Mouth Taping with Beard... no worky

Dark_Star · Post by **Dark_Star** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:02 am

Well... as some as you know. I am a newbie Cpaper. (Did I just say Cpaper?).

Anyways... I am trying to get it all right.. I have a nasal mask and noticed that I have been mouth breathing. Mostly exhaling .. which not only is waking me up .. but I believe it it is screwing up my therapy.

Ok.. so last night I go Walgreen's and get the Nexcare 2" Paper tape and chap stick.. (Following roosters instructions).

One problem... I have facial hair.. Mustache and beard.

Tape did not work...

Any suggestions.... or is a full-face mask now on my next list.

mecocosm · Post by **mecocosm** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:28 am

Try the Hybrid. If your experience turns out like mine, you'll be very happy.

racefan · Post by **racefan** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:50 am

Dark_Star
I have a full beard & I use Polident strips.I would call them a minor pain in the rear but worth it

sharon1965 · Post by **sharon1965** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:54 am

darkstar

i obviously don't have a beard (yet ) but i use the polident strips also...i just cut one strip in half lengthwise and it does the trick...peels off easily in the morning (i tried the polident paste first....ewww, very yucky)

good luck

sharon1965

MLefholtz · Post by **MLefholtz** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:56 am

Hey Dark. Before you give up on taping, a couple of questions. Do you trim your beard? Did your tape reach skin on the sides?

I too have facial hair and tape. Doing good with it so far. You might try not using the chap stick. Be worth a try anyway. I find that chap stick or salves of various sorts spread through the night and tend to loosen the tape. So does drooling, which no chap stick helps.

I use the comfort lite 2 mask with nasal cushions. I tape right up to the bottom of my nose.

Mike

JeffH · Post by **JeffH** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:13 am

I had to get rid of the full beard and go with goatee type beard. That gives you skin on the sides to tape to.

When it comes to getting good sleep or looking the way I would like to, sleep wins.

BTW, I had a full beard for over 30 years.

MLefholtz · Post by **MLefholtz** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:38 am

JeffH wrote:
BTW, I had a full beard for over 30 years.

Hi Jeff. I can relate. 33 years here. Unfortunately, my beard is now a shadow of it's former self, thanks to hair loss side effects of chemo treatments. My avatar pic was taken a year ago, before treatments. I guess I still think of myself as having a full uncut beard. It's growing back now, currently out of treatment, but I doubt I'll ever have my former beard again.

But as you say, health is more important than appearance.

Mike

JeffH · Post by **JeffH** » Sat May 19, 2007 9:38 am

Hi Mike. Good looking beard. You ever been a Santa? I was a couple of times and was going to do it for a company that places them in malls, but I don't have any kids and don't think I could put up with them for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week between thanksgiving and christmas!

MLefholtz · Post by **MLefholtz** » Sat May 19, 2007 1:00 pm

Hey Jeff. I've never been a santa. My wife and I have ten kids between us, but that never made me more inclined to tolerate large numbers of them.

I did go through a period of 6-8 years where little kids were often pulling at their mother's sleeves and whispering, "There's Santa!!". Hehehe. I didn't cut my hair for about 22 years and it was prematurely gray/white and wavy. Fiinally cut it all off about 7 years ago. That pretty effectively put the kibosh on that sort of thing.

Mike

meister · Post by **meister** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:43 pm

2 inch Blenderm will work for you

blarg · Post by **blarg** » Sat May 19, 2007 9:44 pm

I get great results with a chin strap. It's worth trying if you can get one for cheap.

gster · Post by **gster** » Sun May 20, 2007 12:44 pm

taping mouth?

what if you, for lack of a better word, throw up in the middle of the night?

will you choke?

Wistful · Post by **Wistful** » Sun May 20, 2007 2:00 pm

Like Sharon suggested, try polident strips. you wet them and put them inbetween your lips - no hair there (I hope ) The nice thing about them is that you can separate your lips if you really want to, get a glass of water or whatever and reseal them with water.
W

Dark_Star · Post by **Dark_Star** » Sun May 20, 2007 4:33 pm

Ok ... I now have 2 possible remedies.. thanks to you'all

Polident strips and the Chin strap.

So...off to the drug store I go.. after dinner .. for some Polident

Although, I may owe blarg some huge 'props' for his persistence on the chin strap idea. Which I will try soon....

I hope I don't sound too desperate here... I am "just" trying to get in a routine that works that " gets me through the night".

Hey remember the John Lennon song..
What ever gets you thru the night...

Dark_Star · Post by **Dark_Star** » Sun May 20, 2007 4:37 pm

My new anthem!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7kMHXOTkq8M

Mask

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Mouth Taping with Beard... no worky

Mouth Taping with Beard... no worky

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