Frequent facial expressions, smoking, excessive puckering and a lack of facial elasticity due to age can all make your mouth look worn and aged. Lip lines can also make it hard to apply some types of makeup, especially lipstick and gloss. To keep your mouth looking younger, facial exercises for lip lines can be employed to keep the skin around your lips and mouth taut and less likely to sag and wrinkle with age. Try exercises that you can do easily at your desk or while at home for a younger-looking mouth.
Lip Eraser
Meant to exercise the Orbicularis oris, or the band of muscle that encircles your mouth, the lip eraser exercise helps to tighten and strengthen the area for less sagging, says MassageTherapy.com. Place the tip of your forefinger on the space above the top lip, and your other forefinger directly below on the space under your bottom lip. Briskly move them back and forth, in opposite directions until the lip area begins to fatigue. Then switch fingers and repeat again.
Lower Lip Lift
An exercise that is recommended by the Ohio State University Medical Center to strengthen and tone the bottom lip, the lower lip lift can help smooth out lip lines that are the result of frequent expressions. Stick your bottom lip out, as if you were making an unhappy face. Push your bottom lip out as far as it can go, and simultaneously lift your head to look at the ceiling. You should feel a tightening sensation in the lip, chin and neck area. Hold for 10 seconds before relaxing, then repeat three to five times.
Finger-Smoothing
If your lip lines are mostly from smoking or consistently puckering your lips, you need an exercise in holding your mouth so that it is pucker-free and smooth. You can do this by placing your forefingers on either side of your mouth, in the corners, and pulling gently. Look in a mirror and watch carefully as you place your bottom lip over your top lip. Do it slowly, and concentrate on avoiding puckers and instead having a completely smooth bottom lip. Then release and try the exercise again by placing the bottom lip over the lower teeth and holding, looking for perfectly smooth lips.
Lip Release
Release the tired and loose muscles from around your lips and mouth, especially if you tend to hold your tension in your face by pursing your lips or grinding your teeth. With your mouth closed, work your tongue around the inside of your mouth so that it pushes out the muscles around the area of your lips. Focus especially on the upper and lower portion; you may want to complete this exercise in front of a mirror so you can watch as your tongue pushes the skin out, resulting in a temporarily pucker-free lip area.
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