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Neurolens
For the symptoms most eye tests miss.
Prescription lenses that ease digital eye strain, tension headaches, and the kind of fatigue most people blame on screen time alone.
If you finish a day at the screen with a headache, sore neck, or eyes that feel done, the cause might not be screen time itself.
It might be a small misalignment in how your eyes work together to focus — the kind of thing standard eye tests don't always catch, but that builds up over hours of close work. Neurolens is a prescription lens designed to correct that misalignment, gently. For most people who try it, it's the kind of relief they didn't realise was possible from a pair of glasses.
What is Neurolens?
Neurolens is a prescription lens that incorporates contoured prisms — small, precisely-tuned corrections built into the lens that adjust how light reaches each eye. It's designed to address a specific kind of subtle eye misalignment that builds up under sustained near work — long sessions on screens, at the desk, or behind a phone.
When the eyes have to work harder than they should to maintain focus and alignment, the strain doesn't stay in the eyes alone. The trigeminal nerve — which carries sensory input from the eyes, face, and jaw — becomes overstimulated, and the result shows up as headaches, neck and shoulder tension, dry-eye-feeling fatigue, and trouble concentrating. Neurolens reduces that workload at the source.
The lenses themselves look like ordinary prescription glasses, and they can carry your full distance, intermediate, and reading prescription — including progressive designs.
Could this be you?
People who benefit from Neurolens often describe a familiar set of symptoms:
- Headaches that build through the day, especially after screen time
- Neck or shoulder tension that seems to come from nowhere
- Eyes that feel tired, sore, or "done" by mid-afternoon
- Difficulty concentrating on screens or reading
- Dry-eye-feeling fatigue that doesn't fully resolve with drops
- Light sensitivity, especially after long focused work
Motion sickness, or discomfort in busy visual environments
If two or three of those sound familiar — and especially if you spend long hours on screens — Neurolens is worth a conversation.
A note on what Neurolens is not. It corrects misalignment-driven symptoms; it doesn't treat migraine, conditions unrelated to the eye-tracking system, or refractive error on its own. We'll know within the first measurement whether it's the right tool for what you're experiencing.
How it Works
The first step is a measurement. We use a Neurolens-specific test to identify whether you have eye misalignment, and if so, by how much. If misalignment is present, the result is a personalised prism prescription tailored to your eyes.
Worn day-to-day, the lenses reduce the muscular work your eyes are doing to stay aligned and focused — and the downstream symptoms that come with that workload tend to settle. Most people who try Neurolens notice a difference within a couple of weeks. Some notice it the first day. In Neurolens's published clinical research, more than 80% of patients report headache relief.1
If the measurement shows no misalignment, we'll tell you that too — and look at what else might be driving the symptoms.
1. Krall J, Nelson C, Calvard M. A New Treatment for Refractory Chronic Daily Headache. Cited in Neurolens consumer materials (MKT-9145).
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Have Questions about Neurolens?
Neurolens addresses symptoms tied to subtle eye misalignment under sustained near work — most commonly chronic headaches, neck and shoulder tension, eye fatigue, and difficulty concentrating on screens. It's a corrective approach, not a treatment for unrelated conditions like migraine or general dry eye, but it can quiet symptoms that haven't responded well to anything else.
Neurolens lenses are a premium prescription option. The total cost depends on the frame and lens material chosen alongside the prism prescription itself. We can quote specifics during a consultation.
Yes. Neurolens lenses can carry your full distance, intermediate, and reading prescription, including progressive designs. The prism correction sits within that, not in place of it. They become your everyday glasses.
Most people notice a meaningful reduction in symptoms within two to four weeks. Some feel it the first day; for others the eyes need a little time to settle into the new alignment. If you don't feel a difference at all, we'll look at the prescription and adjust.
MSI doesn't cover prescription eyewear of any kind, including Neurolens. Some private benefits plans cover the lens portion as a prescription glasses claim — worth checking your specific plan.
