"For Her" full face mask for petite woman?

Hi all,

I'm trying to find a full face mask for a female relative that's quite petite and keeps mouth breathing with a nasal mask.

She has tried a few of the regular full-face masks in the smallest size they come, and they all bleed over into her eyes so won't work for her.

I'm thinking she either needs something that just goes under the nose like the dreamwear full face or something in the ResMed "For Her" line which may be more narrow on the nose, but I'm not sure since no one locally has one. I'm thinking of trying the "AirTouch F20 For Her" which is well reviewed on cpap mask sales sites.

I plan to just order her one online to be done with it but thought some other women could chime in with some advice. Right now she's driving herself crazy with a neck brace and taping her mouth and as a new user, she's fighting me to continue using CPAP at all...

As a small petite woman myself....if I was to have to use a full face mask it would be the DreamWear full face mask.
I have used it and it is in my stash for use if at some point I simply can't use my preferred nasal pillow mask.
It's the best of the full face masks IMHO for a small petite person (to give you an idea how small..still wear a size 4 wedding ring)..4 ft 11 inch with small bones and small face and head.
When it was released last spring I tried it for a week just to see how it would work. I slept decently with it and minimal leaking. Fairly comfortable.

Oh that's good to know. My hubby has a DW full face but he had many leak issues and finally mostly solved that with a pad-a-cheek. He still prefers to use a nasal mask though with mouth tape as it seems to get his AHI lower, not sure why.

I will suggest that to her since the local DME most likely has that one and she can give it a try. Appreciate the info!

Sleepygal1 wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 21, 2018 8:53 am

Oh that's good to know. My hubby has a DW full face but he had many leak issues and finally mostly solved that with a pad-a-cheek. He still prefers to use a nasal mask though with mouth tape as it seems to get his AHI lower, not sure why.

I will suggest that to her since the local DME most likely has that one and she can give it a try. Appreciate the info!

Do not forget to invite her here too.

prodigyplace wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 21, 2018 9:24 am

Sleepygal1 wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 21, 2018 8:53 am

Oh that's good to know. My hubby has a DW full face but he had many leak issues and finally mostly solved that with a pad-a-cheek. He still prefers to use a nasal mask though with mouth tape as it seems to get his AHI lower, not sure why.

I will suggest that to her since the local DME most likely has that one and she can give it a try. Appreciate the info!

Do not forget to invite her here too.

I will do that but right now she's getting about 2-3hours a night of sleep and wants nothing to do with her machine. I am trying to talk her off the ledge daily. Keep in mind this is from a woman who normally gets 4 hours of unrestful sleep for the last 30 years of her life (and says she doesn't feel tired normally! If anything she claims to be hyperactive!)

I do my best to tell her it takes a few weeks to get used to things and am the more tech savvy person who can use Sleepyhead for her, etc. So I just deal with her issues right now.