Mouth Tape for Sleep Apnea or CPAP?

Mouth taping was first introduced by a Russian doctor in the 1990s. His method, theButeyko Method,focused on how we breathe best: in and out of the nose. For mouth breathers, this doesn’t come naturally. Therefore, the best way to perform the Buteyko Method was by taping your mouth shut, forcing yourself to only breathe through the nose. Of course, you can’t tape your mouth shut all the time, which is how it finally became a way to improve your breathing and overall health overnight.

Fast forward thirty years, nearly one in five American adults live with a mental illness. Concentrating on nose breathing is one of the healthiest, easiest ways to control stress and anxiety. Not to mention, it helps asthmatics, athletes, and yes, CPAP users. Desperate to try anything to improve our health and wellbeing, you now have a resurgence in the popularity of mouth taping, “newly discovered” as a TikTok trend last year.