Tricks to eliminating pressure marks on face?

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SleepingUgly
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Tricks to eliminating pressure marks on face?

Post by SleepingUgly » Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:09 pm

So I am pretty happy with the ACE self-adhering strapping around the mouth technique. However, especially if I sleep on my stomach, it can leave a cross-hatch pattern across my face that is pretty noticeable for awhile in my apparently not-so-elastic-anymore skin. I had this problem with masks and chin straps, etc., so this is nothing specific to the ACE.

Anyone come up with a way to get rid of these faster? (Cold? Hot? Massage? Cucumbers? ... )
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Re: Tricks to eliminating pressure marks on face?

Post by Muse-Inc » Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:28 pm

A layer of thick microfleece between whatever and my skin helps reduce the imprint or spread it out so it's less noticeable.

Rubbing the skin that's got the imprint (in morning shower when washing face and neck) seems to make the imprint go away faster...at least with my skin YRMV.
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Re: Tricks to eliminating pressure marks on face?

Post by lars4life » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:15 pm

Oh, this is soo easy! I started at bipap pressure of 25/21 (max pressure). I gave up on all masks, they all leaked and left
large marks and redness. I switched to Swift FX Nasal Pillows and have never looked back. They are sweet. Never leak
even with high pressures, and work like a dream.