Mask Hurting Your Ears? Try These 7 Low-Key Brilliant Hairstyle Tricks

Mmkay, so we’re all wearing face masks, right? Right?? Like, we’re all aware we’re still in the middle of a pandemic and sh*t’s not looking great and Tom Hanks is greatly disappointed in the human race, and aside from washing your hands/practicing social distancing/staying the heck home, wearing a face mask is the very least you can do to help limit the spread of COVID-19 when venturing outside. Which means you also know that wearing your mask all day long can cause some hella-uncomfortable rubbing/pulling on the backs of your ears.

And although, yes, there are tie-on masks you can opt for that’ll be more comfortable on your ears, not everyone has the means or the ability to make the switch—especially if your work mandates you wear a certain type of mask. So what to do? Get creative with your hair and accessories, like these seven low-key brilliant people below who devised a bunch of easy hairstyle hacks to take the pressure off their ears while still keeping their face masks intact. So now you have absolutely no excuse not to wear your mask every single day from here on out. Got that? Good.