India, June 26 -- The bedtime trend of mouth taping is back in the spotlight. Social media platforms, including TikTok, are filled with videos featuring influencers and fitness enthusiasts waking up with a tape on their mouths. Aimed at promoting nasal breathing, it requires people to keep their mouth taped shut at night. While some claim mouth taping can have few health benefits, experts have warned about potential risks associated.

Sleep expert Wendy Troxel, a RAND Corporation senior behavioral specialist and licensed clinical psychologist in Utah, believes people should approach this practice with "considerable caution." She told Fox News that scientific evidence has shown that mouth taping effectiveness remains "limited."

Although p...