Weight Loss Management Part 16: (Exercises To Reduce Double Chin At Home)

For people with extra fat under chin, a double chin can be an frightful sign that extra weight  is the beginning to show on their face. Though double chins are caused by many things---diet,  genetics and age, among others---there are steps you can take to tone your jawline and win  back a youthful appearance. Here are some points to turn two chins into one.

Change Your Diet Routine
Monitor your caloric intake. Extra fat on your jaw is an outgrowth of extra fat on your  body, so changes in your diet will go a long way towards tightening up skin. Get Rid of  Things recommends that you reduce the number of processed carbohydrates and fats you eat in  favor of more fiber, fruits and vegetables.

Oxidative Exercises
Begin an intensive exercise routine. Exercises that burn fat on other parts of your body  also reduce flab on your face and neck. Create and follow an exercise regimen that includes  both oxidative(running, biking, swimming) and anaerobic (weight-lifting) exercises.
Pose Your Body
Improve your posture, by standing up straight, you strengthen your facial muscles over time  and allow your jawline to become prominent. Sit up straight when you sit down and jut out  your jaw slightly.

Sugar-Free Gum
This is the execellent tip for reducing double chin. Chew sugar-free gum. Since the muscles you use to chew are the same muscles that control  your jaw and neck, you can further strengthen them if you chew gum regularly. Sixwise  recommends that you chew sugar-free gum to avoid damaging your teeth.

Change Your Hairstyle
Cut your hair. Shorter haircuts draw attention to higher points on your head---and away from  your neck.

Fashion Changes
Buy shirts with open necklines. Much like short haircuts, a shirt that expands the amount of  visible skin around your neck will draw attention away from it.

Other Exercises
Try exercises that work the platysma. This is the muscle that runs along your jaw and  displaces fat when developed. Get rid of a Double Chin describes several of these  exercises in detail
Exercise 1
Open your mouth wide and pull your bottom lip over your lower teeth. Now lift your jaw up  and down as though you want to scoop something up with your bottom teeth. Try to perform  several repetitions a day.


Exercise 2
Sit straight up in a chair and lower your head so your chin touches your chest. Slowly lift  your head and tilt it as far back as you can. Return to starting position and repeat several  times a day.

Exercise 3
Lie down on a firm surface facing the ceiling. Stick out your tongue as far as it will go,  count to 10, then slowly move your tongue back into your mouth. Repeat several times a day.
Consider Surgery

Consider cosmetic surgery if none of these techniques have worked. A double-chin reduction  procedure---called a mentoplasty---is expensive and often painful, but it does provide a  permanent solution to facial fat.