The dreaded “double chin” is a huge concern for many, especially as we age. While it can be pernicious and distressing, the good news is you can prevent, reduce, and eliminate a double chin without invasive procedures or surgery. To best understand how to do this, let’s first look at the potential causes of a double chin.
What causes a double chin?
Body weight: Weight gain can lead to fat accumulation under the chin.
Reduced skin elasticity: As you age, your skin loses elasticity, causing it to sag
Genetics: If double chins are common in your family, you might be more prone to developing one. Saying that we must also look at the environmental factors and behavioral factors that act as a catalyst for the development of a “double chin” (ex- growing up in a sedentary environment adopting poor posture from observing parents slouching)
Poor Posture: Poor posture (body posture, tongue posture, and face posture) can strain or weaken the muscles and fascia around the neck and chin, contributing to a double chin.
Restricted fascia: When there is restriction around your neck, upper back and shoulders, it will pull the fascia of your face downward - creating sagging around the neck and jawline, and creating pockets where fat accumulates. Tight fascia can be caused by poor posture, lack of movement, and poor lymphatic drainage.
Stagnated lymph: Poor lymphatic flow and drainage creates puffiness through your entire face, including under your chin. Lymphatic fluid collects here, adding or creating the appearance of a double chin.
While things like body weight and genetics can pose challenges, and make a double chin more challenging to entirely eliminate, we can prevent and dramatically reduce a double chin through consistent practice of facial exercise, and lymphatic drainage techniques like facial cupping or lymphatic facial massage. Having expert guidance can make this process very simple. Here’s a glance at what it might look like:
How to reduce a double chin:
Neck stretches: Forward head posture is an epidemic in the modern era of smartphones and desk jobs. Gently stretching the tissues in the neck can break up fascial adhesions, help improve posture, and increase lymphatic circulation to the area, dramatically reducing a double chin.
Tongue exercise: The tongue plays a massive role in the development of a double chin, as well as how the rest of the face evolves over time. This often neglected aspect of facial development has been getting some attention through the trendy practice of “mewing”, which is a form of tongue exercise. Properly practicing tongue exercises and proper tongue posture can change the entire appearance of your face, and eliminate a double chin.
Face Yoga (facial exercise): Face exercise helps develop facial muscles, increase circulation, and creates awareness of facial posture to help you retrain your facial muscles. Expertly guided Face Yoga can treat and prevent a double chin.
Facial cupping: Cups are one of the best tools to boost lymphatic drainage, which is a major player in the development of a double chin. Over time, facial cupping will improve fascial health, and you will see immediate de-puffing effects when practiced correctly. Cupping also boosts collagen production in the skin, restoring elasticity, and reducing sagging. Having instruction from an educated professional is key when it comes to cupping, as there is a lot of misinformation out there. Cupping is a fantastic way to reduce a double chin.
Facial massage: Massaging and manually manipulating the skin and muscles of the neck and face helps to improve lymphatic drainage, increase circulation, boost collagen production, break up fascial adhesions, rehydrate and stretch fascia, reduce tension, improve posture, and so much more. Facial massage is one of the most powerful practices you can employ when trying to reduce a double chin, and a professionally crafted massage routine will dramatically change how you look and feel.
Incorporating just one of these practices into your daily routine can help get rid of a double chin without surgery, but creating a balanced routine of multiple or all of these practices will really give you results. While it can feel overwhelming to think about learning and practicing so many techniques, I have made it easy for you with a safe and effective done-for-you routine that you can learn in The Holistic Facelift Starter Kit.
This kit is focused on lymphatic drainage to help sculpt the face with facial cups, facial massage, dry brushing, and neck stretching. It comes with an online video program that breaks down your step-by-step routine to get a natural facelift in just 8 weeks!
Or grab the Neck and Jawline Foundations course for a basic daily ritual that you can add to any beauty routine to sculpt your neck and jawline in no time. Note: this course is included in The Holistic Facelift Starter Kit.