Abstract: A therapeutic mask for application to a face of a patient suffering from facial wounds includes a relatively elastic substrate having a plurality of open surfaces defined therein of a predetermined size and spatially positioned with respect to one another to accommodate the patient's eyes, nose and mouth, a hydrogel substance having a plurality of open surfaces defined therein of a predetermined size and spatially positioned with respect to one another to accommodate the patient's eyes, nose and mouth and complimentarily connected to the elastic substrate such that the respective eyes, nose and mouth open surfaces align. The therapeutic mask further includes retaining straps connectable to the elastic substrate and of a size and configuration to extend about the head of the patient for supporting the therapeutic mask in a relatively fixed position on the patient's face.