need exercises to undroop :-( my mouth

November 16, 2021 7:29 AM

Are there exercises to lift a drooping mouth that work?

The corners of my mouth are pulling down (think this). I really need to pull them up because I can feel my idiot brain thinking "MOUTH DOWN. U SAD" (not to mention it makes it a lot harder to crack a smile). I'd like exercises to do this (maybe from drama or facial yoga?).

I'd love to hear about exercises that work (youtube is giving me way more results than I can sift through)! Bonus points for fun or interesting ones!

Many thanks (hopefully with smiles ;-))!!!

posted by mirileh to Health & Fitness (3 answers total)

Well, there's this.

When I feel my own face getting set in ways I'd rather it didn't, it's generally because for the last little while I've been skimping on my regular augmentation to toothbrushing, which consists of pulling the most grotesque faces I can possibly devise in the bathroom mirror until I genuinely make me laugh. Probably doesn't count as yoga, might count as drama, works for me.
posted by flabdablet at 8:20 AM on November 16, 2021 [2 favorites]

Facercise is a real thing that actors and physical therapy patients do, here's one example program. It only works if, you know, you spend the time to do it, and it won't work quickly. In that way it's just like going to a gym or other exercise routine.
posted by panhopticon at 11:31 AM on November 16, 2021

Botox in the depressor anguli oris muscles can address this if at some point you want to investigate that route.
posted by nouvelle-personne at 1:49 PM on November 16, 2021 [1 favorite]