marks around eyes
Tue, 2010-06-22 06:02
Have any one seen this ofter a dive
we only did a 20m dive for 24mins
but new mask , thinking might be a mask squeese
she has done lots of dives to 30 and 40m and never seen before.
she didn't know that it happened. so no pain at all, still there day later.
Tue, 2010-06-22 09:26
#2
Eye Marks
Hi Peter,
These look like the results of a mask squeeze to me. Probably related to a new mask particularly if the volume of the mask has changed significantly (gone from a higher volume to a low volume mask). Also has the person got amy other medical issues (like taking aspirin) or clotting disorder?
Otherwise it is essentially a bruise and she will have a couple of shiners for a few days.
Cheers Glen
A lovely example of mask squeeze. Was there bleeding in the whites of the eyes? I agree with Glen that it will recover - the only alarm bell being if sight has been affected.
Any chance of getting the photo for teaching purposes?
Mike