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Migraine sufferers turn to surgery

A procedure that is becoming more common uses plastic surgery techniques to offer relief for people who have long suffered debilitating pain

By Jan Brogan

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 09, 2012

An estimated 36 million people, or 10 percent of the US population, suffer from migraine, according to the Migraine Research Foundation, a New York-based national organization that raises money for research and provides informational resources to sufferers. Three times as many women as men are afflicted. A relatively new surgical procedure related to cosmetic plastic surgery is offering relief to some of the severest cases.

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