Drooping lower lip

Many people have asymmetrical faces, which has a lot to do with their usual eating habits. Some people always use their left teeth to eat, and they will find that the left side of their face is higher, so habits are very important for facial symmetry. Some people have more obvious sagging lower lips. What’s going on? People who often lower their heads will find this phenomenon, which is related to sagging cheeks and thus sagging lower lips.

7 bad habits that cause droopy mouth corners

1. Spend the day with a blank expression

Because of long periods of time spent without facial expression, such as working on the computer, the unused facial muscles will accelerate the degeneration of the orbicularis oris muscle.

How to rescue?

Put a mirror on the table and check whether the corners of your mouth are drooping while working. In the bathroom or other places where no one can see you, you can make the "Eeh~Wu~" shape with your mouth as a measure to activate the orbicularis oris muscle.

2. Love using smartphones

Bending your head to use a smartphone can cause facial flesh to sag, most notably in the cheeks and down to the corners of the mouth. If you lower your head to play with your phone for a long time, the muscles of your cheeks and chin will sag, and you may also develop a double chin, making you look older than your age.

How to rescue?

Pay attention to the time when using your mobile phone, try to reduce the usage time, and take a proper rest if you use it for more than 20 minutes. Pay attention to your posture and try not to play with your phone while lying down.

3. Not chewing well

Not chewing thoroughly when eating or eating soft foods can also lead to degeneration of the orbicularis oris muscle.

How to rescue?

When you cook for yourself, you can cut the vegetables into larger pieces and put more effort into the cooking. In addition, put down your chopsticks after taking a bite and chew at least 30 times. This will not only exercise your orbicularis oris muscle, but also make it easier to feel full, which is also very effective for weight loss.

4. Wrong facial expression

In addition to normal human aging, drooping corners of the mouth are often caused by bad facial expression habits. For example, some people often like to pout, which will cause the corners of their mouth to droop. Some people are unhappy all day long and always think about sad things. Naturally, the corners of their mouth will also droop.

How to rescue?

In life, we must maintain a happy and cheerful attitude, always smile, learn to appreciate every bit of beauty in life, learn to be grateful and praise others, so that your face will unconsciously improve.

5. Collagen loss

Collagen supports skin elasticity. Loss of collagen may cause facial skin to sag, and drooping corners of the mouth are one of the consequences.

How to rescue?

Foods such as beef tendon, pig trotters, chicken wings, chicken skin, fish skin and cartilage all contain collagen and can be eaten appropriately. Secondly, you should also pay attention to a balanced diet, especially consume more fruits and vegetables containing antioxidants, such as carrots, tomatoes, grapes, etc. You should also drink red wine and tea in moderation to protect the collagen in the skin.

6. Too little facial fat

Loss of subcutaneous fat is also an important cause of sagging skin at the corners of the mouth. Some people suffer from long-term malnutrition and excessive weight loss, which will lead to a lack of necessary fat in the body, especially in the face, resulting in drooping corners of the mouth.

How to rescue?

Do not go on a diet blindly or avoid eating fatty foods to prevent insufficient fat intake.

7. Breathe through your mouth

Breathing through the mouth can cause the muscles around the mouth to degenerate and accelerate the drooping of the corners of the mouth. Mouth breathing also increases your chances of developing a respiratory infection.

How to rescue?

You should pay attention to breathing through your nose.

How to fight sagging mouth corners

1. Maintain good living habits

Modern people do less exercise and do not pay attention to their diet. Especially women who have irregular lifestyles and excessive work pressure often experience symptoms of sagging of the corners of the mouth muscles early. Maintaining good living habits is the basic prerequisite for keeping facial skin firm.

2. Internal care

In daily life, eat more skin care and beauty foods such as pig skin, pig feet, propolis, bird's nest, snow frog, etc. Women can take vitamin C or supplement collagen products to enhance the skin's support ability and improve skin wrinkles and sagging. In terms of diet, consume more fruits and vegetables containing antioxidants, such as carrots, tomatoes, grapes, etc.

3. Local exercises to fight drooping mouth corners

【Exercise 1】

Step 1. Open your mouth wide

Open your mouth as wide as you can, as if you were going to bite down a Big Mac. This way, you can exercise your facial muscles that you don't usually use.

Step 2, turn the corners of your mouth upward

Keep your mouth wide open for 3 seconds, then consciously and slowly pull both corners of your mouth upwards, and hold this position for 5 seconds. Be careful not to stick out your tongue.

Step 3: Restore to natural state

Note: Don’t open your mouth too small!

It is difficult to achieve the purpose of exercise if your mouth is only slightly open and your mouth is grinning. You must consciously open your mouth wide and lift the corners of your mouth diagonally upwards.

【Exercise 2】

Before massaging, apply massage cream, face cream or massage oil.

Step 1: Place both thumbs on the center of your jaw, surround your nose with both hands, and make a shouting gesture.

Step 2: Press the sides of your thumb and index finger against the skin, leaving as little space as possible, and slowly move your hands toward your ears while applying force. The goal is to squeeze all the facial fat out from the outside of the face.

Step 3: After your hands pass in front of your ears, gently lift your jaw and then slide your hands from your neck to your collarbone. Repeat the above steps three times.