Forgot to mention: By posting about this product, I do not endorse this product, and I just posted to provide info as people have asked about it here before. Also, I am not a salesperson, I do not work in any business that has a connection with this product, and I do not have shares, get any commission, or have any connection at all with this product. I have never used the product.

I like the idea of wearing a crown :)

Actually I would prefer a diamond tiara to a crown with electrodes!!!!!

I have had this product for about two weeks now on the recommendation of my consultant. It is basically a TENS machine that is safe to put on your head.

It is intended for use as a preventative and should be used twice per day for 20 minutes. The theory is that we all have a threshold and if we go over this we get a migraine. Regular use of the device is meant to increase the threshold so it is harder to get a migraine and you have them less often.

It also has a program that can be used when you have a migraine which I have found does work for mild-moderate pain but I am not sure if I would want to try it will a full blown migraine! I have found it useful as I have a lot of migraines and I cant always use medication as I don't want to give myself rebound headaches so I can sometimes get by with just the Cefaly device.

In terms of side effects- the sensation it gives can sometimes be a bit uncomfortable but it gets better the more you use it. I get tingling, itching, numbness and a feeling like someone is pulling my hair! Also I didn't realise at the time but I must have been clenching my Jaw when I was using it and it gave me jaw pain for a few days.

For anyone in the UK, you can buy this device without a prescription for just over 200 pounds. You can also return it for a refund after a trail period if you are not happy with the results.

I think for me it is too soon to decide if it has had an affect, but I am definitely willing to pay the money, especially when I consider how cheap it is compared to the TMS device I had before

Hope this helps

Lorna

Also I forgot to mention that here in the UK you can get a special occipital electrode (Not sure how this works with hair?) for the cefaly, so it might be worth checking back in a while to see if it has become available in the USA.

Lorna, thanks for talking about it. If the occipital electrode comes out for the U.S., it will be something definitely worth trying for me and maybe cutting out the botox. My occipital area is the area where I got the occipital neural blocks for my migraines, then it is where most of the botox is being focused.

Again, thanks so much for sharing and I really appreciate it.

I asked my headache specialist about this device for myself. He said he has written many scripts for it so far, but only for people with episodic migraines. He had very little hope that it would do anything for me at all, so that idea was scrapped.

Thanks for asking.

I'll just wait and see. Maybe in the future, there will be data showing that this device will work for chronic migraines.