Your neck muscles weaken with age and lack of use, like any other muscle in your body. This means they can't adequately support the overlying skin, causing your delicate neck skin to sag, according to Wrinkle-Free-Skin-Tips.com. The good news is that regular toning exercises can strengthen the muscles in your neck and help create a firmer appearance.
Getting Started
Before doing any neck exercises, you need to sit or stand comfortably with your shoulders back and relaxed. According to the Shape Your Face website, it's also important to perform each exercise gently and slowly, avoid jerking your neck and stop immediately if you feel any pain. For best results, the Anti Aging Skin Care Guide recommends performing neck exercises in the morning and at night.
Neck Lift
This exercise will help build up your neck muscles, which will subtly pull the skin tauter and reduce the saggy appearance. Lie on your back and gently lift your head and neck 1 inch off the floor, according to the Anti Aging Skin Care Guide website. While elevated, slowly turn your head to the right then to the left, return your head to the floor. You should feel the muscles at the front and sides of your neck working as you perform this exercise.
Neck Resistance Exercise
Form the letter O with your mouth and use your muscles to keep it in this position while using your index fingers to pull the corners of your mouth down, according to the Anti Aging Skin Care Guide website. You should feel your neck muscles working against the resistance of your fingers to maintain the O shape. Hold the tension for a few seconds, relax and do three sets of 20 repetitions.
Head Tilt With Lip Extension
This exercise will help stretch the neck and strengthen the jaw muscles, the TargetWoman health and lifestyle website reports. Sit up straight and tip your head back so you're looking at a point on the ceiling slightly in front of you rather than directly above your head. In this position, extend your bottom lip up over your top lip as much as you can toward your nose. The skin should feel tight over your jaw bone and down your neck. Hold the lip extension for a few seconds, relax and repeat up to 10 times.
Tongue Press
Sit or stand and drop your head back as you did for the head tilt exercise, then press your tongue firmly against the roof of your mouth, says the Shape Your Face website. Keeping your tongue in position, slowly drop your chin toward the base of your neck then back to the start position. If you feel tension in the soft skin under your chin, you know you're doing this exercise correctly.
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