first few nights of F40 and felt lit this is the one I was waiting for all my life
but hen issues started to happen, after maybe 405 hrs of adjusting, i was able to get comfrotable enough nto to get the pain toward my nose neither too much pressure behind my neck.
yes a 1 inch change MADE a difference.
then leaks started, alwsy around the edge of my right nostril.
i am side sleeper, and was the mask with mild babay shampo daily, ia lso use buckwheat pillow to adjust it.
i tried putting another pillow on my left side ( when i sleeep on right side) to kind of sandwich my head to stop leaks, my nose gets oily and i think mask looses friction hold becasue of that.
i got a liner from pad a cheek, and leaks were from everywhere, i think bc cushion is silicone the liner, can not stay (ironed), cushion is designed to "stick" to your face, so liner made it worse, 6 hrs trying at night to sleep more than 30mns worse.
i am trying to use a deodorant on my nose now, yes a natural deodorant that can stop the oilliness, it did stop the oiliness, leaks are less, but now cushion is not "stickig" as goog as it was bc the thin fil the dodorant does.
I can not use a nasal mask or pilow mask ( iw ish) bc tongue surgery, air keeps entering my mouth and puffing my cheeks and waking me up even my mouth is taped ( my lips drop as soosn as i fall asleep).
so i have been "trying" to sleep for the past 5-6 years with the machine, and it has been hell for me.
F40 eliminates the cheeckbone pain from the plastic in other hybrid masks, but i still can't keep it on my face long enough.
i read the comments here and the original post, and yes everyone is different, i tried the SW cushion and it was too "close" to my nose, although the bottom fits right, the bottom needs to fit righ on the bottom edge of my lip not to leak fro mthe bottom. I tried cutting the middle plastic piece between the two nostrils holes, but still the width of the mask is wider than the medium, again most of my leaks are from the right edge of my nostril so it did not work.
with the mdium mask i push the bottom up to the bottom lip, and place the top of the cushio right under my nose, it stays in place, no leaks, i fall asleep, then either the oilliness or the cushion or the straps "relax" , i tried a new cushion wit hthe "deodorant", still had enough leaks to distrub me from getting any rest.
whiel asleep tightening the bottom straps seem to stop the right nostril leak momentarely, but then leaks return with vengence, so i have to keep the top straps in the original adjusted position ( the one that took 5 hrs to adjust).
i'm really out of tricks.. hope someome can sugggest somthing here