As we age, our face begins to lose its muscle tone and the blood circulation too gets affected which may make our lips look thinner. There’s still a natural and healthy way to firm your facial muscles and increase blood flow – through face yoga! Your lips will become naturally plumper as collagen is produced thanks to these exercises. Here’s how to shape lips with exercise.
Face Yoga Exercises For Fuller Lips
1. Smile And Kiss
Your mouth should be closed, and your lips should be pressed gently together while you smile. Hold your smile for five seconds, after which you should pucker your lips as if you are going to kiss someone. Imagining that you are attempting to touch the corners of your mouth, exaggerate this action as much as possible. Relax for 5 seconds, then repeat the exercise 10 times.
2. Orbicularis Oris
The circular muscle around the mouth, orbicularis, can be exercised by alternating contraction and relaxation modes, eliminating fine lines and producing full, firm lips. Using water or a little oil to lubricate the area around your mouth will prevent your lips from cracking. Take both your index fingers and place them on either side of your mouth. Pull your lips gently out from each side. With this movement, your orbicularis oris muscle will contract. Hold the position for two seconds, and then pull a little bit harder, contracting the muscles even more. You should repeat this exercise 25 times. By holding the contraction throughout the repetition, you are doing an isometric and isotonic exercise that changes the length of the muscle.
3. Closed-Mouth Smile
With face yoga exercises you can prevent the corners of your mouth from sagging. Put your lips over your teeth so that you only see the very edge of the lips. Afterwards, raise your mouth corners into a smile for a few seconds. Now, relax for a few seconds and repeat 10 times. With time you will be able to increase the number of repetitions as you get stronger.
4. Pucker
In facial yoga, the exercises replace the need for surgery by naturally giving you a face lift. You can use this facial exercise to make your lips appear firmer and stronger by using the muscles around them. Keep your back straight while squeezing your lips together. Keep your lips pursed as you smile. Kiss your lips as if it is an air kiss.

5. Pressing Lips With Resistance
Make your lips almost straight by pressing firmly together. Try to keep your lips together as firmly as possible by imagining something trying to open your mouth. Your middle fingers should be placed at the corner of your mouth and then gently pulled out while in this position to ensure that no wrinkles form in your lips. Hold this position for 5 seconds, then relax and do this 10 times.
6. Make an "O"
Exercises like this can help eliminate tiny lines around the corners of your mouth. Make the shape of an "O" with your lips. Feel your cheek muscles contract as you tense your lips and smile as hard as you can.
7. The Buccal Massage Technique
You can massage your lips from the inside out with the Buccal massage technique, improving their appearance and reducing their wrinkles. Make a V-shaped shape with your index fingers around your lips by applying some face oil in your hand. Swipe your fingers in opposite directions across your lips. Then insert your thumb inside your mouth and lift it upward, to lift droopy corners and erase fine lines.
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8. Lip Circles
Your lips should be slightly puckered as you keep your mouth closed. As you move your lips to the right, hold them for a few moments, then move them to the left. You should then try moving them in a figure eight - moving them in one direction initially, and then the opposite direction later. You should repeat this series of movements ten times.
9. Suck
You can tighten and tone your lips with this exercise. Try to suck as hard as you can on your pointer finger when the pointer finger is in your mouth. When you do this, your lips and cheek muscles will contract. After five seconds, slowly release your finger and open your mouth. Do this ten times.
10. Tongue Twister
This facial yoga exercise is an easy and effective way to strengthen both facial muscles and the tongue, all while having fun. It does not require any special skills - you simply need to roll your tongue six times inside your lips right to left, then back again to complete one full rotation. As this exercise is less demanding, you can perform it six days a week for 20 minutes a day. With the Tongue Twister, you can keep your mouth in shape because, like all muscles, it needs regular workouts to remain strong. With this exercise, you can lift your lips naturally and without pain by practicing it for 20 minutes every day. It's that easy!

FAQs
Is face yoga effective for making lips bigger?
When you do regular yoga, your body shrinks, while facial yoga causes your lips to grow. You can enlarge and define your lips by training your muscles around your mouth.
Is it possible to make your lips bigger by massaging them?
You might think that facial massage is too good to be true, but this is one of the best and healthiest methods to plump up your lips. But how do you massage your lips for fuller lips? It's easy. You can improve the appearance of your lips by regularly kneading your mouth muscles. This will cause them to grow, which will make them appear larger.
Can you make your lips larger by brushing them with a toothbrush?
There is no evidence that brushing your lips will permanently increase their size. Brushing your lips may temporarily increase the flow of blood. If you brush your lips to try to make your lips appear fuller, your skin may become irritated.
Written by Kinnari Ashar on 13th Jul 2022