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Experimented with so-called "hostage tape" because I am worried about becoming a mouth-sleeper-breather.
So far it sucks. It manged one good nap with it but, at night, it seems to lose its adhesiveness and fall off. Then, to add insult to injury, in the morning it looks like I was snacking on Oreos in bed. There's a noticeable black reside about my lips.
Silver lining; the breathe right nasal strips really do work, imho.
Anyone have any history in converting themselves from a mouth breathing caveperson to a nose breathing patrician?
What's to stop your nostrils from clogging up during sleep, while your mouth is taped shut?
You're not supposed to actually seal your mouth - you put just enough tape on that it's annoying or difficult to open your mouth while awake, so that while asleep you won't mouth-breathe by reflex. If you (say) roll over and your mouth would otherwise fall open, the tape keeps your mouth closed or compels you to roll back over and keep breathing through the nose - but if an assassination squad of tiny spiders tried to kamikaze up your nose to suffocate you, you could still snap awake, force open your mouth, and take the tape off.
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