Any adults here ever try the MiniMe Nasal Mask?

[atruvirgo]

Just wondering if any adults that have trouble finding a petite or small mask have every tried the MiniMe? It is supposed to be the same style as the IQ. Just tossing around ideas. Thinking about the Swift FX for Her as well. I had no luck with the Swift LT for her. The straps on the front did not fit me right and I got major "pig nose".

Any ideas please let me know. Thanks for such great advice here on CPAPTALK.com....you all rock!

[robysue]

Just wondering if any adults that have trouble finding a petite or small mask have every tried the MiniMe? It is supposed to be the same style as the IQ. Just tossing around ideas.

Can't help you here since I'm not familiar with the IQ or the MiniMe

Thinking about the Swift FX for Her as well. I had no luck with the Swift LT for her. The straps on the front did not fit me right and I got major "pig nose".

I couldn't stand to have the LT on my face for 5 minutes because of the L-shaped frames on the front part of the mask. They didn't fit my face at all.

The Swift FX, however, fits very well. I still have to watch for piggy nose---but that's more because of how I tend to try to curl into my bed pillow or my husband's body. And with the nasal pillows on, they get squashed onto my nose sometimes and trigger the piggy nose feeling. The solution for me is both simple and irritating: Changing sleeping position so my nose is facing up away from the bed pillow instead of down into my bed pillow yields no piggy nose. But I don't like sleeping with my nose in the air. I want to bury my nose in the bed pillow and cover it with my arm (rather like a sleeping cat covers its nose with a front paw). That's how I slept before CPAP and it's been tough finding a position I like as well as this one that is better for both hose management and mask management.

I'd strongly recommend giving the FX for Her a shot. It may very well fit your face better than the LT for Her did.

[jromano]

Hi there atruvirgo,

Small/petite sized masks can often be pretty hard to find. It's uncomfortable at best and non-workable at worst to stick a huge mask on a small face.

A word about the MiniMe: the MiniMe is Sleepnet's pediatric gel mask which, even thought it's smaller, is not interchangeable with an adult mask.
It is similar in design to the IQ, which is an adult nasal gel mask.
I will send you a PM with my contact info - I'm happy to help in any way that I can!

If you are comfortable with nasal pillows (or at least the idea), then by all means keep shopping around! Try adjusting the backstrap so that the mask isn't pulled quite so tightly. You could even add something soft around and/or underneath the straps. The pillows should only be resting on your nostrils, not yanking your poor nose up.

Sometimes it's just a matter of fit - not every mask will fit your face, and conversely, no mask (really, NO mask - don't believe anything different ) fits everybody's face.
Don't give up! There IS a workable option out there for you...

Cheers,
Jess