Cheek Exercises

The shape and size of the cheeks contributes a lot towards how you look. Chubby cheeks are not particularly known to be attractive unless in a baby and if you tend to have sagging cheeks then you will most likely be compared to a bulldog. That is why people have a tough time and also spend a lot of time sculpting their cheeks, to make them firm and toned so that they provide a balance to the face. Plump cheeks, other than looking unattractive also make you look fat and childish. All this can be got rid off with cheek exercises that will in time make your face look youthful and ageless. These exercises are easy to perform and do not take much of your space and time. A couple of minutes every day is all that you need to give yourself a complete makeover regarding your cheek and face. Given below are various cheek exercises.

Facial Cheek Exercises

Sit upright in a chair and relax. Close the lips while relaxing and then pucker and pout them using the cheek muscles. You can also use the fingers to pressure the cheek muscles. Keep the lips puckered till the count of ten and then relax. Repeat this exercise ten times.
Sit in a chair and relax. Then keeping the lips closed smile in a relaxed manner. Now, suck the cheeks inside towards the teeth and hold this position for a count of ten and then relax. Repeat this ten times.
Stand in front of the mirror so that you can see what you are doing. Turn the corners of the lips upward and pucker the top lip and then move the cheek muscles towards the eyes. Try to bring the top lip so that it touches the nose. Hold this position for a count of ten and then relax. Repeat ten times.
Keep the lips closed and the corners of the mouth turned up and then smile as widely as possible. The corners of the mouth should move near the ears. Then wrinkle the nose so that the cheek muscles move upwards. You should feel the cheek muscles working when you wrinkle the nose. Keep the position till the count of five and then relax. Repeat this exercise ten times.
Keep the teeth and lips closed and then blow air and trap them under the top lip for a count of ten. Now, move the trapped air to the left cheek and keep there for a count of ten and then again to the right cheek for another count of ten. Lower the lip and hold for a count of ten and then relax. Repeat this exercise five times.
Sit in an upright position and tilt the head back. Keep the lips closed but relaxed. While looking at the ceiling pucker the lips for a count of ten and the tilt the head forward, close the eyes and then relax till the count of twenty. This exercise should be repeated ten times.
Sit facing forward and in an upright position. Now, close the mouth and then drop the lower jaw and move it forward. Keep this position till the count of ten and then bring the jaw back to the normal position. Repeat this exercise five times.

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