Sagging Neck Exercises

With growing age, our body goes under lots of changes, both with respect to appearance and health. Aging causes the skin to lose its firmness, which leads to formation of wrinkles and sagging skin. Sagging in the areas like neck are easily noticeable. Turkey neck or double chin can also be formed due to increased body weight or sudden weight loss. Whatever may be the cause, sagging neck skin looks very unsightly. It looks very unappealing and makes you look older. Skin tightening creams, anti aging creams, facelift surgeries and neck exercises are some of the sagging neck treatments. Out of these, sagging neck exercises have proved to give effective results, that last for a long time. So, let us learn the steps to perform these exercises.

Exercises for Sagging Neck

Even though the loss of skin firmness cannot be gained back, one can reduce the aging effect with certain neck exercises. These exercises will firm and tone the neck muscles, thereby reducing the sagging look. These sagging neck exercises are basically facial exercises that smooths the neck muscles. Though face lift surgeries help to give instant sagging neck solutions, but they may not give effective results. So it is always wise to rely on natural methods. Sagging neck exercises may take longer time to show the results, but they are easy to perform and very effective. Some of the advantages of these exercises can be listed as,

• Help retain youthful look.
• Add glow to the face with good health.
• Promote good blood circulation to head, thereby increasing oxygen supply to brain.
• Help to get rid of sagging neck and form smooth and tight skin.

Here are some simple exercises for a sagging neck.

Exercise #1: To perform this exercise, you can sit in a chair or stand upright. Tilt your head a little backwards and then move your lower lip over your upper lip to form pout. Hold the lips in this position for 5 seconds and repeat the exercise 5 more times.

Exercise #2: This exercise helps to tone the frontal muscles of the neck. Stand in an upright position or sit in a chair, then tilt your head in backward direction. Now, touch or press your tongue to the roof of the mouth. Keep the tongue in same position and tilt your head downwards. Do 5 repetitions of this exercise.

Exercise #3: Sit in a chair or stand in an upright position. Now, tilt your head backwards and look straight towards the ceiling. Close your lips in comfortable manner and then make few chewing motions. Repeat the exercise for 20 times.

Exercise #4: To perform this exercise, place your thumb of any hand below your chin bone. Close your mouth and press your tongue on your lower jaw gum, as if you are trying to touch your thumb. Hold the tongue position for few seconds and repeat the exercise 5 times.

Exercise #5: Lie on a bed with your head over the edge. Now, gently raise your body through shoulders and bring your head near the torso. Hold the position for 10 seconds and return to original position. Do 5 repetitions of this exercise.

Exercise #6: Sit or stand in an upright position and look straight forward. Now close your lips and teeth, try to smile as broad as possible. Hold the position for 5 seconds, without opening your lips. Then bring your lips to form pointed lip, as if you are kissing. Hold the lips position for 5 seconds and repeat the whole exercise 10 times.

These were some simple and easy to perform sagging neck exercises. To get effective results you must perform these exercises daily for at least 6 weeks.