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Is anyone using a cpap mask that's causing face wrinkles

Posted by summer091111 @summer091111, Nov 24, 2025

I've been using a cpap mask for a year and noticing how it's wrinkling my face so much. I'm struggling with the masks I've tried but can't seem to find the right fit. Can anyone please tell me what else I can do to keep from aging so fast? All help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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summer091111 | @summer091111 | Dec 2, 2025
In reply to @morironman "I've never found a mask I didn't like. :) in regard to your question, I've seen..." + (show)
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I've never found a mask I didn't like. 🙂

in regard to your question, I've seen people at church with ask wrinkles. I vowed, "Not me".

I cream my cheeks and my forehead and I take the mask off 2 hours b4 get up time which time seldom varies on my retired schedule.

They always go away, but I am aging and aging brings wrinkles?

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@morironman I totally understand and know that aging brings on wrinkles, but these don't really looks like aging wrinkles. What I'm puzzled about is that it started happening a few months after I started using the cpap mask. And it's in the cheek area where the mask sits nightly only. Nowhere else but there. I wash my face every night. I use olay night cream along with nacinamide cream both day and night. I have been so curious about is if it's a normal thing that happens while using the cpap mask. I have researched it, seen a dermatologist that couldn't tell me but only wanted to sell me her very expensive creams or go under the needles that insurance doesn't pay for and I've spoken to my sleep doctor to no avail as she doesn't know if and why it causes your face to wrinkle. It's all so frustrating because after a 1.5 year later I don't see results with my sleep, just seeing what it's doing to my face. Thank you very much for sharing your experience. Oh, I too end up taking the mask off during the night as I can't handle using it.

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5148branelly | @5148branelly | Dec 2, 2025
In reply to @summer091111 "@5148branelly any specific type? I've tried a few but I haven't been able to keep it..." + (show)
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@5148branelly any specific type? I've tried a few but I haven't been able to keep it on once I put the mask on. You can't imagine how many things I have purchased to make things work for me including chin straps. I'll keep looking to see if I can find one that I may be able to handle. Thank you very much for sharing this information with me, Be bless.

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@summer091111
I haven’t tried any so I can’t recommend any.
If you’ve tried everything, there is an operation that can be done. Check w/ your dr.

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sprink | @sprink | Dec 2, 2025

I switched to the nose cannula & it’s great. I was a mouth breather and now a happy nose breather only. If I get tired of it at night, I’ll remove it and sleep on my side. I’ve never had an AFIB event as long as I don’t sleep on my back w/o CPAP.

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trish807 | @trish807 | Dec 3, 2025
In reply to @summer091111 "@5148branelly thank you very much for sharing your experience regarding the cpap mask. I have tried..." + (show)
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@5148branelly thank you very much for sharing your experience regarding the cpap mask. I have tried several types of masks with one being a nasel mask. I was really excited to try it when I received it. But when I started the machine I had so much air coming out of my mouth that I had to quickly take it off, which I did and threw it on the floor. My issue with those is that apparently i sleep with my mouth open that the dr said it wouldn't work out for me. I too have gotten to the point of not wanting to use it all. I've had nothing but headaches trying to find the right mask and see true results. I have severe sleep apena and my dr keeps insisting that I do whatever it takes to use it every night. I'm happy to hear that you found one that works real good for you. I wish you many more years of great sleep 😴.

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@summer091111
I have the same problem! I have tried the nasal mask it blows back very badly. I went back to my face mask, I found some fabric face mask covers on Amazon that fit very well over my BiPap mask. I have wrinkles but I use a wrinkle serum at night and it helps some. I will take the wrinkles over the headache's and brain fog!

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catbunting | @catbunting | Dec 31, 2025
In reply to @summer091111 "@doclarrea thank you very much for sharing this information with me. But I think these crinkles..." + (show)
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@doclarrea thank you very much for sharing this information with me. But I think these crinkles on my cheeks are more from the cpap mask. I've been using the cpap 1 year and I started noticing that it's more crinkles then wrinkles. Things I've tried and still trying doesn’t seem to be working. I'm only 69 and up until I was diagnosed with sleep apena last year I didn't show anything on my face. So I've been very curious if this is something normsl that happens while using a cpap mask, if anyone else on cpap machine noticed the same or something like not having a proper mask. I've spoke to my dr about it but she doesn't know, I've seen a dermatologist and all she did was offered her expensive creams or face lift that would cost an arm and a leg or more. But no real answers to my question. Does this happen using a cpap mask?

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@summer091111 I've been using a cpap machine for 12 years. Now at 74, I do get cheek crinkles where the head gear touches my cheek on my left side. I think in my case it's from rolling over and sleeping on my left side and pressing into the pillow. When I was younger I was bothered by the marks and used an under eye tightening product in the morning to cool & smooth out the area before heading out for the day. Seems like the pandemic shut down allowed me to forget about it and now I just wear a mask for germ protection (and vanity, lol) in public.

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pb50 | @pb50 | Jan 6 12:00pm
In reply to @sandy8043 "My husband got a chin strap to keep his mouth closed and then a "nasal pillow"..." + (show)
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My husband got a chin strap to keep his mouth closed and then a "nasal pillow" style mask. Amazon was cheaper than our local store even with insurance.

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@sandy8043 ditto for me. I use a clear Tape That is ventilated with a small Hole in the middle to accommodate sneezing and such

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