Do you suffer from photophobia or light sensitivity? Well in this video. I'm gonna
be reviewing glasses from Axon Optics the glasses designed for light
sensitivity and migraine headaches. so let's take a look.
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forget to mention including extra details and specifications about these
glasses so the World Health Organization estimates that over 50% of all people
globally who'll experience headaches and about 30% of those individuals who
experience headaches will also have migraines and of the people who have
migraines almost 90% of those people will experience severe light sensitivity
also known as photophobia which is why I'm so excited to talk about these
migraine glasses from axon optics now these glasses have what's called an FL
41 tint FL 41 tint is actually a type of filter that shifts the light going
through that lenses so that it removes any of the harsh more offensive light
while still letting the good natural light that you want to get into your
eyes through the lenses now these lenses are a little bit different than just
wearing sunglasses because wearing sunglasses indoors when you're really
light sensitive can actually lower your threshold for bright light and then you
adapt to it so that when you take off the sunglasses you're like really
sensitive to even just the normal lights indoors so yeah watch out you don't want
to be wearing your sunglasses indoors too much studies have also shown that
the FL 41 tint not only reduces severity of migraine headaches but also reduces
the frequency of migraines the axon optics company also reports that it
these glasses will help reduce light sensitivity for people with
blepharospasm and suffering from visual snow. I personally find they help the
most with brightness irritation from really
fluorescent lighting stuff that you'd see in like a hospital something at the
office or even at the grocery store so they might actually help you a lot if
you're really sensitive to fluorescent lighting now I actually do experience
migraine headaches myself now I don't get them that frequently again it may be
like three to four times a year and they're certainly not as severe as some
other people who get them like every single day but the type of migraine I
experience includes these kind of flashing lights off to my side and if
you've maybe experienced that you're not really sure if you've ever had what's
called a migraine with aura or maybe an ocular migraine and you want to know
more the difference I do have another video on that and I'll hook that up here
for you in the YouTube card above as well as in the description below if you
want to check that out but otherwise I've actually had experience fitting
these types of lenses before when I was working in the Minneapolis VA during my
residency a lot of my experience at that VA was fitting patients for TBI or
working with TBI traumatic brain injury rehabilitation and a lot of the veterans
at that clinic experienced bad migraine headaches and
so yes we were actually trialing these type of lenses and exon optics actually
work specifically with the VA system and it's really awesome that they're able to
do that now to review the different frames and the lenses and the different
options that axon optics has I'm going to come to start off with the base pair
now this is an indoor lens so this is their indoor lens it does kind of have
like this pinkish rose hue to it which isn't quite the same as like the yellow
lenses that you get with blue light blockers these are a little bit
different but again they do have this subtle little red rose color which I
actually find is pretty nice because it filters out just enough of that harsh
light without really dimming things down so yeah you know you can tell by just
how it looks on me how kind of pink and red it is and if you tell me what you
think in the comments section below like is this something a color that you think
looks good on me is it something that you would be bothered by you know having
this kind of pink rose look on your face I personally think it's kind of cool it
gives kind of a john lennon vibe I know that when I'm wearing these lenses I
don't feel like I have to squint as much I don't get as much digital eye strain
when I'm staring at things like the computer but you know it's even for as
much as I've worn them it's tough to say if it really reduces
the frequency of my migraines because I can only get them a couple of times a
year but I know that I do actually enjoy wearing them just because I don't feel
like all the lights around me are as harsh then X on optics has sunglasses
these are actually outdoor lenses so these are actually kind of cool because
they are darker they're still the same kind of FL 41 kind of that rose-colored
tint now this FL 41 tint for outdoors is excellent because it does help reduce a
lot of that light sensitivity when you're outside in bright lights but I'll
tell you when comparing it to a darker gray standard sunglasses lens I do find
these aren't as dark they're just a step just underneath that they're not quite
just blocking out all of light it's not super dark or anything like that but I
do find that's almost somewhat beneficial especially on a cloudy day
like right now outside the clinic it's kind of a rainy cloudy day and so these
these sunglasses are actually fantastic I think for outdoor use and it does
reduce all kind of that that really bad light sensitivity feeling they also do
have lenses that are available in transitions those are the ones that go
from light indoors and then they turn dark when you go outside and vice versa
and they are available in the same FL 41 tint so they will be the lighter colored
pink indoors and then they're gonna turn more of that darker kind of sunglasses
tint outside now I've never tried their transition lenses but it's something you
certainly couldn't look into there is more information on their web store but
I know it's something that I would actually kind of think about using just
because you're gonna be wearing the glasses indoors and then when you head
outside you really want to switch between two different frames some people
like to do that like I have here but also those transitions are a little bit
more of a convenience as far as the lens material specifically I find they are
really good quality they're made of polycarbonate material these ones don't
have any prescription in them they do have a nice kind of special anti
reflective or anti glare lens that's kind of built in there and so that's an
extra benefit so it does keep them rather clean and clear and reduces a lot
of glare and extra reflections coming off again the computer screen headlights
and other things like that actually that is another benefit that I just
thought of headlights when driving and wearing either the sunglasses or even
the indoor glasses at nighttime headlights seem way less sensitive and
way bright to me so I might actually be wearing these as just driving glasses as
far as frame options now you can purchase different frames of theirs
online through their web store they have a couple of different selections in
general I find they are more of de Geer toward kind of a female look more for
women it's true that women do get migraines more often than men do there
are a couple of different frames that are great for just I think for men and
women's there's a couple unisex frames if you're gonna go with the frame this
is probably my favorite called the Juara these are really just meant for the kind
of a sunglasses for me but you can get them in the clear indoor the lighter
color indoor lenses as well they also have the option to send in your own
frame and they are available in just both both plain old lenses like
non-prescription like these ones and they have them available for
prescription glasses up to a certain point right now at the timing of this
video they do not have contact lenses available however I know they used to
have lenses available and they probably plan on having them again in the future
but certainly again if your contact lens where you're also a migraine sufferer
you can again check out their store look all that information up i've included a
link in the description below now as far as my personal experience wearing these
lenses I do find that they do reduce my personal light sensitivity especially
eyestrain related to looking at the computer screen and the harsh blue
lights coming from there even though these aren't specifically blue light
blockers and when going outside the sunglasses are excellent I actually
enjoy being that they're not super dark also like I've given them to my friends
and they've tried them on and they even like them now again these lenses are not
in my prescription these are just plain ol because I usually am wearing contact
lenses in the future maybe when the contact lenses are available I'll give
those a try and have a review on those now if you're somebody who does
experience photophobia migraine headaches I certainly think these lenses
are gonna help with light sensitivity as far as helping reduce the severity and
frequency of the migraine headaches it's tough to really say the website does
claim outstanding success and has really good reviews about these different
lenses helping people it's tough to say for myself just cuz I don't get some eye
headaches that frequent but it's something that hopefully you try them
out and you have great success with it also check out their website because
they do have extra information and resources about migraine headaches about
light sensitivity about blepharospasm and even visual snow and using these
lenses to help with those conditions so why health question of the day do you
have bad photophobia and light sensitivity maybe you've had a TBI maybe
you've tried these lenses let us know what you think of these different types
of frames and lenses which ones are working for you kind of what was your
experience go ahead and comment in the section below I'd love to hear from you
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