AiF.ru: “The frogs have arrived. How to deal with “bulldog cheeks”

A double chin doesn't just change your features. Regardless of gender, with a broad gesture he adds an extra 5-10 years to his face.

The problem is not invented, because even well-groomed and thin celebrities suffer from this scourge. See for yourself:

And while a man can remove his double chin by growing a beard, it is not at all easy for a woman to disguise it. Unlike extra pounds on your hips, there is no way to hide this crease on your face in the folds of your clothes.

Hundreds of creams promise relief. But there is no evidence that any of them actually works.

Is all that remains in this case just to carefully monitor the position of your head and hold your back? Is it possible to remove a double chin?

Can!

We use homemade masks

You need to fight jowls not only in the cosmetologist’s office, but also at home. A good tightening effect can be achieved using masks based on white clay and honey. For the first option you will need 2 tablespoons of dry white clay, 1 tablespoon of grape juice and 1 teaspoon of wheat germ. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly and apply them to your face. After 20 minutes, rinse with warm water.

For a honey mask, beat the egg white, add a tablespoon of oatmeal and a tablespoon of honey heated in a water bath. Apply the mixture to your face for 15-20 minutes, then rinse gently with warm water. Do not forget that regularity of procedures is important in home care. Alternate masks 1-2 times a week.

Diet and nutrition

If your goal is healthy eating, you need to give up these foods and, on the contrary, concentrate on the following:

1. PROTEINS (eggs, meat (beef only, no pork), fish, poultry, cottage cheese, milk, kefir).
2. COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES (rice, buckwheat, durum pasta, oatmeal, potatoes).
3. WATER (regular plain water, not Coca-Cola, Pepsi, etc., and not even mineral water, preferably not carbonated).
4. FIBER (cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, etc. only without mayonnaise dressings, etc.)

In the first half of the day, give preference to carbohydrates, and in the second half, after 15.00 or 16.00, eat mainly proteins. This is done taking into account the fact that during the day the body requires energy (and carbohydrates are energy), and in the evening the need for energy is less (there is no physical activity), therefore building material is required (and building materials for our body are proteins). That's all.

Eat less carbohydrates (carbohydrates, as you may know, are the main source of energy), and as I said earlier, eat carbohydrates mainly in the first half of the day before 16.00, and then proteins. And don’t forget that carbohydrates are: complex (they are long-lasting: rice, buckwheat, pasta, oatmeal) and simple (cakes, cookies, ice cream, sweet juices, etc.). your goal is to EXCLUDE SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATES and consume ONLY COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES.

Also eat a lot of FIBER (this is dietary fiber) which slows down the absorption of food. They have a very good effect on visceral fat, i.e. cleanse the body of it. Therefore, eat vegetables and fruits in any quantities (as much as possible), but an important rule is NO DRESSINGS (such as mayonnaise, etc.).

Doing a massage with a towel

There are a variety of options for home massage. I will tell you about a technique using a terry towel, the size of which must be chosen based on the size of your face: the towel should almost completely follow its contours. Take two bowls of water. Pour cold water into the first and add 1/2 tablespoon of salt, and hot water into the second. Fold the towel lengthwise and soak it in cold water, wring it out a little and lightly pat it on your chin, then apply it to it and gently pull it towards your temples. Stay in this position for 3 minutes. Next, repeat the same manipulations with hot water. The procedures need to be done 3-5 times.

How to remove a chin at home in a week

The problem of a double chin occurs not only in overweight people - even thin girls have to deal with it. There may be several reasons for the appearance of a defect:

• hereditary factor;
• anatomical feature;
• age-related changes;
• thyroid disorders;
• the specifics of the work, in which a woman sits for a long time with her head bowed;
• eating high-calorie foods.

A diet in which you should stop eating sugar and salt, include in your diet fatty fish from cold seas, which saturates the body with healthy omega-3 and omega-6 oils that promote skin elasticity, and drink 1.5-2 liters of pure water will help remove this cosmetic defect. water per day. In order not to attract the attention of others to the problem area, you should not wear a necklace or other flashy jewelry around your neck.

How to remove a double chin in a week? The problem needs to be approached comprehensively: do gymnastics, massage, compresses, pats. The skin of the chin should be cared for during and after the course using special creams and tightening masks. Compresses made from lemon juice are an excellent way to get rid of the problem, when a bandage soaked in lemon juice is applied to the area every day and kept for about half an hour.

We buy only the right cream

When choosing a cream, forget about the stereotype “the more expensive the better.” The main thing is to find the necessary ingredients in the composition: elastin (responsible for skin elasticity), retinol, vitamin E, argan oil, magnesium (improves blood circulation). The higher the component is on the list, the more of it there is in the cream itself, therefore, it has an active effect on the skin. If a component that is important to you completes the list, it means that this product contains so little of it that you should not expect any benefit. Take this point into account.

Prevention of double chin

The main preventive measures associated with the formation of an extra chin are: a healthy lifestyle, careful attention to posture and skin condition. During working hours, you need to stretch your neck and back every 30 minutes. For sleep, it is better to take orthopedic pillows and mattresses.

To maintain skin elasticity, it is advisable to use creams with an SPF filter, make masks, carry out high-quality cleansing and moisturizing, and drink enough water. All exercises can be done in advance, without waiting for a visible roll of fat to appear.

“Pumping up” the muscles

Gymnastics for the face, like exercises for the body, should be done daily, only in this case the effect is guaranteed. If regularity is not your thing, look for another way to deal with jowls. There are a lot of exercises to work out the vulnerable zone, for example, you can alternately pronounce the drawn-out sounds “U” and “I”, do at least 10 repetitions. Another way is to try to reach the chin with the tip of your tongue. The minimum number of repetitions is 10 times.

Correction methods

The only way to completely remove jowls is through surgery. There are several methods for dealing with sagging cheek skin. Let's look at the main ones:

• skin tightening;
• SMAS-lifting (tightening the muscular aponeurotic layer);
• MASC-lifting (method of influencing the muscular-ligamentous system);
• space lifting (tightening the muscle layer of the middle and lower third of the face).

To understand the advantages and disadvantages of each method, you need to understand the anatomy of the face, the location of muscles and the causes of aging.

We trust our face to a professional

If you don't have the time or desire to restore your face with home treatments, try a professional massage. It helps improve local blood circulation, cope with swelling, start the process of tissue regeneration, improves skin tone and stimulates renewal of the epidermis.

There are several types of massage: manual and hardware. Each technique is good in its own way, but to achieve the desired rejuvenation effect with manual massage you need to do at least 5-10 procedures. When it comes to hardware massage, as a rule, one session is required, which is preferably repeated twice a year to maintain beauty.

Among the hardware techniques, one can highlight lymphatic drainage massage; it is indicated for women after 35 years. Good skin tightening is provided by myostimulation, laser and ultrasound techniques, radio frequency lifting (RF-lifting), which allows not only to reduce subcutaneous fat in the area of ​​the double chin, angles of the jaw, cheek-zygomatic area, but also to tighten the skin.

Is it possible to achieve the effect at home?

It is impossible to eliminate a defect without finding out the cause of its occurrence.

1. Obesity is no more decorative for a person, just like the “swing” of losing weight and gaining weight, when the skin of the face either stretches from fat or sag.
2. Of course, the older a person gets, the less elastic his skin is, so you can’t do without auxiliary exercises.
3. Perhaps your ancestors already in the third or fourth generation had a double chin, then heredity takes place, but it is not an obstacle to achieving the ideal oval face.

It is difficult to get rid of a double chin if:

1. You sleep on a pillow placed vertically, with your chin literally resting on your chest;
2. A person constantly slouches when walking or sitting at a computer, at which he spends most of his time;
3. Your diet is unbalanced and you are a supporter of unhealthy foods.

Having eliminated these three shortcomings, you will soon notice how much the condition of your chin has changed.

Getting rid of Bisha's lumps

Bisha's lumps are fatty deposits in the cheek area. While our muscular frame is normal, they make our cheeks round, but over time, thanks to the force of gravity, they begin to pull our face down, because the fat they are made of is quite heavy. In order to avoid sagging tissue, you can resort to surgical removal of Bichat's lumps (bishectomy). In this case, the operation is performed in an open (external) manner. If you just want to remove Bisha's lumps without a facelift, this can be done using endoscopic equipment: through an incision in the mucous membrane from the side of the oral cavity. Healing of the mucosa occurs 2-3 days after bischectomy, and complete restoration and correction of the mucosa takes from 4 to 10 days.

face

Facercise (from the English face - “face” and exercise - “exercise”) is a set of 14 basic exercises developed by cosmetologist Carol Maggio from California .

“The human face is made up of fifty-seven muscles,” Maggio writes in Facercise. “Every facial movement you make—whether you frown, laugh, or swallow a donut in a hurry before anyone sees— is associated with the work of the facial muscles , which are called upon to perform a myriad of functions.” The problem of a double chin, according to the author, can be solved literally in no time: it is enough to do a very simple exercise twice a day.

Technique:

sit up straight, keep your chin high. Close your lips and smile energetically without showing your teeth. Place your hand on your throat as if you want to strangle yourself, and with a firm grip, gently pull the skin down. Tilt your head back (look up), count to three and return to normal position. The exercise should be repeated thirty-five times.

Insert threads

Both in our country and far beyond its borders, bio-reinforcement with threads (contour plastic) is extremely popular among women. Abroad, thread lifting is even often called the “Russian method”, since this method of rejuvenation was invented in Russia. Threads for contouring are made from absolutely safe materials that have passed multiple tests.

The insertion of threads under the skin occurs very quickly (only 10-15 minutes) under local anesthesia through small punctures, after which no trace remains on the skin. There is virtually no recovery period, and the patient can continue to live his normal life. The result of thread reinforcement is noticeable immediately after the procedure and is progressive: the oval of the face is significantly tightened, the disturbing sagging of tissues, jowls, nasolabial folds and the double chin disappears. The duration of the threads is different: non-absorbable threads made of polypropylene last up to 6 years, absorbable threads made from polylactic acid - up to 2 years, and those made from caprolactone - up to 5 years.

Reasons for failure

It seemed like you were doing everything right, but there was no result. Let's try to figure out what the reason is, and there may be several of them.

1. The internal world of the body is structured very subtly, and if we do not set specific tasks for ourselves, then they are not fulfilled. Look at yourself in the mirror, run your hand under your chin and decide how much your body fat should decrease in a week. Set the task clearly and in such a way that it is achievable.
2. Each body is unique, for some it is enough to do a few exercises, and the result is visible, for others, even after a month nothing works, and the reason may lie in inconsistency and irregularity. To achieve results, you need to perform the whole range of measures, exercises, massage, mask, working every day and for more than one month.
3. Nutrition and drinking regimen also affect the final result, if you want to look good, please switch to a healthy lifestyle and drink clean water at the rate of 30 ml per 1 kg of weight. You should drink 2 glasses of water in the morning, a glass before meals, but under no circumstances should you drink food with it. After eating, it is not recommended to drink pure water for 2 hours.

Also remember that with any program, addiction occurs, so you should take breaks from time to time, we do massage for 10-15 sessions and the skin rests for the same amount of time, we change masks, but we do exercises daily, increasing the intensity and load.

How is space lifting done?

Space lifting allows you not to move the entire SMAS layer, but to work only in spaces where there are no ligaments that increase with age. Suturing the spaces also allows you to remove jowls. In this case, the ligaments are also cut, and the SMAS returns to its original position. In this case, a minimal incision is made on the SMAS layer itself, without which the surgeon cannot do his work. After all the manipulations are completed, the SMAS is simply sutured and the excess skin is excised. To perform a space lift, access is also required through an incision along the ear and above.

The advantages of the method include fixation of spaces, which eliminates the possibility of relapse. While with SMAS the spaces remain stretched, only the muscular aponeurotic layer is tightened. Therefore, jowls may appear again as the space continues to stretch. However, the space method, unlike a full-fledged SMAS, does not make it possible to tighten the neck muscles.