Need modification for non-fat-faced amongst us

For a facemask, these are pretty good. I mean - let's face it.....it's not going to be the most comfortable thing. The one big problem I have with these masks is that they do NOT fit snugly over the nose/mouth. The ear hoops are so long and so elasticated that if you just hook them around your ears as intended, you will be basically reaping ZERO reward from wearing them. They flap about on your face and filter NO air. The way *I* solved this is to clip the ear hoops on the back of my head with my hair butterfly clip. It's not perfect....but it actually does smush the mask against your face enough to have you *actually* breathing THROUGH it, as opposed to AROUND it. I also have the added bonus of the fact that it keeps my hair tied back as well. They do smell of vinegar - but if you bought a citric-acid-and-zinc-impregnated facemask and expected it to not have any odor, I have no sympathy for you. I am wearing these before we go on our vacation during this particularly bad 2017-2018 flu season. Fingers crossed, they work.

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