Stomach Sleeper Mask Options

[HappySailor]

And another stomach sleeper here.

I use the F&P Opus. I've tried several of the masks that people mentioned in this thread, but none of them worked for me. Especially when there was a tube going along the cheek I was trying to sleep on.

To prevent damage to my nostrils I use a little petroleum jelly every evening. It makes a mess on the mask nose pillows, but I can wash that off in the morning.

To keep the exhaust holes open, I use a small self-made pillow. About 20 * 25 * 2 cm (8 * 10 * 7/8 inch) It is a square with rounded corners. A round pillow won't work because your head will roll off. With this pillow I can lay on my stomach and turn my head from side to side.

Good luck,

Charan

[robbob2112]

Cps22 - the f&p Evora is like the n30i except they have a large size.. the n30 squeezed my nose at medium and the wide was massively leaky.

Happysailor - petroleum jelly is about the worst thing for mucus membranes like the nose.   The product below is a thousand times better


https://www.amazon.com/Aquegel-Nasal-Moi...19&sr=8-17

[HappySailor]

Hello Robbob,

Thanks for the heads-up on petroleum jelly.

I've looked at Aquegel. The second ingredient is Plasticized Base. This is made from mineral oil, so I don't see the difference from petroleum jelly.

Aquegel is not available where I live.

However, I will be looking into alternatives .

Cheers,

Charan

[robbob2112]

Just look for a product intended to be used in the nose with supplemental oxygen. 

I've had several people complain about bloody nose, skin irritation from the cannula, or just plain dry sinuses. 

The aquagel usually cleared us the problem in a day or two.