If the thought of taping your lips together at night gives you pause, relax – this is one trend you can skip.
“The evidence we have for mouth taping isn’t high quality, and there are mixed results,” said Jessica Camacho, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine at CU Anschutz. “It leads many of us in the field of sleep medicine to not recommend mouth taping as a practice.”
Camacho, a board-certified sleep physician, says the evidence has led organizations such as the American Academy of Sleep Medicine to strictly recommend against mouth taping. Yet it hasn’t stopped social media influencers. They tout benefits that extend beyond waking up refreshed, from clearer skin to a more chiseled jawline.
Here, Camacho shares what the science says, and provides us with evidence-backed practices to improve those nighttime ZZZs.
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