As you age, you may begin to experience sagging face and neck skin. Keeping a good skin care routine, exercising regularly, eating a balanced diet and facial exercises are important for maintaining elastic skin. Facial exercises help tone sagging muscles to tighten neck skin and reduce sagginess. Always speak with a doctor or dermatologist before deciding whether facial exercises to tighten neck skin are for you.
Platysma Exercise
This exercise helps tighten the platysma and sternomastoid muscles, at the front of the neck, to tighten and reduce neck skin. Stand straight and tilt your head to the ceiling. At the same time, press the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth. This should flex the muscles at the front of your neck, tightening and toning these muscles the more you perform the exercise. Keeping your tongue pressed to the roof of your mouth, bring your chin down to your neck.
Chin Exercise
Tightening and toning the muscles in your chin can help tighten loose skin that sags into your neck. This exercise effectively tones the chin and the front of the neck. Start by rubbing a moisturizer around your chin and mouth. This will help eliminate any skin pulling as you perform the exercise. Hold your head still throughout the exercise. Lift your lower lip up and out so your chin skin is wrinkled. You should feel the chin muscles contracting as you do this. Hold this contraction, then lower your chin so your jaw is dropped out slightly. The muscles in your chin and the platysma muscle at the front of your neck should be flexed and contracting throughout the exercise.
Front-of-Neck Exercise
This exercise helps tone the muscles at the front of your throat to tighten neck skin. Lie flat on your back on your bed with your head and neck hanging just off the edge. Slowly lift your chin toward your chest. When you reach your chest, pause for 10 seconds, then relax. Repeat five times, three times a week.
Kiss Exercise
This exercise emulates a kiss motion to help tighten neck skin and eliminate sagginess. Sit or stand straight with your chin tilted up, so you are looking at the ceiling. Pucker your lips into a kiss, stretching them as far as you can, as if you are trying to kiss the ceiling. Hold this pucker pose for five seconds, then relax and return your head to the starting position. Repeat five times, three times a week.
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