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I have been told I have chondrodermatitis (CNH)
The same contact-removal geometry as a healing piercing.
This one is not a pillow question alone. This is a diagnosed medical condition and a doctor's territory entirely. This site does not describe its symptoms, does not help you decide whether you have it, and makes no claim that any pillow affects it. If a pillow was suggested to you, this page can tell you what pillow shapes exist. That is the whole of its usefulness here.
What the pillow has to do
- 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.
Why this term appears on a pillow site at all
It appears in the product titles of the ear-hole pillows themselves — several Amazon listings name it directly — so people searching for pillows do encounter the term. It is included so the word is not a dead end, not because this site has anything to say about the condition.
How people ask this
- Pillow for chondrodermatitis nodularis
- Ear pillow with hole for CNH
- Can't sleep on either side because of ear nodule
The pillows indexed here
| Pillow | Loft | Opening | Trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushion Lab Deep Sleep Pillow | 5–5.5" | No | not published |
| The Pillow With A Hole Ltd. The Original P.W.A.H® V2 | 3.5" | Yes | 14 nights |
| Coop Sleep Goods Original Adjustable Pillow | not published | No | 100 nights |
| Blissbury Ear Pillow | 4–5" | Yes | stated two ways |
| Elviros C1 Adjustable CPAP Pillow | 2.4–4.1" | Yes | 100 nights |
Work out your own loft first → Loft comes before everything else on this list.