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Something is strapped to, worn on, or resting against my head
Geometry only. Where a device is medical, whoever prescribed it governs how it is worn, and this site addresses only what the pillow underneath is doing.
I sleep in over-ear headphones or a headband
An earbud is a small hard point inside the ear. An over-ear cup is a rigid ring AROUND it, several times wider, and it…My sleep mask leaves marks or shifts all night
A mask is soft over the eyes and rigid where the strap crosses the side of the head — which is exactly the part that m…I wear a retainer or night guard and wake with jaw ache
A guard sets your jaw slightly open and stops it settling. Side sleeping then pushes the lower jaw sideways against th…I keep falling asleep in my glasses
A spectacle arm is a thin rigid bar running along the exact line where your head meets the pillow, ending in a hook ov…
What a pillow can be asked to do here
| loft in measured range | Pillow loft within the range your own measurement implies. This is first for every constraint in this cluster, because no surface is soft enough to rescue a pillow your head has already flattened. |
|---|---|
| conforming top layer | A surface able to displace further than the object protrudes — typically a dual-density build with a soft top over a supportive base. |
| contact removal preferred | An opening or cut-out that removes contact outright, rather than spreading the load. The right answer when the object cannot compress and the tissue under it is the problem — a healing piercing, or a mask frame that has nowhere else to go. |