Abstract: A cold facial compress in the form of a mask has two sheets of flexible material bonded together along common edges and contains a gel in the space formed therebetween. The compress including the gel remains pliable at temperatures below that at which water freezes and may be maintained in the freezer section of a refrigerator and thereafter applied to the face of the user. The mask includes a notch adapted to be disposed beneath and about the nose of the user, an elongated opening adopted to be positioned about the lips of the user and a sharp notch disposed beneath the nose receiving notch and the slot. The mask is symmetrical about a line extending through the central portion of the notches and the slot and has a shape such as to be used by persons having faces of various sizes and shapes.