A regular surface with non zero mean curvature is orientable

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How can I prove that any regular surface with non zero mean curvature is orientable?

UPDATE: The surface is embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$.

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I assume your surface is embedded in $\mathbf{R}^{3}$. At each point of your surface there are precisely two unit normal vectors. Because the mean curvature is non-vanishing, it makes geometric sense to "pick the normal vector for which the mean curvature is positive".