You may know by now that mouth taping has been the most life-changing practice in Lauryn’s life. It’s changed her entire face, increased her energy levels and brightened her eyes.
The benefits speak for themselves, but let us remind you, consistency is key.
Over the years Lauryn’s developed some tips and tricks, of course, and today we’re sharing them all with you to enhance your experience and maximize your results.
Lauryn’s Mouth Tape Tips: Maximize Your Results
LIFT YOUR FACE
As I’m applying mouth tape, I pull my face up instead of down. It helps my tongue rest in a proper position and also lifts my entire face.
REMOVE WITH MIST
When removing your mouth tape, use a mist to ensure it comes off gently and doesn’t pull at your skin. I love Primally Pure’s Plumping Mist or Depuffing Oil to make it super easy.
REUSE YOUR TIN
You can find mouth tape tins all over my house, in all my bags, in my bathroom and on my nightstand. I use them for lip gloss, prenatal vitamins, throat coat drops when I’m recording – for everything.
WEAR YOUR RETAINER
If you use a retainer or mouth guard, you can still use them while you wear mouth tape. I wear my mouth guard every night and wake up feeling energized and refreshed.
USE THE SLIT, OR DON’T
We designed mouth tape with optionality. You can use the slit if you like to sip water through the night, or pull it up over your top lip if you don’t need it.
Benefits of Mouth Taping:
Improved sleep:
Breathing through your nose can help you establish a stable breathing pattern, which can help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, have a deeper sleep, AND wake up feeling more refreshed.
Improved immunity:
All those little hairs in your nasal passages serve a purpose. And that purpose is to prevent the introduction of viruses, bacteria, & other gross things into the body. Mouth breathing while sleeping makes it so much easier for these yucky things to enter the body. But, the good news is your nose was literally MADE to be one of the body’s first lines of defense from any & all sickness.
Reduced snoring:
Mouth breathing at night is one of the most common causes of nasal congestion & that annoying sound we call snoring. Not only can snoring disrupt your breathing pattern throughout the night, it can also really annoy your SO.
According to the Sleep Foundation, mouth taping for sleep changes the angle of your palate & tongue, and thus, mouth taping reduces snoring. No snoring = better sleep = better LIFE! (P.S. another super handy hack to prevent snoring is The Skinny Confidential x Canopy Humidifier.)
Improved oral health:
Ok, guys. This one gets a little gross…but we’re gonna go there anyway. When you breathe through your mouth at night, it can cause dry mouth, bad breath, cavities, yellow teeth, gum disease, & tooth decay. It can also introduce yucky bacteria & viruses to your oral microbiome and long story short…it’s NOT GOOD for your oral health. You will see an instant increase in oral health by mouth taping at night. For more on oral health you have to check out this post, there are so many good tips.
Lower blood pressure:
Sleep disorders & major disruptions in breathing throughout the night can have some seriously negative health effects. These effects can include stroke, heart attack, high blood-pressure, & other cardiovascular issues. Mouth taping will help you regulate your breathing, which will help prevent spikes in blood pressure & adrenaline.
Increased nitric oxide production:
Nitric oxide is produced in the nostrils of all humans. So, when we inhale through the nose, the nitric oxide goes all the way through the airways & deep into the lungs. This promotes everything from relaxation to expansion of blood vessels to the destruction of some bacteria & viruses.
Have you tried mouth taping? What is the number one benefit you noticed and how long did it take to see it?
x, Lauryn and The Skinny Confidential team
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