recesses each eye recess forms a generally concave dome shaped region on one side of the substantially planar portion the shell is adapted to be worn on the face of the dry eye subject an absorbent material can be positioned in at least one of the eye recesses so that the absorbent material extends less than the maximum depth of the eye recesses to present the absorbent material to the face in the vicinity of the eyes of the dry eye subject without extending beyond the edge of the substantially planar portion the invention may also include securing member to secure the shell to the subjects head application_number US 63584106 A description referring to fig1 in one embodiment eye mask 10 of the present invention generally includes shell 12 absorbent pads 14 and retainer 16 shell 12 generally defines planar portion 18 domes 20 and walls 22 referring to fig1 and 2 in one aspect of the invention planar portion 18 generally defines brow arch 24 nose relief 26 retainer ears 28 cheek arches 30 and dome perimeters 32 brow arch 24 is gently curved and stretches generally between retainer ears 28 nose relief 26 is centrally located on a lower edge of shell 12 and is formed by the juncture of cheek arches 30 retainer ears 28 may define apertures 34 therein for receiving retainers 16 referring again to fig1 and 2 domes 20 together with walls 22 define eye recesses 36 eye recesses 36 may take the shape of roughly an irregular pentagon eye recesses 36 have a central depth sufficient to allow absorbent pads 14 to be inserted therein while still leaving sufficient space in front of the user 39 s.