Hostage Tape is a brand of mouth tape that is designed to help people sleep better by keeping their mouth closed during the night. The tape is advertised as the strongest and most comfortable mouth tape on the planet. It is designed to adhere to the face like a barnacle to a ships hull and stay there all night long, even for people with the fiercest of lumberjack beards. Hostage Tape is not just a strip of adhesive, but a product that can help improve CPAP compliance by reducing open-mouth snoring and preventing air from escaping from the mouth.
The tape is jet black, about three inches long, and feels like the kind of tape that a hostage-taker would slap onto their victims’ mouths to prevent them from screaming. The brands creator, Alex Neist, says that his mouth-breathing was so bad that it ruined his marriage. Because of his snoring, his wife started sleeping in another room, their “intimacy disappeared,” and his kids struggled in school as a result of all the turbulence at home.
Mouth taping is a popular trend where a person tapes their mouth closed before sleep to encourage breathing out of the nose. Some companies sell adhesive strips designed to be used for mouth taping during sleep. Most pharmacies also sell hypoallergenic tape, surgical tape, and athletic tape, which are porous and commonly used on human skin. The vast majority of people are not allergic to medically used adhesive tapes, though some may experience irritation or other reactions to medical tape.
