CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio — June is National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month.

“I was taking a lot of time off work for headaches and migraines and it just got to be so overwhelming,” said Pataskala resident Skylar Corum who suffers from migraines. 

Two years ago, Corum sought the help of Facebar owner and Certified Aesthetic Injector Susan Whitt, after she was experiencing all the familiar signs of migraine sufferers. 

“I felt the like band of pain around my head, light sensitivity, I would vomit sometimes too from just the pain being so bad,” Corum said. 

The American Migraine Foundation says the illness is three times more common in women and could affect 30% of women over a lifetime. 

Whitt says while there is no cure for migraines, Botox has been the standard for the last two decades. 

“This is not systemic. We’re putting it into a muscle. It’s not going through her system,” Whitt said. “Therefore it is where we put it, so there aren’t any interactions.”

Whitt says, in her experience, the pandemic has led to an increase in migraine cases. 

“We’ll see people who never had migraines before,” said Whitt. “They get Covid, they have these horrendous headaches that last and last, sometimes weeks, sometimes months.”

Corum says her injections provide 12 weeks of pain relief, and the office checks back virtually to see how a patient is doing after six weeks. 

And while some patients may rely on everyday medication for migraines, Corum is hopeful one day she’ll see a long-term solution to what could be a debilitating illness. 

“Yes, I think that’s coming for sure. But I think this is a really good alternative to treatment right now,” said Corum. 

The Facebar has three locations across central Ohio. 

Most insurance companies cover Botox treatments for migraine patients. 

For more information, visit the American Migraine Foundation.