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If it's just the amount of light as per abstract,I assume darkened room would be equivalent I.e. There's no magic additional benefit of mask itself (pressure /
by NikolaNovak 4y ago
If it's just the amount of light as per abstract,I assume darkened room would be equivalent I.e. There's no magic additional benefit of mask itself (pressure / touch / etc)?
- plumeria 4y agoIsn’t the pressure applied on your eyes a risk though? That’s one of the reasons keeping me away from using sleep masks.
- aherz 4y agoI use a brand called Manta Sleep that has adjustable eye holes in the mask so the pressure goes around your eyes rather than on them.
- nickthegreek 4y agoSame but I also use their overused cups as well. Really helps move the pressure further from the eye.
- taeric 4y agooverused? I'm assuming you meant over sized? I didn't know those existed. Definitely worth picking up?
- nickthegreek 4y agoYes, oversized. I find them to be a worthwhile upgrade for sure.
- plumeria 3y agoThese look interesting, I see they are also designed for side sleepers.
- jlpom 3y agoNo, the pressure is very light for me, and not sleeping will always carry more risks.
- Nomentatus 4y agoRight. But a dark room is a room in which, if you put your hand in front of your face, you don't see even the faintest outline of a hand.
- raffraffraff 4y agoI bet that with your eyes closed, the difference between "black out blind dark" and "no light" isn't much. I bought black out blind about 5 years ago and they're amazing. If I'm in my parents house or staying in a hotel during summer, I get crappy sleep and I'm wide awake at 5am.
- taeric 4y agoI thought the same, then I got an eye mask. It is still noticeable. Now, I make no claims that it is necessary to be that dark. I have no idea.
- Nomentatus 4y agoI might mention that, believe it or don't - a living skull is translucent, and our brains can detect light all by themselves. So a mask is good, but not nec a whole solution. In old experiments, just the light coming in under a door diminished melatonin in mice.
- nerdponx 4y agoThe skull itself? That seems implausible. Something on the skin other than the eyes seems more likely.
- floxy 4y ago>Research studies indicate that about 1 in 20 people do not shut their eyes while sleeping. https://www.sleepfoundation.org/physical-health/sleeping-with-eyes-open https://www.sleepfoundation.org/physical-health/sleeping-wit...
- C-x_C-f 4y agoI've been to some houses where the shutters had no gaps and they fit the window frame so well that virtually no light made it in, even during the day. It was surreal waking up in the morning, thinking it was still night time, then checking the clock only to see it was 8AM. A great feature to add to a house if you ask me.
- knallfrosch 4y agoI don't understand how 'eye mask' made it into the title, if it's all just about light. Here in Germany, you get window shutters ("Rolladen") on every window and that's that https://youtu.be/_KePLmie7lE https://youtu.be/_KePLmie7lE
- navels 4y agoI've never forgotten living with these when I was an exchange student in Germany years ago!
- dzhiurgis 4y agoMask is much cheaper and even the best shutters/blinds/curtains don't black you out perfectly.
- MandieD 3y agoThe whimsical swinging shutters you see in the US: yes. The mechanically or electrically-closed rolling shutters called "Rolladen" in German, and installed on all but the cheapest new construction in Europe: when properly installed, those things can black out a room with the sun shining directly through the window.
- symlinkk 3y agoShutters are expensive in the US, like thousands a window. They’re basically a luxury item. Curtains and blinds are middle class.
- Scoundreller 3y agoand often in France, ones that you can close from the outside. Moreso for blocking out the sun in summer time and security rather than night pollution. I don't get the fake shutters in North America. Especially the ones that wouldn't even cover the window if they could move.
- mambru 3y agoFunny, in Germany most "old" houses don't have shutters, from my small sample of living in 4 or 5 German houses. Many people from the south of Europe complain about that when traveling to Germany. https://www.lasexta.com/viajestic/curioso/que-paises-extranjeros-usan-persianas_201902155c667da20cf2396d7063413c.html https://www.lasexta.com/viajestic/curioso/que-paises-extranj...