Mouth taping

[Big MIke]

I'm a newbie, been on cpap 1 1/2 weeks. Can you guys go over mouth taping. My mask is a mirage active and My machine is a fisher and paykel 604. I wake up dryed mouth, I tryed turning up humidi. But I think air is leaking out my lips.
Thank
Big Mike

[Wulfman]

Go to the top of the page and click on "Search" and do a search on the word "taping".......you'll have lots and lots of reading material.

Best wishes,

Den

[neversleeps]

Here's my favorite thread on taping. Click on this:

viewtopic.php?t=9653

[Pad A Cheek]

I am not sure if this will work for others, but here is my latest solution to my mouth breathing problem. I have an Activa mask I did not want to give up. So in place of taping I am using a special PAD A CHEEK mouth guard. It works for me and I have stopped mouth breathing.
I am glad to have a solution that does not involve Tape. I will be adding this to my product line soon, as soon as I find out from my testers if they also have the same results.
One problem I see for the summer is the warmth, but winter is not a problem.

[Sleepless_in_LM]

Padacheek,

I gave up taping because even with the tape I would be awaken by my cheeks blown-out (blow fish). This solution looks like it might solve that problem too. Please let us know how the testers do with this. Somtimes the solutions can be so simple!

[JeffH]

After taping my mouth, I put on a modified head band that has been cut with Velcro attached at both ends and wrap that around my head as in the pic above. With the Velcro, I can adjust the head band tighter as it relaxes. Fixes the blowfish problem. Kinda makes your lips numb when you first put in on, but no long term problems that I have had.

[Sleepless_in_LM]

After taping my mouth, I put on a modified head band

So do you tape, plus use the headband, or did the headband replace the need for taping?

[JeffH]

Both. The taping keeps my mouth shut and the headband is for the blowfish experience. I could wake myself up from puffing out my cheeks. The head band stopped that.

[JeffH]

Question for Padacheek

What pressure are you running? My 7 day average is 16 and I don't think your device would hold in that much pressure, but I could be wrong.

Thanks

JeffH

[birdshell]

Here's my favorite thread on taping. Click on this:

viewtopic.php?t=9653

I strongly agree about this posting being the best!

The only 2 things that I have added to this technique:

1. Smear some milk of magnesia on the skin around the mouth and allow it to dry before applying the tape (blowing with the hose works in just a minute or so while the whole flow generator/humidifier system is warming up). The MoM prevents skin irritation from the tape adhesive.

2. I use the 2 inch tape vertically. This almost covers my entire mouth, and requires less tape. I have used the 1" tape vertically, as well, but have to combine 3 pieces.

The vertical application works best for me, as the horizontal tape strips pop open pretty easily when using several pieces of the 1" tape. (Avoidance of this is why I went to the vertical application in the first place.)

Best wishes, fellow mouth breathers!

Karen

P.S. Pada/Karen, great photo! and GREAT idea. I don't believe it would work for me, but it really is a wonderful blowfish cheek restraint.

[Pad A Cheek]

Hey Jeff,

I run at a 9 so I would not know for sure if this would work for that pressure. If you PM me your address I will send you a sample and you can report back to the forum your results. I do not think my testers have a very high pressure.

Thanks for thinking this one through with me, I appreciate the help.

Karen Moore

[Guest]

Hey pada,
Nice pitcure

What else do yo u use that for

[msteve]

I'm using Medline 1-inch paper tape that I got from the nurse at my mother's nursing home. Problem, sometimes, is it gets damp (do I drool from the corners of my mouth?) and comes apart about 4 hours into the night. Anyone else have this problem and a recommendation for a different tape? I'm not eager to change tape because I'm able to get this off in the morning and am worried about that problem in advance.

[bdp522]

I use kendalls tenderskin paper tape. It stays on all night and comes off fairly easy in the am.

Brenda

[sharlan]

I started using a 1/2 piece of Poligrip comfort seal strips. Works great for me.