Pacifier Addict
Adepts ensure that adult pacifiers help them relax, sleep better and stop smoking. However, doctors leave alerts.
If pacifiers help babies calm down and relax, why can’t adults suck too? This seems to be the question that is motivating the growth of the popularity of Adult pacifiers in Chinaespecially for young adults, who use them to combat stress.
These pacifiers are everywhere on Chinese online commerce platforms like Taobao and JD.com, with prices oscillating between 10 yuan (about 1.20 euros) and 500 yuan (almost 60 euros). Among the benefits promised by sellers are the fight against insomniarelaxation and help for those who want to stop smoking or have breathing difficulties.
According to, there are online stores that sell over 2000 adult pacifiers a month and customers seem to be satisfied. “It’s of high quality, soft and I feel comfortable sucking. It doesn’t disturb my breathing,” said a buyer. “It’s amazing help me quit smoke. It gives me psychological comfort and makes me less restless during my periods of smoking cessation, ”wrote someone else.
The tendency is not tied to China. Several videos on Tiktok already show that there are increasingly Americans adept at the return to the pacifiers.
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In the field of psychology, this obsession with pacifiers is an example of “regression phenomenon– The idea that when life becomes oppressive, people take refuge in something that made them feel safe as children. The pacifier, in this case, is seen as a synonym for comfort and a memory of a time when we lived with less stress.
But dentists have warned of health risks, with prolonged use of pacifiers being able to limit a person’s ability to open their mouths and cause pain when chewing. “Potential damage to the mouth of customers caused by pacifiers is intentionally minimized by sellers. Sucking the pacifier for more than three hours a day change the position of teeth After a year, ”explains Tang Caomin, Dentist of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, in southwest China.
The doctor also warns that parts of the pacifier can be inhaled while the person sleeps.
Zhang Mo, a psychologist in Chengdu, also points out that the use of pacifier is just a symptom that the person’s emotional needs are not being met and that the real solution is to find the root of the problem.
“The real solution is not to act like a child, but face the challenge directly and resolve it“, He argues.
