THE BUTTONS THOUGH [SEP] Okay. so the buttons are small, which creates an issue with pressure and force. You need to have a larger button to have larger button holes, to use the wider/thicker thread/yarn in order to secure a mask to keep the force spread out. You do this so that you're not tearing off the buttons that save your ears. Yeah.... and this doesn't do that. My left side button (right side is the phone side) is loose after one use, the threads stretched. Still, they're thick and cute.. so you can cut off the buttons and just use them??