There are two things you should bear in mind in your daily life when it comes to the shape of your face. These two things will determine whether you can maintain a beautiful face shape well into old age, or whether you’ll have to reckon with a double chin and blurred facial contours even at a young age. Welcome to the fascinating world of our bodies.
1. mouth breathing
This may come as a surprise: if you breathe through your mouth, you are causing your face to become gradually deformed. When breathing through the mouth, the tongue lies limply in the mouth. The tongue is one of the strongest muscles in the body and should be active. When we breathe through our nose, two-thirds of the tongue should rest against the upper palate, with the tip of the tongue about 2 mm behind the front teeth.
When swallowing, it should press firmly against the palate. As it possesses enormous strength, it presses against the palate around 2,000 times a day – which is how often we swallow – to keep it in shape. This provides the palate with important stimuli and helps it maintain the shape of an inverted U.
However, if the tongue is slack, we do not use it sufficiently when swallowing. The palate becomes distorted and takes on the shape of an inverted V. This causes the face to become narrower and sag downwards – the facial contours disappear, the chin recedes and a double chin develops. In addition, the teeth have less space and start to overlap.
In my video you can see what other consequences mouth breathing can have and what the second thing is that you should definitely think about in everyday life:
