Exhaust air flow bugging me

birdshell wrote:......Often, with nasal pillows, a size larger than that recommended by the manufacturer's measuring devices DOES work far more successfully. I believe this is especially true for those of us with slotted nares, as mine tend to leak at the tip of the nose if too small. My nose gets too cold, then, and it is especially annoying.

Me too! Anyone else with slotted nares take note.

The Headrest mask has been my favorite for several years now. Love the way the exhaust vent points straight up, and is located well above the eyebrows.

LINKS to HeadRest nasal pillows mask topics (same mask has had other names: Aeiomed Aura, then Headrest, then Invacare Twilight NP, then back to Headrest again.)
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Muse-Inc wrote:

birdshell wrote:......Often, with nasal pillows, a size larger than that recommended by the manufacturer's measuring devices DOES work far more successfully. I believe this is especially true for those of us with slotted nares, as mine tend to leak at the tip of the nose if too small. My nose gets too cold, then, and it is especially annoying.

Me too! Anyone else with slotted nares take note.

I forgot to mention that I also have a deviated septum, which means my nares are two different sizes. The Liberty is one of the few masks to address this issue. The nasal pillows can be separately inserted into the mask cushion after fitting the correct (and often different) nasal pillow for each naris.

That makes me a bi-sized, slot-nared, APAP-using apneoic with sleepy (sic) disordered breathing. Uhn-huh.

Karen,
Who hopes some acquaintances NEVER read her invented verbiage on this forum, let alone in this post...

Paddyboy100 wrote:The AEIOMed headrest mask might be the ticket! <snip> give that Dachsund an ear scratch for me. I love those little dudes.

Well, he's a Dachs-hund. <g> And he ain't a little guy. Confounded wretch is long enough that he stole my breakfast off the kitchen counter this morning! Plus he weighs between 30 and 40 pounds, and is not fat.

The Headrest is an excellent mask. I also like my Comfortlite 2, but it does have the problem of exhausting out the front, like so many masks.