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An Exercise to Improve Your Jawline

Want to look a bit younger? Time to workout your face. Facial exercises are predicated on the idea that your skin loses elasticity due to a decrease in collagen as you get older, causing your face to lose its definition. By strengthening the muscles in your face — the ones that help you open and close your mouth or raise your eyebrows — you’ll be able to firm up some of the sagging areas. No, not all facial exercises are created equal. But there are some winners to try, like this exercise that’s meant to work your jawline. 

How to do it: Sit or stand with your shoulders erect. Lift your chin to form a taut line between your chin and your clavicle, without hyperextending your neck. Turn your head to the right and look over your right shoulder at the ceiling behind you, then jut your jaw forward. Hold that position for five seconds, release, and then slowly return to the starting position. Repeat the move three times for a total of 35 seconds of contraction; switch sides and repeat.

Facial exercises sound silly and they look the part. But they might even work. Here are a few more to try.