Snoring is a common and irritating problem for many individuals. Snoring can even be a problematic area of marriage. Many partners of snoring patients complain that they can not sleep due to snoring. But with the new treatment to cure snoring which takes as little as two minutes that involve injecting a chemical under local anesthesia into the roof of the mouth of the snoring patient. The technique is known as “snoreplasty” and developed in United States. The technique (snoreplasty) acts by preventing the soft tissues of the back of the mouth from vibrating. Vibration of the soft tissues in the back of the mouth is the cause of snoring.

The uvula which is part of the soft palate vibrates when we breathe in due to high pressure produced during breathing. In the obese and overweight persons the problem (of snoring) is much more than a normal person, due to extra fat in the neck which cause compression of the airway. Snoring can cause many chronic health problems like diabetes, high blood pressure, and other heart problems due to un-optimal oxygen intake.

Till the discovery of this technique (snoreplasty) to treat snoring the only treatment modality for snoring was surgery. In the surgical method to treat snoring surgeons use laser or scalpel to trim the size of uvula to make it less able to vibrate. But recovery after surgery may be very long and painful. Eating and drinking can also be a problem after surgery in some patients. Another disadvantage of surgical treatment of snoring is the cost, which is generally more than $3,000 and there is no guarantee of cure after surgery.

There are many over the counter treatment modalities for snoring, which are generally useless as most patients find. The new snoreplasty injection costs less than $5. Most of the patients with snoring prefer snoreplasty these days because it is painless, the recovery time is minimal (patient can go home after receiving the injection and have food after an hour). Surgical correction of snoring can take a week to recover, which makes it costly as well as lose of workdays.

This technique may not be useful in up to 20 % of the patients, who ultimately will require surgical correction. In most of the patients snoring stops for a year after a single injection and in some patients the cure of snoring is permanent.