Chubby Cheeks: Best Home and Professional Methods

Who now remembers that after the release of the film “The Mask” Cameron Diaz was called “a simple but sweet girl with round cheeks”? Angelina Jolie was also chubby at the beginning of her career. Now, looking at these aristocratic beauties, no one will think of the image of a “simple girl from the next yard.”

Thanks for this we should say to the high cheekbones with the effect of sunken cheeks. They are the ones who give the face a “thoroughbred” look.

But what if you didn’t get such a treasure from nature? Fat on your cheeks is ruining your life, and you are ready to give everything to make your cheeks thin?

In this article we will tell you what to do to make your cheeks thinner - we will reveal the secrets of Cameron and Angelina, ranging from cosmetic tricks to modern means of plastic surgery.

Why do big cheeks appear?

The most common cause of cheekiness is genetic predisposition. You inherit your individual facial features from your parents and other close relatives. Most often, “included” with the cheeks are weakly defined cheekbones and a small chin. In this case, the presence of such a feature has nothing to do with excess weight.

Chubby cheeks in women are often not at all associated with the problem of excess weight.

Other causes of chubby cheeks:

• Violation of water balance in the body. If for some reason excess fluid does not have time to be eliminated naturally, persistent swelling occurs, including on the face and in the cheek area.
• Weight gain and unhealthy diet. Excess fat is deposited throughout the body. The face and cheek area are no exception. Please note that with sudden weight loss, your cheeks sag; the problem can only get worse.
• Hormonal imbalances in the body, pathologies of the endocrine system. Plump cheeks with an asthenic physique are characteristic of adolescents of both sexes during puberty. When this process ends, in most cases the oval of the face takes on its previous shape.

Poor nutrition is the main reason for rapid weight gain; excess fat is also deposited in the cheek area

How to get plump cheeks

While those with round cheeks are looking for ways to get rid of them, women and men with sharp facial features often want to make their cheeks fuller.

Everyone knows that round cheeks make a person look younger, fresher, and more attractive.

First, you should learn how to get plump cheeks naturally. The following methods are considered effective:

1. Charging for the face. By performing a set of special exercises daily, you will be able to speed up blood circulation in the skin of your cheeks, making them appear rounder. In addition, exercises help train the facial muscles, so excess fat in this area will be burned more actively.
2. Diet correction. In order for your facial skin to be healthy, elastic, radiant, and your cheeks to look rosy and slightly swollen, you need to adjust your diet by adding foods rich in collagen. The menu must include fresh fruits, vegetables, protein, complex carbohydrates, and a sufficient amount of liquid.
3. Using high-quality skincare products. Properly selected creams, face masks and other skin care products will help maintain its youth, radiance, and healthy color. Thanks to these qualities, your cheeks will always look beautiful.

As in the case of getting rid of chubby cheeks, you can use decorative cosmetics to give them more volume.

To add roundness to your face, makeup artists advise applying shimmering blush to your cheekbones and forehead. When the light falls on the blush, it will seem that the cheeks have become more voluminous.

Plump cheeks can be achieved through a surgical procedure in which fat tissue taken from another part of the body is transplanted into the desired area.

This procedure allows you to achieve the desired result in a short time, but it is worth remembering that any type of plastic surgery has certain risks.

Preventive measures

Prevention is especially important when chubby cheeks are hereditary. To cope with the problem, you will need systematic efforts:

• regular massage of the cheek area with a towel, mitten or sponge made from natural materials;
• contrast wash;
• daily use of cosmetic ice (frozen infusions and decoctions of medicinal herbs suitable for skin type);
• salt compresses at night a couple of times a week (moisten a cloth in a salt solution, press firmly to the face, remove after 12–15 minutes, wash thoroughly, apply moisturizer);
• compliance with the drinking regime (if there is a shortage of water, the body begins to store it for future use, which manifests itself in the form of edema);
• thorough chewing of food (the ability to actively use muscles and a kind of “gymnastics”);
• minimizing salt and sugar in the diet, and, if possible, avoiding strong black tea, coffee, alcohol, and in general anything that prevents the removal of excess fluid.

The only thing you can replace water with during the day is green tea, other drinks and soups - that doesn’t count.

Video: general recommendations on how to get rid of chubby cheeks

How to lose weight in your cheeks with diet

Full cheeks are often the result of general obesity or an impaired water-salt balance in the body. In this case, the recipe is obvious - lose weight and your cheeks will go away.

Expert comment:

“There are many diets; it is better to choose the option that is suitable for you together with your doctor. And it’s very good if you can change your eating behavior.

Let me share my experience: drink water. When the body does not have enough water, it tends to store it in reserve, and uses “reservoirs” in the cheeks and under the eyes for this. Are your eyes swollen? Do your cheeks seem swollen? Drink water! Not juices, not mineral water, but pure water, at least 2 liters per day. In a few days you will feel the difference."

Andrey Iskornev.

To restore water balance, eliminate salt and sugar from your diet, which accumulate water and store it in reserve in the area of ​​our long-suffering cheeks.

Try not to add salt to your food - and you will quickly

make sure that this does not make it less tasty. But more useful - yes, and much more.

Everything that has been said about salt applies no less to alcohol. Do without alcohol, salt and sugar - not only your cheeks, but also your heart, blood vessels, brain and nervous system will thank you.

What should you include in your diet? Fiber (vegetables and fruits) and calcium. The latter is best consumed not in the form of fatty cheeses, but in the form of cottage cheese, kefir and yogurt.

Effective gymnastic exercises

The most obvious solution if you want to lose weight is to review your diet and exercise. To combat fat deposits on the face in the cheek area, gymnastics will also be useful. It is also an effective prevention of sagging cheeks as they age, when they turn into jowls. Gymnastics should be given 15–20 minutes daily. Regularity in this case is very important. Each exercise is repeated 10–15 times. Don’t expect a quick effect; it becomes noticeable only after 4–6 months of daily exercise.

There are a lot of different options for facial gymnastics on the Internet; the only way to find the most suitable one for yourself is trial and error

Effective exercises:

• Continuously grimace for 3-5 minutes, trying to use all the muscles of the face to the maximum and synchronize the movements of the muscles of the cheeks and eyebrows.
• Raise and lower your eyebrows, trying not to frown. If possible, move your eyebrows one by one.
• Squeeze your jaws tightly and try to move the muscles in the ear area, as if chewing a piece of tough meat.
• Fold your lips into a tight “bow”, move them to the sides, up and down, in circles.
• Pursing your lips tightly, try to lower their corners as low as possible, keeping the rest of your facial muscles motionless.
• Place your lips around a pencil or other similarly shaped object. For 3-5 minutes, continuously “write” or “draw” something.
• Stretch your lips into the widest possible smile. Slowly begin to lower your lower jaw, as if about to pronounce the sound “a”.
• Raise your head as high as possible, push your lower jaw forward, while folding your lips like a tube as if for a kiss.
• Take in as much air as possible into your mouth. Open it wide, stick out your tongue and exhale forcefully. Other options are to push the air collected under the upper lip through tightly closed lips. Or simply roll it around in your mouth, puffing out your cheeks one by one.
• Open your mouth slightly, press your lips tightly to your teeth, turning them slightly inward. Try to smile as wide as possible.
• Form your lower jaw into something similar to an excavator bucket by slowly moving it back and forth.
• Stretch your neck as far forward as possible, fix the position. While inhaling deeply, open your mouth wide and hold for 40–60 seconds.
• Alternately chant vowel sounds through elongated and pursed lips.

Video: a set of facelift exercises from Evgenia Baglyk

Correction

If your cheeks are sunken, you can tighten the oval of your face by influencing the facial muscles. They gain tone through the following exercises:

1. You should open your mouth and place 2 fingers (first on the right) in the area of ​​the lower jaw. Then you need to close your lips and teeth, but at the same time prevent this from happening with your hand. Using your fingers, pull the bottom of the jaw forward and down. Then you need to do everything with your left hand.
2. You need to place your fingers on the left and right sides into the open mouth. The lips should be folded as if pronouncing the letter “O”. And you need to interfere with this with your fingers.

Contraindications, possible negative consequences

Most cosmetic procedures, not to mention plastic surgery, have contraindications. And most often the list is quite long. The question of whether it is possible to carry it out for a given client in principle is decided during a preliminary consultation with a specialist. There will be a lot of questions about your health. You need to answer them in as much detail as possible, without hiding anything. Otherwise, the responsibility for a far from ideal result, due to the desire to carry out the procedure at all costs, will fall only on you.

General contraindications:

• pathologies of the cardiovascular, bronchopulmonary, endocrine systems, kidneys, liver;
• pregnancy and breastfeeding;
• oncology;
• low blood clotting, autoimmune diseases;
• mental and neurological diseases;
• exacerbation of any chronic disease, inflammatory process in the body.

Pregnancy is a contraindication for almost all cosmetic procedures; there is no reliable data on the effect of many drugs and devices used on the body of the unborn child.

The negative consequences are also very varied and in most cases quite serious. The reason may be either non-compliance with the technique, gross mistakes of the cosmetologist or surgeon, or the client’s neglect of the recommendations for the recovery period. The most common option is infection.

Gymnastics and facial massage are suitable for almost everyone. The only limitations are the presence of unhealed mechanical damage to the skin and problems with the facial nerves. But here it is very important to follow the technique, otherwise there will be no effect.

As for cosmetics, any component, no matter organic or synthetic, is a potential allergen. A negative reaction manifests itself in the form of redness of the skin, rash, swelling, foci of inflammation, itching and burning sensation. To avoid it, before using as directed, apply a little product to the skin of your forearm or wrist. If after 30–40 minutes its appearance has not changed, the product is safe for you.

Allergies can be triggered by any cosmetics, both homemade and store-bought.

Diagnostics

Although signs of a deficiency may be noticeable (collapsed cheeks), it is not always possible to diagnose the pathology due to the anatomical structure of the head. But if there are complaints, the therapist schedules a consultation with a dermatologist. Also required:

• clinical blood test;
• general urinalysis;
• blood sugar test.

Based on the results obtained, conclusions are drawn about the need to carry out research. If concomitant ailments are not identified, then an appointment with a cosmetologist or plastic surgeon is required.

Contour plastic

If your cheek is sunken, what should you do? If the exercises are not effective, you can get rid of the deficiency with the help of contouring. These are injections of hyaluronic acid or dense, but also biodegradable agents. They are performed in the cheeks under local anesthesia.

Fillers can add volume and smooth out the contour of the midface and skin. Fillers are selected based on the individual characteristics of the patient. The effect appears almost immediately and lasts for 6-12 months, and then the gel dissolves.

Hairstyles

A narrow face will be visually rounder with a haircut or styling:

1. Cascade with curls. It is important that the hair on the cheeks extends to the middle of the cheeks. It is necessary to perform the greatest volume of hairstyle.
2. Asymmetrical haircut. The hair around the cheeks should reach the middle of the ears or a little longer.
3. Straight or oblique bangs and pulled back hair. It is important that the hairstyle is not smooth. You should leave soft, not long curls near the depressions.

Correcting full or thin cheeks can make your face look younger. But when performing it, it is necessary to take into account its features and proportions. You also need to take into account the opinion of a specialist.

Masks

To achieve the best results, you should do face masks every week. They improve metabolism, remove fat and harmful substances that have accumulated under the skin. The procedures nourish the skin, the face becomes toned and elastic.

It is advisable to choose:

• oatmeal;
• honey;
• gelatin;
• protein;
• clay.

The masks are applied to clean, steamed facial skin and left on for 20 minutes. Then wash off with warm water using a tonic or herbal decoction. At the end, treatment with a moisturizer is required.

Nutrition

Your diet affects your appearance, so you need to keep your face in perfect order. You should not eat fast foods, buns, fatty and fried foods, and also add a lot of salt. The diet should consist of:

• cereals, legumes;
• vegetables, fruits, herbs;
• lean meat, fish;
• fermented milk products - cottage cheese, kefir.

15-30 minutes before meals you should drink 1 glass of water. This is necessary not only to stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, but also to eliminate excess weight. Lack of fluid also affects the face: dry skin ages faster, loses elasticity, and sags.