Doctors Warn About Risks of TikTok ‘Mouth Taping’ Trend

Doctors are warning about the risk of putting tape on your mouth for a better night's sleep. It's the latest wellness craze. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow calls it the "single best wellness tool" she recently found. Some doctors say there can be some positive effects of breathing through the nose instead of the mouth, such as lowering blood pressure. But Doctor Erich Voigt says anyone considering mouth-taping should know the risks.

[brentiers]

Now if we can only convince them to wear the tape while they're awake too...

[iomecha]

The prevalence of stupidity on TikTok is worrying.

[LightLilium]

As someone who has their mouth open while sleeping and with chronic rhinitis I would probably die if I did this.

[polisheagle]

This is not some weird TikTok trend. The sleep foundation has lots of information on mouth taping. It has been very beneficial for a lot of people including eliminating sleep apnea.

[howzerqwerty]

"My husband makes fun of me because when I sleep my lips slightly open and I breathe through my mouth."
Sounds like a strong healthy marriage.

[waknbakn]

Someone needs to start a TikTok trend of keeping the tape on throughout the day so we don't need to hear their stupidity

[mephistopheles]

As someone who can barely breathe through the nose as is, I feel like I would suffocate within minutes. This gives me so much anxiety.

[breckenridgerob]

People dismiss this because it was made famous via tik tok. Truth is, breating through your mouth is really the danger at night as it leads to hypopnia and apnea, which reduce your blood oxygen levels which will eventually kill you. The idea is to leave a slit in the tape so you can get some air but still keep your mouth mostly closed. Hopefully, after a while, you won't need the tape because you will have trained yourself to keep your mouth closed.

[chip]

This is what happens when people take other people's words seriously, insecurities people shouldn't even be worried about! You can't control whether you open or close your mouth while you're asleep. Honestly wouldn't do this and recommend doing this cos health is more important

[meatballsyrup]

something like this always happens every week now wtf

[billh]

I’ve been doing this for about two years. My asthma, which I have been hospitalized for 5 times, has gone away. Also had chronic sinus infections, which have also gone away. I’ve never been on TikTok, but read a book called Breath. It completely changed my life.

[zombisfisto]

I wish tik tok was banned to stop making people do this type of nonsense. Like why.

[ConvictedFelon]

As a natural nose-breather myself, I find it _extremely_ difficult to fall asleep when I am congested. If I did this while I had a sinus infection or a cold, I would probably suffocate. How anyone could sleep _naturally_ by breathing through their mouth, and wake up with it completely dry, is beyond me.

[ninja_k]

My nose clogs itself when I sleep. so this would kill me.

[vergloria]

My daughter’s pediatric dentist recommended that we train her to breathe through her nose by mouth taping. He said that this information was passed to him from the faculty of dentist school back in the day. Well, my daughter now breaths through her nose at night without the taping. My daughter sleeps better and her face has become more beautiful. After some research I found that mouth breathing can cause a lot of problems: crooked teeth, narrow and long face, narrow palate, short upper lip, less blood oxigenación, unattractive profile, bad breath due to dry mouth negative impact on the salivary glads and good bacteria, etc… I guess do everything prayerfully.

[jemmmmyeah]

“My husband made fun of me for something I did when I was unconscious so now I’m risking my health.”
🙄🙄🙄

[carmelitataff]

"This is the best sleep I have ever gotten." Yes. Of course. You will be in a permanent and blissful sleep if you keep doing it.

[firsttimeisawjupiter]

I actually sleep best when I'm with my mouth open and drooling like a waterfall

[Firefly]

I never even knew this was a tiktok trend, but I started doing this a while back after being recommended by someone who was telling me the benefits of doing it.
It is a complete game changer, I wake up feeling much less groggy, my face is more relaxed, my breathing feels smoother plus it really really helps to improve anxious thoughts and restless feelings when you’re sleeping . Overall I feel far better in the mornings.

[prettymamacita]

😅I would die immediately, my nose is always stuffy at night ! Lmaooo