Uhhh, are you sure about that? My ten dollar sleep mask from walgreen doesn't touch my eyes, I don't think it even touches my lashes. Meanwhile every mask I've tried buying online has fit terribly.
I think he's talking about literal dollar priced masks or giveaway sleep masks which are usually just a tiny piece of fabric around something more solid, which attaches to you by means of an elastic band; the band however resists falling/slipping by pushing on your eyeballs.
It sounds like your mask is a bit better, and probably more expensive that the parent means. I've gotten such cheap masks as giveaways and the few I tried were indeed unbearable for sleeping as it felt like someone was crushing my face.
