Taping no longer works and mouth breathing worse...help!

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OutaSync
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Re: Taping no longer works and mouth breathing worse...help!

Post by OutaSync » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:09 pm

BTW, by tissue paper, I mean the soft white kind that you wrap gifts in, not the kind you would use in the restroom. It comes off easily with the tape.

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Re: Taping no longer works and mouth breathing worse...help!

Post by junie » Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:51 pm

You have helped me alot, awhile ago getting ready for bed I put the chapped lip stuff on took the blue painter tape on
went to bed sometime doing the nite I pulled that tape off and I was in pain took the skin right off
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Re: Taping no longer works and mouth breathing worse...help!

Post by SharkBait » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:49 am

OutaSync wrote:The Breathe Right Strips ripped my skin off, too. And most adhesives leave welts. The blue painters tape was too sharp on the edges. But the white 3M micropore tape does not bother my skin and comes off without taking my skin with it. I have used it daily for many months with no damage. I protect my lips with a thick layer of 100% lanolin and cover that with lip shaped tissue paper. The tape goes over that. THe chistrap helps hold the edges down, I usually have a pretty straight leak line. The blips are caused by my having to lift the mask off to let the blood circulate to my nose bridge and upper lip.
This worked like a champ. I skipped the tissue paper and just went with a coat of chapstick. No leaks and no problems...
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