"I'm 27 - I sleep in a jaw strap and tape my mouth shut so I can age gracefully"
A woman sleeps in a jaw strap, eye patches and tapes her mouth shut so she can "age gracefully".
Mayte Myers, 27, decided to enhance her skincare and night time routine as she felt the need to achieve "consistent results" to reduce her "deep crow's feet" without resorting to cosmetic surgery.
She applies her skincare before putting on eye patches, a hair bonnet, a jaw strap and mouth tape before bed.
Mayte says trolls say 'who would want to go to bed with her looking like that?’ but she feels the routine has helped her skin feel brighter.
Mayte, a content creator, from Dallas, Texas, US said: “People have commented blaming me for setting high beauty standards for pushing what is necessary to do to meet those standards.”
“I’ve also had people saying I’m doing it for the male gaze, and then others saying ‘Oh but who would want to go to bed with her looking like that?’”
“My husband Dakota did laugh at first but now calls me the 'de-shedding queen'. I’ve even tried a forehead patch and mouth tape on him.
“It does look weird, but it's breathable, comfortable, and encourages you to keep your mouth shut when you’re asleep.
"I feel way more confident in my skin since doing it. It's my twenty minutes of pampering at night and a nice thing to look forward to.
"I also find the routine really comforting, like a weighted blanket for my face."
Mayte says she used to experience disrupted sleep but has been sleeping better since implementing her routine, and feels she "can perform anything after sleeping well".
She discovered under-eye and forehead patches in a skincare subscription box in February 2023, which she began using "every now and then."
Despite observing some initial changes, she says that they were short-lived.
Mayte said: "I saw some results, but they didn't last, so knew I had to do more."
She started doing her full routine in June 2024 and sleeps in the strap and tape three nights a week.
She said: “I have pretty deep crows feet, and I was worried about having a double chin before my wedding in June.
"The jaw strap has been like a waist trainer for my face.
“I know aging is natural but I want to do it as gracefully as I can.”
Mayte shared her morning shed routine on TikTok - where she filmed herself 'shedding' the treatments she slept in.
She said: “First I do my skincare, wait for it to sink in and brush my teeth. Then I put on under-eye patches, a hair bonnet, a jaw strap, and lastly mouth tape.
“I’m a mouth breather and I kept waking up with a dry tongue before using mouth tape."
Mayte wants to “show people the results over time”, and the realistic side of using skincare for ageing - by showing wrinkles in her videos and how she treats them.
She says she was “acne prone and had acne in school” but since doing the 'morning shed' routine she has noticed a big difference in her skin.
She said: “My skin looks a lot brighter and my wrinkles aren’t as noticeable.
Mayte Myers, 27, decided to enhance her skincare and night time routine as she felt the need to achieve "consistent results" to reduce her "deep crow's feet" without resorting to cosmetic surgery.
She applies her skincare before putting on eye patches, a hair bonnet, a jaw strap and mouth tape before bed.
Mayte says trolls say 'who would want to go to bed with her looking like that?’ but she feels the routine has helped her skin feel brighter.
Mayte, a content creator, from Dallas, Texas, US said: “People have commented blaming me for setting high beauty standards for pushing what is necessary to do to meet those standards.”
“I’ve also had people saying I’m doing it for the male gaze, and then others saying ‘Oh but who would want to go to bed with her looking like that?’”
“My husband Dakota did laugh at first but now calls me the 'de-shedding queen'. I’ve even tried a forehead patch and mouth tape on him.
“It does look weird, but it's breathable, comfortable, and encourages you to keep your mouth shut when you’re asleep.
"I feel way more confident in my skin since doing it. It's my twenty minutes of pampering at night and a nice thing to look forward to.
"I also find the routine really comforting, like a weighted blanket for my face."
Mayte says she used to experience disrupted sleep but has been sleeping better since implementing her routine, and feels she "can perform anything after sleeping well".
She discovered under-eye and forehead patches in a skincare subscription box in February 2023, which she began using "every now and then."
Despite observing some initial changes, she says that they were short-lived.
Mayte said: "I saw some results, but they didn't last, so knew I had to do more."
She started doing her full routine in June 2024 and sleeps in the strap and tape three nights a week.
She said: “I have pretty deep crows feet, and I was worried about having a double chin before my wedding in June.
"The jaw strap has been like a waist trainer for my face.
“I know aging is natural but I want to do it as gracefully as I can.”
Mayte shared her morning shed routine on TikTok - where she filmed herself 'shedding' the treatments she slept in.
She said: “First I do my skincare, wait for it to sink in and brush my teeth. Then I put on under-eye patches, a hair bonnet, a jaw strap, and lastly mouth tape.
“I’m a mouth breather and I kept waking up with a dry tongue before using mouth tape."
Mayte wants to “show people the results over time”, and the realistic side of using skincare for ageing - by showing wrinkles in her videos and how she treats them.
She says she was “acne prone and had acne in school” but since doing the 'morning shed' routine she has noticed a big difference in her skin.
She said: “My skin looks a lot brighter and my wrinkles aren’t as noticeable.