Glasses fog up when wearing a face mask

jimi_man

Jeremy535897 said:

jimi_man said:

An excellent tip I was given is to twist the elastic straps before they go behind the ears. So the top of the mask would go to the bottom of the ear and the bottom of the mask would go to the top of the ear. It creates a slight air gap at either side of the mask.

Works brilliantly. 

And it's free.

But the tighter the fit, the better the protection.

And unfortunately the more prone to steaming up. This tip was given to me by an NHS Dr so I can only assume it's good. I noticed that a lot of NHS staff (with glasses) seemed to adopt this trick.

briskbeats

Noticed that if mask goes on before glasses, they don’t steam up as mich

coffeehound

If you’re anything like me you’ll have loads of sticking plasters in the bathroom cabinet. Stick one along the top edge overlapping the mask and nose and it reduces leakage from the top. Only good if you are keeping to on for a while, though

sheramber

jimi_man said:

Jeremy535897 said:

jimi_man said:

An excellent tip I was given is to twist the elastic straps before they go behind the ears. So the top of the mask would go to the bottom of the ear and the bottom of the mask would go to the top of the ear. It creates a slight air gap at either side of the mask.

Works brilliantly. 

And it's free.

But the tighter the fit, the better the protection.

And unfortunately the more prone to steaming up. This tip was given to me by an NHS Dr so I can only assume it's good. I noticed that a lot of NHS staff (with glasses) seemed to adopt this trick.

Maybe be good for stopping fogging up but meanwhile virus particles escape through that gap.

jimi_man

sheramber said:

jimi_man said:

Jeremy535897 said:

jimi_man said:

An excellent tip I was given is to twist the elastic straps before they go behind the ears. So the top of the mask would go to the bottom of the ear and the bottom of the mask would go to the top of the ear. It creates a slight air gap at either side of the mask.

Works brilliantly. 

And it's free.

But the tighter the fit, the better the protection.

And unfortunately the more prone to steaming up. This tip was given to me by an NHS Dr so I can only assume it's good. I noticed that a lot of NHS staff (with glasses) seemed to adopt this trick.

Maybe be good for stopping fogging up but meanwhile virus particles escape through that gap.

Yes you're right they probably do a little, but none of these masks are meant to be a complete seal, otherwise we'd all be wearing FFP masks. They are designed to help - not prevent completely. If it didn't come out of the sides then it would come out of the top as proven by my glasses steaming up.

Tbh, when I walk around the shops or get on the train and see people with either these silly visors which do nothing, or worse still, exemption lanyards which should never have been allowed in any form or for any reason, then I don't feel bad about it.