Please, do not stick your lips at night, whatever the tiktok says. The novel study shows why this viral trend can be risky

Perhaps you heard about people using the tape to literally stop their mouths closed during sleep. Taping in your mouth has become a popular trend Social mediaWith many fans, he claims that it helps to improve sleep and general health.

Alleged benefits of recording the mouth during sleep are largely anecdotalAnd they include claims about better air flow, less snoring, improving asthma symptoms, less arid in the mouth, less likely that it has bad breath and better sleep quality.

Like this trend has gained momentum in recent years Claims also included better skin, mood and digestion – and even Sharper jaw line.

The justification for recording the mouth while sleeping is to encourage breathing through the nose, not through the mouth. When nasal fragments are blocked, breathing switches from the nose to the lips. Breathing lips has been associated with such conditions Obstructive sleep apnea.

But is your mouth a recording of an effective way to solve these problems and is it secure? AND New review He suggests sticking to the closure of the mouth when sleep offers confined benefits – and can be a risk.

What did the review find?

IN new paperCanadian researchers reviewed scientific literature while recording in the mouth, looking for research that mentioned such terms as “mouth breathing”, “recording the mouth” and “sleep”.

They were looking for specific research on people with known breathing problems and breathing sleep problems Obstructive sleep apnea Understanding the potential benefits and damage to the lips for this group.

Obstructive sleep apnea is a state in which the respiratory tract is partly or completely blocked when you sleep. This may cause you to stop breathing for miniature periods, called “Anpnoeas”. Helenges can happen many times at night, which reduces the level of oxygen in the blood, as well as sleep disturbance.

Scientists found ten eligible research published in 1999–2024, a total of 213 participants. Eight research looked at recording lips, and two tests concerned the chin bar to keep your mouth.

Only two studies have shown all the benefits of recording in the mouth for a bland obstructive sleep apnea. The observed improvements – to measure, such as oxygen levels in the blood and the number of apnea per hour – were tiny.

And although they were statistically essential, they were probably not clinically significant. This means that these changes would probably not matter in the case of symptoms or treatment decisions.

The remaining part of the research did not show evidence that the oral taping helps to heal mouth breathing or related conditions.

What’s more, four studies warned against potential sedate damage. In particular, the lip covering can be a risk of suffocation (no oxygen that can lead to unconsciousness or death) for people whose breathing lips is caused by significant blocking of the nasal respiratory tract. This type of nasal obstruction can be the result of conditions such as hay fever, a tilted partition or enlarged tonsils.

In other words, recording in the mouth is definitely not a good idea if you have a blocked nose, because it is perilous so that the nose and lips make it tough at the same time during sleep.

What is the news from home?

The authors came to the conclusion that there are very few benefits and some potential sedate risk associated with recording oral cavity in people who have a breath of mouth or have an obstructive sleep apnea.

They noticed, however, that we need further high -quality evidence to better understand whether the recording in the mouth is secure and works.

This review did not focus on any research on the recording of the mouth in order to propose to improve mood, skin, digestion, sharper jaw lines and other things so that scientists could not draw conclusions on the effectiveness and safety of recording the mouth for these purposes.

In the international arena, qualified sleeping workers Do not recommend recording in the mouth.

If you have concerns about sleep, it is best to consult with trusted scientific sources or a healthcare employee who will be able to lead you to solve the basic causes of sleep challenges.

Trying trends on social media, such as recording of the mouth before consuming expert advice, can lead to delays in diagnosing sedate conditions for which evidence -based treatment is available.

Taping in the mouth should definitely don’t try to be in children.

It is possible that in some well adults, without respiratory conditions, without significant sleep disorders and who do not have tape allergies, this group of oral cavity may be a slight damage and bring modest benefits. But we do not have enough evidence yet to know in one way or another.