The skin on all parts of your body loses its tone and starts to sag as you get older, or if you are carrying extra weight. Your face is no different. However, Methods of Healing, an alternative medicine and natural treatments website, states you don’t have to resort to extreme measures, such as surgery to reduce a double chin. There are a number of exercises that can help to firm up the chin area if done regularly.
Step 1
Drop your head back and look at the ceiling. In Kiss the Ceiling, start the exercise by sitting up straight looking up, advises the website Natural Holistic Health. Pucker your lips as if you are going to kiss the ceiling, stretching your lips upwards as far as you can. Hold the position for 10 seconds, return to the start position and repeat the exercise five times.
Step 2
Lie on your back and stare at the ceiling. In the exercise named Tuck Your Chin, the website Genius Beauty notes that in the lying position, with your legs straight and your hands by your sides, you slowly tip your chin down toward your chest. Hold in this tucked position for a few seconds then relax and repeat up to 25 times.
Step 3
Lie on your back with your legs straight and look up at the ceiling. Genius Beauty describes the exercise Tilt Your Head Back. Gently tip your head back so your chin is now pointing toward the ceiling and hold for a few seconds. Slowly return to the start position and repeat the movement up to 25 times.
Step 4
Sit up tall and look straight ahead when doing Slide Your Jaw Forward. Natural Holistic Health advises that you keep your lips together and relax your jaw so your teeth are separated. Push your lower jaw forward so it’s jutting out further than your upper lip. Hold for 10 seconds, relax and repeat five times.
Step 5
In Gulp Like a Fish, place your hand on the base of your neck and apply light pressure to keep the skin of your neck taut. Carolyn’s Facial Fitness notes that you stretch your neck by tilting your chin up; and then deepen the stretch by pushing your jaw forward and back five times, reaching your bottom lip toward the ceiling. Do not swallow while your neck is in the stretched position. Do five sets, switching the hand on your neck each time.
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