While we all know that exercise and eating right are essential to keep our body healthy, not everyone understands the importance of facial exercises. With time, your skin loses elasticity and collagen, which can lead to sagging around your chin and neck. The good news is you can get a sharp jawline and a toned face with some targeted exercises.
What causes double chin and how to avoid it?
Sustaining a double chin is often related to weight gain – but it isn’t the only culprit. After all, you could be the fittest person on the planet – with a great diet and perfect gym routine – and still have double chin fat.
Often, a double chin is caused by genetics and age. As you grow older, fat settles under your chin and amplifies your jowls, causing a fuller-face look.
If you’re looking for ways to reduce a double chin in a week, first consider your lifestyle. Bad posture and ‘tech neck’ – caused by constantly looking down at your laptop or phone – may lead to chin rolls. Skipping meals, ordering fast food and eating inconsistently can also lead to weight gain and loss of skin elasticity. Both issues can increase your chances of developing chin fat.
But not all is lost. If you desire a jawline sharp enough to cut through paper, there are many double chin exercises you can try at home.
Kiss the ceiling
If you’re wondering how kissing the ceiling – which you probably can’t even reach, anyway – is going to reduce double chin, hear us out. This exercise is highly effective, as the simple act of looking up engages chin muscles and helps to burn fat.
Keep your shoulders and back straight, tilt your head back and look up. Pucker your lips and feel the skin around your neck and chin tighten. Hold for 15 seconds and then relax. Repeat this movement 15 times daily and you’ll spot results in just a week.
Reduce double chin by yoga: stick out your tongue!
Maybe little kids are onto something…sticking out your tongue has some great chin-defining benefits! Flashing your tongue is part of a yoga pose called simhasana, which can strengthen chin muscles and get rid of facial fat.
To execute, simply keep your back upright and look straight ahead. Open your mouth and stick out your tongue as far as you can. Hold for five seconds and then relax. You can repeat this exercise up to ten times a day.
Tongue press
Say goodbye to stubborn chin fat with this easy exercise. Simply straighten your back and shoulders, tilt your head back and look up. Press your tongue to the roof of your mouth until you feel your chin tighten. Hold for five seconds and then relax. Complete three sets of five repetitions per day.
The ‘O’
Naturally, reduce facial fat by making shapes with your mouth. Straighten your back and shoulders, tilt your head upwards and keep your lips tightly closed. Form an ‘O’ shape with your lips and hold for ten seconds. Do two sets of ten per day.
Jaw jut
You may have noticed a recurring theme in all these exercises: keeping your back and shoulders straight, and tilt your head up. But for this one, the next step involves pushing or jutting your lower jaw forward. Hold for five seconds and then relax.
For this easy and effective exercise, it’s important that you resist the urge to move your neck along with your jaw. You can repeat this one up to ten times daily.
Bonus tips for getting rid of double-chin fat
The exercises we’ve given you are so easy, you could do them whilst working or finishing up household chores. Here’s some further advice, tips and tricks for helping you chisel that jaw!
Roll your neck
Reducing a double chin by rolling your neck is so easy, that you probably already do it when alleviating neck cramp. All it requires is rolling your neck – that’s it!
To maximise on this exercise’s benefits, hold for five seconds on each side. You can do this exercise as many times as you like per day.
Tennis ball chin roll
You may have seen people using giant rubber balls to tone their backs and legs. But did you know that the same works with your chin, too?
Using a tennis ball on your neck can help to tone the muscles under your chin. This can firm-up the area’s skin and tackle excess fat, too. Simply place the tennis ball under your chin and lower your face, holding the ball against your throat. Tightly press your chin down on the ball and hold for five seconds. You can repeat this exercise twice a day.
Chewing gum
This one won’t work wonders overnight, but if you practice it regularly, you’ll wind up with the jaw of your dreams.
When it comes to knowing how to reduce face fat and a double chin, it doesn’t get any easier than chewing gum. A chewing action gives your facial muscles a workout and can tighten them. Chewing gum for one hour daily can also combat the baby fat in your cheeks.
So, what are you waiting for? Pop in your favourite gum and get chewing.
Natural ingredients for double chin
Massage with wheat germ oil
Natural oils, such as wheatgerm, can be used to help reduce double chin issues effectively. Wheatgerm oil contains vitamin E which tightens sagging skin, improving skin’s elasticity.
To harness its power, first, rub a few drops of wheat germ oil into your palm to warm it up. Gently apply the oil to your neck and chin, massaging in an upwards motion. Complete this every night for 20 minutes.
Egg white mask
Egg whites are a common ingredient in face masks as they’re great for making your skin firm. So, why not use the power of the egg to tighten your jaw and chin?
Crack an egg and separate the whites – you can also add a few drops of lemon juice to reduce weight around your chin. Dip a brush into the solution and apply it all over your neck and chin. Let it sit for 15-20 minutes and then wash it off with cold water.
Green tea
Natural ingredients – like green tea – can help to maintain both your weight and your double chin.
Green tea has anti-inflammatory properties, so drinking it daily can help promote weight loss. You can also reap the same benefits by making and applying a green tea face mask.
Cut a green tea bag open and empty its contents into a bowl. Create a paste by adding a few drops of olive oil (another great antioxidant, which reduces chin fat). Apply the paste as a mask to your chin and neck.
Whilst you wait for it to dry, brew a green-tea cuppa and enjoy! Allow the mask to sit for 10 to 15 minutes, before washing it off with lukewarm water. You can apply this mask up to three times a week.
Eat watermelon
Watermelon is loaded with vitamins, potassium and magnesium, making it a very healthy addition to your diet.
Melon is delicious, low in calories and can help to increase your body’s metabolic rate. Having a higher metabolism is effective in reducing your susceptibility to weight gain and chin fat.
Source: www.bebeautiful.in
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