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by harleymads
Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:52 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mouth breather needs advice
Replies: 11
Views: 941

Re: Mouth breather needs advice

[snip] So, I need advice. How to either keep my mouth more shut or find maybe one of the hybrid masks that will give me a seal and let me breathe mouth or nose as my body wants to from night to night. [snip] Can’t help you with tape as I’m only a year into using CPAP and never used it, but I’ll sha...
by harleymads
Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:46 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mouth breather needs advice
Replies: 11
Views: 941

Re: Mouth breather needs advice

welcome to the zoo! lots of people here use tape. but as a full bearded fellow, i find that hard to do. here's how i roll instead- https://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic.php?p=1089718&f=1&t=112758&p=1086133&hilit=+waveforms#p1086296 i modified jay's system somewhat to fit my own noggin, but my method i...
by harleymads
Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mouth breather needs advice
Replies: 11
Views: 941

Re: Mouth breather needs advice

Ask for 3M micropore tape - your pharmacy should have it some place, if not in the expected one. It comes off easily, no redness and doesn't hurt. That's several recommendations, thanks. I'll find some of that micropore - I've been using 3M medi pore, which is obviously not the same thing. It takes...
by harleymads
Fri Feb 11, 2022 3:50 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mouth breather needs advice
Replies: 11
Views: 941

Mouth breather needs advice

I'm a relatively new CPAP user, just started last summer after a sleep test and diagnosis of apnea, and I'm still trying to find the right solution. My problem is that I'm a very strongly determined mouth breather, apparently. I tried some full face masks at first, but had big problems getting a dec...