pressure on bottom of my nose....

[BRsnow]

I have a couple different masks that really fit fine, but after a couple of dives, the part of my nose between my nostrils gets sore. I realize the mask is pushing up...but I have a high brow I suppose. I use a seavision ultra 2200 and a scuba pro crystal view as back up. It hurts with both....sadly I really want to stick with the seavision 2200 as the red lenses make a huge difference in the color...Any suggestions? Hard to figure out another mask, as it takes a few days of diving for it to show up...thanks for any insight...BR

[ScubaToys Larry]

Without seeing it on you, it's just a guess... but most times that is caused by a mask strap that is too tight, and very high on the back of the head. See if you can loosen things up a bit.

[BRsnow]

Thanks Larry, I think you are on to something. I keep my mask on the looser side, but tend to have the strap higher on my head. I would bet that is it...thanks again for the help, BR

[Rcontrera]

Another thing to look at is the mask itself. I have the same problem. I started diving with an extremely low volume mask and never had a problem. However, in the early 80s when I stepped away from my tiny little flat mask to one of the cool ones with windows in the sides, my nosed always ended up feeling like I had been in a bar brawl by the end of the dive. Even the newer ones that claim to be low volume but have BIG lenses still gave me the pain.

I had tried everything from a loose strap to changing the strap position to moving the mask a little closer to the edge of my lip (flooded bad on that one!). Nothing helped.

Then I found a tiny mask again and it is gone! I have since theorized that it was the size of the air bubble in the mask pulling upwards that was causing the mask to pull on my nose taint and leave me in pain.

Just a thought!

[ektess1]

It may also be the size of your regulator's mouth piece. If it is large it pushes the mask up.

[K9Pig]

I was told I just have a big nose.... but I feel your pain when I have my mask on wrong/out of place as Larry mentioned.