I am steaming myself silly and glad I don't have to perform. But I notice putting on a Breathe-Right strip really helped me breathe the steam up my nose... I wonder if anyone had to do a gig or session with congestion, and tried putting on one of these things. Did it help? My throat is scratchy right now so I can't really test, but if it were a more borderline case, and I "had" to sing, I wonder if it would make a difference.