Stop glasses misting when wearing a mask

[Deleted User]

I hope someone  who has had success wearing glasses and a mask can advise me, please.

I feel as if I have tried almost everything, including different sprays, washing up liquid and better quality masks, but always struggle with my glasses still steaming up.  Any suggestions or recommended solutions will be really appreciated, thank you.  If possible it would be good if I could buy locally instead of sending away for something. 

I wear a hearing aid as well - always getting caught in the elastic but the steamed up glasses are really a bigger problem.  Thank you for any suggestions.

Crimson

jackieblack

I too have struggled with this and have been trying various things to try and find a solution.
The best by far is adhesive metal nose strips attached to the outside (remove any existing nose strips first)
The ones I bought are these https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08DLN7PDK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 , but you may be able to find them available locally. (I didn’t need 100 but have been distributing to friends with the same problem.)

Torry_Quine

No solution for steamed up glasses. I've stopped wearing my hearing aid with my mask, I'm not risking losing it when removing the mask. It went flying off once and it's too big a risk. The local audiology clinic has said it will charge for lost or broken aids. 

[Deleted User]

Thank you for replying.  If I can't  find the strips locally I'll order from Amazon - thank you for the link jackieblack.

Like you, Torry_Quine,  I have stopoed wearing my hearing aid outside with mask as I don't  want to lose mine either.  I'm sure our problem is very common.  I asked an optician but they had no advice as I had already bought new cleaning cloth and had used the sprays, unfortunately with no success.

Hopefully we are nearly on the last lap although it sounds as if we'll need madks for some time yet.

Crimson

olgadapolga

Don't know if you're handy with a sewing machine but there are a few easy-to-follow tutorials on YouTube, specifically for anti-fogging masks. The one I found used a side plate as the pattern. They don't take long to make either and they certainly work.

comeandgo

I wear disposable masks that have a metal bridge across the nose so it can be pushed into the shape of your nose and my glasses don’t steam up.

[Deleted User]

olgadapolga said:

Don't know if you're handy with a sewing machine but there are a few easy-to-follow tutorials on YouTube, specifically for anti-fogging masks. The one I found used a side plate as the pattern. They don't take long to make either and they certainly work.

I'm never really successful at sewing anything, olgadapolga but I'll look at YouTube as I'm very eager to find a solution especially as it looks as if we'll need masks for some time.  Thank you.

Crimson

sarah1972

It’s all in the nose wire. I have never had my glasses steam up as long as the mask is high enough and the wire is snugly bent around your nose.

jackieblack

sarah1972 said:

It’s all in the nose wire. I have never had my glasses steam up as long as the mask is high enough and the wire is snugly bent around your nose.

But not all built in nose wires are as effective as another.
 The metal strips are definitely much better to the ones that are mainly plastic with a thin wire (like the wire ties on a freezer bag).

For those struggling with hearing aids and ear elastic, you can get a band with a button on each end that goes around the back of your head and you hook the elastic around the buttons instead of your ears, or two buttons sewn onto a headband or the rim of a hat or cap - would any of those help?

[Deleted User]

Thanks very much, jackieblack.  The metal strips sound like the best approach.  Like Torry_Quine I'm scared of losing my hearing aid and, knowing it is hopefully temporary, although no end in sight yet with Tier 4 Lockdown now extended here until review again in mid February,  I can manage without my hearing aid out doors in the short term.

Thank you for the good suggestions.

Crimson

Torry_Quine

Deleted_User said:

Thanks very much, jackieblack.  The metal strips sound like the best approach.  Like Torry_Quine I'm scared of losing my hearing aid and, knowing it is hopefully temporary, although no end in sight yet with Tier 4 Lockdown now extended here until review again in mid February,  I can manage without my hearing aid out doors in the short term.

Thank you for the good suggestions.

Crimson

I feel the same. The lockdown extension was no real surprise.