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Re: Desperation Mounting !! FF mask does not help.


Posted by Perry on April 08, 2000 at 18:59:13:

In Reply to: Desperation Mounting !! FF mask does not help. posted by Don Bradley (seattle) on April 08, 2000 at 17:48:50:

Don:

I offer this as a temp fix to try and I admit up front that it ain't the cheepest thing to do. I did this every night for my first 2 months.

Call around and find the local "medical supply" drugstore in the area -- the product you are looking for is "DuoDerm" (a medical foam dressing tape) and make sure that the drugstore will sell it by the indiviual patch. A 4" x 4" patch is going to set you back about $6.50. Buy two of them to experiment with.

The with a sizzors cut the first one diagonally into an about 1.75" wide strip. Wash your face to get the oils off; peal and stick over your nose with the peak high up and the tails angled down your cheeks where the mask seals (you can cut out eye groves if necessary and you can pull off once and restick). Now put your mask on and readjust the straps and try that.

If that stops the eye leaks and mask moving up then play with the other patch the next night. I was able to cut a patch into thirds; thus getting 3 uses out of a patch. Also, a sharp sizzors helps because you can trim the edge at an angle where the mask transitions from your face to the DouDerm, thus stopping that leak.

Please let me know if this works and then I can offer other advice.

Perry


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