Before we know how to get rid of a double chin, let’s figure out what actually causes a double chin. If you have a double chin, it can be due to one or a combination of the following factors:
- Overweight/obesity: The fat tissues under your chin store excess fat and become bulgy.
- Genetics: Sometimes the reason behind a double chin can be genetic.
- Face structure: If your chin is shorter enough, it can cause a double chin.
- Age: A double chin can also be caused by saggy or loose skin due to aging.
How to get rid of a double chin?
Getting rid of a double chin can be strenuous at times depending upon what method(s) are suitable for your specific case. In most of the cases, you need a combination of both home remedies and targetted exercises.
Exercises to bust a double chin
These simple but effective exercises will help you reduce your double chin.
1. Sugar-Free Gum
Exercise, exactly as we do squats and belly exercises to get rid of belly fat or a belly pooch, the same goes for a double chin. You need to target the stored fat and burn it. Chewing sugar-free gum on a regular basis can be effective in burning the excess fat under your chin.
This can even help in maintaining healthy gums and teeth. What you need to do is, simply chew sugarless gum several times a day. You will start seeing results in a month’s time.
2. Straight jaw jut
- Tilt your head back and look toward the ceiling.
- Push your lower jaw forward to feel a stretch under the chin.
- Hold the jaw jut for a 10 count.
- Relax your jaw and return your head to a neutral position.
3. Tennis Ball exercise
- Place a 9- to10-inch tennis ball under your chin.
- Press your chin down against the ball.
- Repeat 25 times daily.
4. Tight-mouth smile
- Tightly press your teeth against each other
- Now try a wide mouth smile.
- Repeat this 25 times in one sitting.
Home remedies for a double chin
1. Sugar-Free Gum
Exercise, exactly as we do squats and belly exercises to get rid of belly fat or a belly pooch, the same goes for a double chin. You need to target the stored fat and burn it. Chewing sugar-free gum on a regular basis can be effective in burning the excess fat under your chin.
This can even help in maintaining healthy gums and teeth. What you need to do is, simply chew sugarless gum several times a day. You will start seeing results in a month’s time.
2. Cocoa Butter
Apply cocoa butter regularly on the underside of your chin. This enables the skin tissues to regain elasticity and firm the tissues. This, in turn, tightens the skin under your chin pressing any small excess fat upside.
Slightly warm a small amount of cocoa butter and massage over the area twice a day.
The best time to do this before taking a bath in the morning or before going to bed at night.
3. Wheat Germ Oil
A lot of people reported massaging the neck with wheat germ oil to be useful in dramatically reducing the bulge of a double chin. The oil is rich in Vitamin E that your skin needs to maintain the required elasticity.
Gently massage your chin area with wheat germ oil. Start from the bottom of your neck and go up. Leave the oil applied overnight. Wash off in the morning.
Repeat this every day for a couple of days and see the difference.
4. Egg Whites
You might have already heard about the egg white and honey mask to fade wrinkles. The same skin tightening ability of egg white goes good for double chin. Add half a tablespoon of honey to egg white, also add a small amount of peppermint. Apply the paste on the chin area, let it stay for 20-30 minutes before you rinse it off.
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