Mask Ear Saver Glasses
Wearing a mask with elastic straps for hours on end can cause extreme irritation behind the ears.
Mask ear saver glasses. After many requests from doctors nurses and healthcare providers for a solution to this problem i came up with three different ways to put less strain on their ears. Ear saver face mask extender 3 88 from redefiningelements etsy. If you know how to tie a knot you can make ribbon ear savers. Thirteen insider tips on how to wear a mask without your glasses fogging up getting short of breath or your ears hurting craig lockwood and zoe jordan the conversation sun july 26 2020 01 06 pm.
Learn how to sew an ear saver 3 different ways. To make the ear saver fit multiple people without changing the measurement of the ribbon you could sew a second button onto each side so that nurses could choose which button fits most comfortably. Another idea is to use stretchy hair ties. Fix a button with small rubber bands to your glasses and hook your mask ear loop to the buttons.
You probably even have most of the supplies in your craft stash. Unfortunately even the best fitting mask sometimes rubs the back of our ears. Set of 3 crochet ear savers. Deemed an ear saver by one shopper it s also machine washable and available in a handful of color options from bright fuschia to navy blue.
May mcclain april 19 2020 at 3 52 pm. Just stitch buttons on each end of a piece of ribbon and you have a simple ear saver for your face mask. The mask and safety glasses kills my ears. When i moved the elastic to the buttons on my glasses the mask felt loose even after i moved the buttons as far back as i could.
Buttons can be sewn on any headband just make sure not to place the buttons too high the buttons should be near the high back part of the ear. Elastic masks that hook around your ears can be painful after a lot of wear. Among those comments one of the common topics people shared with us was the ear pain. These ribbon ear savers are easy to make and the best thing about them is that you can easily find all the supplies.
I fitted the elastic on my face mask for a tight but still comfortable fit. These ear saver patterns allow the masks to hook to onto something other than your ear. Face masks can fog up glasses we ve got solutions for that make it difficult to breathe and even cause painful friction behind our ears. I think this will work better for too tight ear loops with some room for adjustability by moving the buttons forward or backwards.