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TikTokers say mouth taping is improving their sleep. But is it dangerous?

Experts weigh in

Newsroom March 11 10:16

Quality sleep is an important part of one’s health, and there are countless tips and tricks out there for getting a good night’s rest. One of the more unusual ones, however, is called “mouth taping” — and yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like.

The goal of mouth taping is to encourage breathing through one’s nose instead of one’s mouth, and involves putting a piece of medical tape gently over one’s lips before bed. Those who swear by the practice claim mouth taping allows them to get deep sleep, as well as avoid dry mouth and even bad breath.

TikToker @LexFiish, who bought one brand of mouth taping strips on Amazon, encouraged her followers to try the practice in a video, telling her audience of more than 20,000, “Try it. You’re going to get the deepest sleep you’ll ever experience”.

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Cory Rodriguez, a TikToker with more than 340,000 followers who shares health and wellness tips on his platform, declared in a video that he tapes his mouth “every night,” because it helps his sleep, oral health and snoring.

According to an otolaryngologist, Dr. Shawn Nasseri, the scientific evidence suggests that you should breathe through your nose at night.

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