no colour distortion is a massive benefit to me.
UPDATE 4 years later, 2026
I still use my Avalux spectacles, but I need a new pair. I scratched my filter, but the glasses themselves are fine. In fact, I love that about the pair I got. I can just update the glasses with a new prescription, and I still just have the filter on top. I still have chronic migraine- more vestibular these days. I do have less photophobia most of the time. And that is primarily due to wearing these glasses for so long and continuously that it reduced my migraine light sensitivity between attacks and, to some extent, during attacks. Because I really did have severe, constant photophobia. I lived in the dark. I loathed the daylight and outdoors. So reducing that and being able to have light around me and go out during the day, has been a significant improvement for me.
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My experience with the Avulux glasses
In regards to photophobia
It is clear to me these are extremely effective for photophobia. The main test for me is that I had no issues wearing them. No pain or discomfort. But the Real test was wearing them outside. With FL-41 glasses, there are indoor pairs and outdoor pairs. I could never wear my indoor pairs outdoors. They just were not strong enough. And I couldn’t afford another pair specifically for outside. With Avulux glasses, that isn’t necessary. I thought that was intimidating. I am so photosensitive from chronic migraine and fibromyalgia both.
But there I went, strolling out into a bright sunny day, and no discomfort. Frankly, I was astonished. I wasn’t bothered by it at all. It didn’t trigger a migraine. I felt totally fine. I went outside with a migraine (about a 6 in intensity) and didn’t scream and run back inside, and it didn’t get worse. This was the more amazing thing to me. I wear them instead of my sunglasses. And they do have a slight tint to them, which is soothing to me.
But yes, I also am a writer and a blogger and use the computer a lot. So it also is very effective in reducing pain and discomfort from that. As well as triggering migraine attacks from computer use. I also let a lot more light into the house with no issues, which is pleasant. Prolonged use of the glasses has reduced my overall light sensitivity.
(I no longer need it dark; I prefer soft, indirect light around me at all times still. But I have light around me. And no blackout curtains. As of this year 2026)
So definitely it is managing all my photophobia in a superior fashion. And I have photophobia between migraine attacks, so that is impressive to me.
Migraine treatment
At first, I didn’t notice this because, my goodness, the weather this winter has been nuts with the barometric changes. I also have not been sleeping well. But then, as I wore these every single day, I noticed they seemed to tame my migraine attacks at times. But with profound insomnia and other triggers, this is one tool of many.
For chronic migraine management, I wear them from the moment I get up to when I go to bed and that is how I find the most benefit. Light is a massive migraine trigger and a massive migraine aggravator. Light can and will trigger a migraine. But it will also make an attack worse and worse when you have it so that we cannot function. If you eliminate painful light you can sometimes really manage the pain level.
I particularly liked that these were beneficial for work. They look fine. I can take off the filter if I want to. With a migraine, I can put it back on. Or wear it all the time, as is typical for me. I did get compliments on them.
Migraine prevention
Maybe it won’t if you don’t know me, but if you know I get migraine attacks every single day, this will blow your mind. I had a 4-day streak of no migraine attacks AT ALL. And it was flummoxed. Because I hadn’t done anything differently. No new meds, no nothing. Other than wearing Avulux spectacles every day. It was so weird, and wild, and awesome. And I don’t recall a streak of days in a row like that since I became chronic and daily. We are talking decades. Decades, man.
It is like I was on the cusp of a migraine. Like a precursor mild headache, but I just didn’t get an actual migraine. So I think I just caught the attack in time, or something, and held it off all day. So strange and wonderful. And then my streak was broken by hormonal migraines.
I will have to see if they prevent attacks. Or if it is literally light itself being such a trigger for me that these are that beneficial, especially at work and outdoors.
Acute attacks
What I have noticed on my pain scale tracking with Avulux is that when I do get migraine attacks:
- My intensity has been going down for a good part of the day for about 85% of attacks. Some days I range in the 5-6 pain area without medication and that is not my normal range without medication. I usually run in the pain range of 7-9 at all the times unless, I use medication to reduce it.
- Some days, only a part of my day remains in the 7-9 pain range- it feel like the migraine is dampened. So the pain peaks, but the rest of the day, again drops, into a lower pain range.
Conclusion
I am quite impressed by Avulux overall. So much so, this is going to be a permanent fixture in my life from now on. Just functionality-wise, it is really quite amazing how much more time it gives you in that functional level of pain (tolerable level). I can only imagine how much better it would be for someone who,
- a) Actually responds to their preventative medication (unlike me) and
- b) Doesn’t have a migraine every single day.
I do get severe migraine attacks, don’t get me wrong, as I do have layered triggers. But these spectacles are eliminating one massive trigger and aggravation that is normally really affecting my pain chart for the month.
During this test period, I only used the glasses and my medication. No other alternative treatments that would affect my pain chart.
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Chronically Nikki 
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