Abstract: A medical mask assembly includes a medical mask and a comfort ring releasably mated to the mask. The mask includes a interior surface and an exterior surface and a mating edge where the two meet. The comfort ring includes a strip of cloth and two elastic members secured to the cloth, and is formed in the shape of an annular ring with a central aperture therethrough. When mated to the mask, the comfort ring is disposed so as to cover substantially all of the mating edge with one elastic member proximate the interior surface of the medical mask and the other elastic member proximate the exterior surface of the medical mask. As such, the surface touching the patient's face is the outer surface of the comfort ring rather than the interior surface and/or rim edge of the mask. Thus, the patient experiences a surface that is more comfortable.