RE: Nasal pillow nose sores and lanolin
I've sometimes used a little petroleum jelly (only because the person who gives me allergy injections said a doc suggested that to her for a shared issue), sometimes OTC cortisone cream, and AYR nasal saline gel, when I was trying to figure out why I was getting crusty (skin) on the inside. Now I think it's the nasal spray I sometimes have to use, or the combination of that and the air, since it's not like that when I don't need the spray.
I've had times where the mask really made the inside lower part of my nose itch, to the point where I kind of scratched it a little raw while awake enough to do that. I wonder if lanolin would help with that.
11-30-2024, 08:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-30-2024, 08:03 AM by FLcracker.)
RE: Nasal pillow nose sores and lanolin
Just conferred with my 'patient' about this, and she said she just uses a little 'chap-stick', applied first to a finger, then transferred to any sore area of the nostrils. She says she seldom has to do it, but now and then when a little sore area starts to form, she hits it with the chap stick material, and the soreness goes right away. She's 10 years+ into Cpap using pillows and 100% compliant, so I offer this as a possible alternative.
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RE: Nasal pillow nose sores and lanolin
(11-29-2024, 05:02 PM)radarrab Wrote: I wonder if lanolin would help with that.
Probably. Definitely worth a try. When I was using nasal pillows I loved the stuff.
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RE: Nasal pillow nose sores and lanolin
Helped me and also made the nasal cradle and pillows seal better.
However, i did buy (amazon) a generic jar of the stuff. While it’s pure. It has a decidedly industrial smell to it. Not so much that i wouldn’t use it. But one might defer to something for nursing moms.
RE: Nasal pillow nose sores and lanolin
Get the Lanisoh Nipple Cream. It's in the baby dept. at loads of stores including Walmart, Target, and Amazon, probably grocery stores too.
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Mask: Bleep DreamPort Sleep Solution
RE: Nasal pillow nose sores and lanolin
I'm confused. I use a hybrid (nasal/mouth) mask. I make an effort to get all oil off it and y'all are saying that lanolin will cause a nasal mask to seal better? Lanolin is a greasy waxy substance produced by sheep. I have read many times that to get the silicone to seal to the skin both have to be free of oil. Why am I concerned about thin light oil produced by human skin if something as oily as lanolin will make a mask seal better?
I only give suggestions from experience as a fellow CPAP user, not professional advice.
RE: Nasal pillow nose sores and lanolin
It's used to prevent soreness some people get from nasal pillows masks, not to help a full face mask adhere to the skin.
Machine: ResMed AirCurve 10 Vauto
Mask: Bleep DreamPort Sleep Solution
RE: Nasal pillow nose sores and lanolin
(12-01-2024, 01:17 PM)ejbpesca Wrote: I'm confused. I use a hybrid (nasal/mouth) mask. I make an effort to get all oil off it and y'all are saying that lanolin will cause a nasal mask to seal better?
A nasal pillows mask, yes. But the purpose is not to seal, it's to relieve soreness.
Quote:Lanolin is a greasy waxy substance produced by sheep. I have read many times that to get the silicone to seal to the skin both have to be free of oil.
Yes, to get a good seal against the skin, that's very true. But here we're talking about a seal against the tissue inside the nose. I'm not a biologist, but I don't think the tissue that lines the inside of your nose is skin. Anyway, it doesn't matter if it is, because that tissue is already lubricated by natural secretions.
Quote:Why am I concerned about thin light oil produced by human skin if something as oily as lanolin will make a mask seal better?
I now use a full face mask and I have to wash the face oils off it every morning so I can get a good seal. Otherwise I get noisy leaks that generate complaints from my partner. When I was a newbie I would sometimes have to use a wipe to clean it in the middle of the night. I think the excess oil production was caused by anxiety.
But when I wore a nasal pillows mask I found it to be more comfortable with lanolin, and it seemed to me I was getting a better seal. It certainly never had noisy leaks with or without the lanolin.
Sleepster
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RE: Nasal pillow nose sores and lanolin
(12-01-2024, 01:17 PM)ejbpesca Wrote: I'm confused. I use a hybrid (nasal/mouth) mask. I make an effort to get all oil off it and y'all are saying that lanolin will cause a nasal mask to seal better? Lanolin is a greasy waxy substance produced by sheep. I have read many times that to get the silicone to seal to the skin both have to be free of oil. Why am I concerned about thin light oil produced by human skin if something as oily as lanolin will make a mask seal better?
What I found was that when I applied lanolin to my nasal cradle and nasal pillows. The next morning it was quite sticky. thus keeping those two holes centered on my nostrils and also providing a barrier to wind erosion/dryness on my nose.
