078 - Can Side Sleeping Make Your Face Asymmetrical?

Dr. Brian's Health Show

Episode Summary Welcome to The Dr. Brian’s Health Show, a weekly podcast where Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler uses his decades of experience in medicine and ability as an expert researcher to provide a light-hearted approach and share health trends popular on TikTok. In this episode, Dr. Brian provides his analysis on today’s topic: Can Side Sleeping Make Your Face Asymmetrical? Does the way you sleep really impact how your face appears? Will sleeping on your back help avoid facial asymmetry? Can chronic mouth breathing impact your facial construction? Find out in today’s episode! If you’re enjoying the show, we’d love it if you leave the show a Rating & Review at RateThisPodcast.com/NoCap Key Takeaways 01:14 – Dr. Brian announces the long-awaited launch of his book INFLUENCED; learn more at https://www.influencedsocialmedia.com 02:27 – Dr. Brian introduces today’s topic: Can Side Sleeping Make Your Face Asymmetrical? 04:53 – Is there anything you can do to reverse this? 06:44 – Understanding cartilage and facial structure 07:36 – Kids and mouth breathing 08:51 – Dr. Brian teases next week’s topic, reminds listeners about his recent released book, and encourages them to Subscribe, Rate and Review this podcast on RateThisPodcast.com/NoCap Tweetable Quotes “On today’s episode, there is somebody who did a video that is a little bit, I don’t know. I have really these big big doubts about the validity of this person who did the video that I’m going to discuss. And it has to do with making your face asymmetrical by sleeping on one’s side. You have to be really careful when you hear this guy’s video so I’ll let you judge for yourself.” (02:27) (Dr. Brian) “On the other hand, if you would sleep on your back, that would be one way of avoiding having the nose turn to one side.” (04:43) (Dr. Brian) “This is something, by the way, that takes years and years to develop. It’s not like you sleep on one side and you wake up and say, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m asymmetrical!’” (05:18) (Dr. Brian) “The facial bones in kids can change with chronic mouth breathing. It does, over time, have the ability to change the bones.” (07:53) (Dr. Brian) Resources Mentioned NCHS Links Mentioned NCHS Footer Powered by FullCast