Top neuroscientist reveals intriguing reason why Brits are becoming UGLITER – and how to stop the change happening to you

Experts have discovered a common and subtle habit that changes our faces and makes people less and less attractive.

According to some researchers, breathing through the mouth instead of the nose could be possible change the shape of your jaw, eyes and nose.

In children, so-called mouth breathing – usually caused by a cold or anxiety – can cause the teeth to become crooked and lead to an overbite.

The theory was most recently publicized in a viral clip shared on Instagram that racked up nearly 20,000 likes in less than 24 hours, as well as hundreds of comments.

The video, shared by user @puremogfeatures a scientific lecture, reportedly given by a surgeon, showing why humanity is “getting uglier.”

The anonymous surgeon points to images comparing the facial structures of people breathing through their mouths with their noses.

Mouth breathing can result in a bump on the nose, a receding jawline and eye bags, according to the alleged expert in the clip.

This is said to be because breathing in this way opens the mouth and pulls the tongue downward, pulling the chin back and other facial features downward.

According to the expert in the clip, mouth breathing gradually pulls down the cartilage in the nose, creating a bump.

The far-fetched theory has previously been touted by other scientists, including popular health podcaster and American neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman.

“People, and especially children, who breathe excessively through the mouth instead of through the nose have changes in the structure of the face that make them much more unattractive than if they were breathing through the mouth,” he told the podcast . Modern wisdom.

Of course, you should be able to put your entire tongue on the roof of your mouth without feeling your teeth, explains Dr. Huberman, whose colleagues at Stanford University wrote in the book about the “epidemic” of mouth breathing.Jaws’.

“The characteristic change in the face when a person overbreathes is that the chin begins to move back toward the neck and the eyes become droopy because there is less use of the sinuses,” said Dr. Huberman.

The eyes may also appear to have larger under-eye circles and take on a downward slope.

This may be because breathing through your mouth also brings in less oxygen, Dr. Huberman warned.

Although the volume of air in the nasal cavity is lower than in the mouth, the pressure is higher, meaning air flows more quickly into the respiratory system, according to researchers from Anglia Ruskin University.

They also suggest that breathing through your nose increases nitric oxide production, allowing oxygen to reach the lungs and muscles more easily.

Old habits can be changed and you can improve your nasal breathing, Dr. Huberman earlier.

He explained that sinuses are “plastic-like” and can be adjusted in shape.

“Intentional nose breathing during the majority of your cardiovascular training will help dilate the sinuses, leading to better airflow, making nasal breathing easier,” he said.

Mouth breathing not only changes the way you look, it can also make you sick.

The nose filters the air we breathe and helps prevent material such as dust, pollen, ash and other dangerous particles from entering deep into the lungs.

Breathing through the mouth does not provide this filter, meaning toxins can go directly into the lungs.

“People don’t recognize that the way they breathe can have a significant impact on their health levels, on sleep quality, anxiety, breathing disorders like asthma, athletic performance and more,” says James Nestor, a San Francisco-based science journalist and author of Breath : the new science of a lost art, previously told to MailOnline.

He claimed that his former mouth-breathing habit was the cause of his recurring respiratory infections, which he was eventually able to shake after a doctor told him to breathe through his nose.

‘I thought she was crazy. I solved it. And I haven’t had any of these problems since. That was over ten years ago.’

The best-selling author argued that the vast majority of breaths should be taken in a slow rhythm through your nose, and not through your mouth, unless you are sick.

“We need to breathe the way we naturally evolved to breathe,” Nestor said.

‘There is nothing special about it, just look at a healthy child breathing in a slow rhythm into his stomach and through the nose.’

Dozens of studies have suggested that breathing through the nose will eliminate bad breath, stop snoring and reduce the risk of gum disease.

According to Mr. Nestor, about 60 percent of the population breathes through their mouth while they sleep.

Doing so can dry out the gums and tissue lining the mouth.

It can also make snoring worse because air hits the back of the throat directly and causes vibrations, instead of passing along the soft palate, which happens when breathing through the nose, according to the British Snoring and Sleep Apnea Association.

However, experts say that taping the mouth during sleep to force nasal breathing can disrupt sleep by causing irritation, anxiety and difficulty breathing through the nose.