Mask Fitting at CPAP.com

During the sleep study, the tech came out with 3 types of masks for me - nasal pillow, full face, and nose mask. I briefly tried all of them but after being new to this for only one week, I now find it comical that they didn't spend more time with me on mask fitting/selection. I ended up with Optilife Nasal Pillow. It seems to work ok but it kills my nose, or more specifically, the area just below my nose. I ordered a Ultra Mirage FFM to try. It killed my cheeks and I couldn't get it to stop leaking. I liked it better than the nasal pillows though. Luckily I bought return insurance but I can't keep spending that kind of money to sample new masks. I not too interested in roulette.

To my question - How accurate is the CPAP.COM face mask measurement system. I did it and then printed all all of the masks that would fit me. I was surprised that not a single nasal mask was on the list. Should I keep on looking? Thanks.

Pirateghost wrote:During the sleep study, the tech came out with 3 types of masks for me - nasal pillow, full face, and nose mask. I briefly tried all of them but after being new to this for only one week, I now find it comical that they didn't spend more time with me on mask fitting/selection. I ended up with Optilife Nasal Pillow. It seems to work ok but it kills my nose, or more specifically, the area just below my nose. I ordered a Ultra Mirage FFM to try. It killed my cheeks and I couldn't get it to stop leaking. I liked it better than the nasal pillows though. Luckily I bought return insurance but I can't keep spending that kind of money to sample new masks. I not too interested in roulette.

To my question - How accurate is the CPAP.COM face mask measurement system. I did it and then printed all all of the masks that would fit me. I was surprised that not a single nasal mask was on the list. Should I keep on looking? Thanks.

Sounds to me like you had it WAY too tight.

The sizing chart worked for me (2 years ago) when selecting the UMFF. My measurement came out halfway between the Medium and Large. I selected the Large and was glad I did.
I have never tried ANY nasal masks.

Den

Not a single nasal mask worked for me either!

Pirate, I think CPap.com has 'mask insurance' or soemthing like that- I believe you can try a mask for 30 days, and if it doesn't work out, or is wrong size or something, I think you can exchange it- but I'm not totally sure- make sure you read the site over well- they seem like a reaally decent company- they even have a place where you can ask quesitons I beleive

I use the Ultra myself- it's a pretty good mask, but really hurts the bridge of my nose- but when it begins to hurt, I simply move mask up or down a slight bit, and that is sufficient to relieve hte pain- After time, it hurts less- There seems to be a fien line between too loose, and too tight- not much room for margin of error- but I have had pretty good luck with it other than the nose pain and leaking when I move my head too much- One thing a tech told me was to keep the head angled back when laying on back- this tightens hte maks- Also the adjustment on the forhead piece will help relieve pressure spots to a certain degree, but will also loosen the seal a bit- but just play with the settings on the forhead piace, see what happens.

Also pirate- Some DME's will allow you to exhange masks if one doesn't fit right- I know Lincare has such a policy, and htey are a national company in many cities/towns- they allow you to try a mask for a certain amount of time, and if it doesn't work, they'll exchange it- Not sure if they charge a small fee- not really sure how it works, but I'm going to be exchanging my mask for an Oracle Oral mask with Lincare- We'll see how that goes.