MYOTAPE - Sleeping strips to improve your sleep quality, breathe through nose during sleep and reduce mouth breathing and snoring [expertly designed mouthbands with elastic tension]

Useful alternative to get into mouth taping. May help some folks overcome resistance because you can open your mouth with this tape in place. Basically causes your lips to purse, but you could breathe through your lips or even speak with this attached. You have to stretch it when applying or it does nothing. Professionally designed, and fairly priced, considering some others. As a next training step, you can add a small square of micropore tape over the center that doesn’t actually stick to your lips. I’m one of those people whose sleep quality has really benefited enormously from mouth taping.

I didn't find these easy at first. Much better than straight up taping of the mouth. And it was challenging at first. After persisting on using these over time every once in a while, I can see these are well worth the money. After all - gettig eough oxygen overnight is very important. And that didn't make sense till recently. Placing a tape over the mouth instead of around the mouth can be damaging to a sense of safety. This is worth trying out for longer, if you fid other tapes too much.

Voor sommige mensen kan dit werken. Helaas voor voor mij niet. Merk geen verschil.

UPDATE: kindly note that they do make a version specifically designed for beards. My bearded friend has used both and much prefers the design for beards (the tape is solid black so you won’t mix them up if you happen to have both). Recommended by my myofunctional therapist since it actually activates your muscles instead of just having the tape hold your lips together. I used to use 3m surgical tape (a small, vertical strip as adviced in Breath by James Nestor) to allow for airflow on the sides, but it felt restrictive and there’s something about having your mouth taped shut that’s disconcerting when you’re trying to fall asleep. I love that you can mouth breath if you absolutely need to with this tape, and it’s really nice to be able to still talk or take a sip of water or cough or sneeze. It’s also less restrictive/confusing/alarming to wake up with this tape (as opposed to having my mouth taped completely shut) if I happen to wake up in the night. When this tape works well it’s practically perfect, and when it doesn’t work well it’s because I had lotion or chapstick preventing it from sticking. It helps to cleanse the area first, press on firmly, and then apply chapstick or lotion after it’s stuck on properly. I haven’t had any breakouts or irritation and find the adhesive to be just right— so long as my skin is lotion-free before applying! I recently had my tongue tie released and between that procedure, myofuntional therapy, and mouth tape, I’m breathing easy for the first time in my life. I’m working with an airway dentist to expand my airway for a permanent solution (going to take a while), but in the mean time I’m grateful for this tape! She recommended a nasal strip, Xclear xylitol spray, and mouth taping every night. It’s been a total game changer for me and my family members who have been willing to try.

This is an excellent product. The quality of my sleep has improved as a result of using these and I wake up feeling more refreshed. They are easy to put on and take off. One thing I particularly like about them is that I can still open my mouth a bit - the tape doesn't actually come into contact with your lips. The only negative is the adhesive. Some packs I've received are quite sticky and leave a residue that requires something like Vaseline or make up remover, soap and water are not enough. If the manufacturer could get the adhesive right, this would be a 5 star product. However, saying that - I wouldn't be without these as I sleep so much better.