Learn how to relax the depressor anguli oris muscle to lift mouth corners and reduce signs of aging with simple facial exercises.
Key Takeaways
- The depressor anguli oris muscle pulls mouth corners down and contributes to aging facial expressions.
- Facial muscle exercises can visibly lift and tone the lower face, reducing signs of fatigue and sadness.
- Massaging and stretching muscles improves collagen and elastin production in the skin.
- Regular practice is essential for lasting results and visible improvement.
- Avoid pulling skin; focus on muscle manipulation for effective facial sculpting.
What the video covers
- Aging causes the corners of the mouth to droop due to hyperactivity and spasms of the depressor anguli oris (DAO) muscle.
- Facial expression changes are influenced by muscle activity, not just skin condition.
- The video demonstrates step-by-step facial massage and exercises targeting the DAO and surrounding muscles.
- Regular practice (4-5 times a week for a month) can tone the face, smooth marionette lines, and reduce nasolabial folds.
- Massaging key muscles like the masseter, orbicularis oris, mentalis, and zygomaticus improves muscle tone and skin collagen synthesis.
- The exercises include circular massages, pinching, stretching, and strength movements to sculpt the face.
- Proper technique avoids pulling skin and focuses on working the muscles deeply.
- Lymphatic drainage massage is included to promote better circulation and reduce tension.
- The video offers a free downloadable file on grooming mistakes that accelerate aging.
- Consistent facial muscle work can change facial expression from tired or sad to more relaxed and youthful.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction to Facial Aging and DAO Muscle
- 00:42Benefits of Regular Facial Exercises and Starting Massage
- 01:39Massaging Modiolus and Zygomaticus Muscles
- 03:36Collagen Stimulation and Orbicularis Oris Exercise
- 07:29Mentails Muscle Massage and Lymphatic Drainage
- 08:51Final Strength Exercise for Mouth Corners
Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown
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Have you noticed that with age, the corners of the mouth droop, and even at rest, the face begins to express sadness or fatigue? Women with this facial expression often think it's solely a skin issue, when in fact, facial expression is shaped by the facial muscles. The key role in this situation is played by the depressor anguli oris muscle, or DAO for short.
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It initially becomes hyperactive, then spasms, and begins to wrinkle. The corners of the mouth droop, the oval becomes blurred, the intralabial fold deepens, and marionette lines form.
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This is why aesthetic practice is increasingly focusing on both skin and facial muscles. Today, I'll show you exercises that will definitely relax the corners of your mouth. You'll see a more relaxed expression in the mirror.
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But if you like this video right now, save it, and do the exercises at least four or five times a week for a month, you'll see more lasting results. Your face will become more toned, marionette lines will be smoothed, and the nasolabial fold will become less noticeable. And finally, people will stop asking you, "Why are you so tired today?" or, "Why are you sad, darling?" Let's get started. Press your thumbs to your lower jaw, and with the second phalanx of your index fingers, gently but deeply massage the muscles in a circular motion. Keep a slight smile on your face, tongue on the palate. Now, with four fingers, massage the attachment of the masseter muscle. Keep your teeth closed, but not with force.
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Breathe through your nose. Rise in circular motions higher up to the bone and from there, exhaling through your mouth, firmly pressing your fingers to the muscle, pull the massager down.
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Clamp your chin with the hook of your index finger and, smiling, smooth the lower jaw with firm pressure on one side. And then on the other. Now, press your fingers firmly to the skin under the corners of your lips. Smile and, warming the tissue a little, massage this area deep into the bone. Friends, while you are fixed in a short static position, allow me a small announcement. In the description of this video, I leave a link to download the free file 10 Grooming Mistakes That Age Faster. The title is speaking; I won't explain it for long. The most important thing is to remember: there are skincare mistakes that steal your youth and beauty. And most importantly, there are ways to fix them. My file is all about this. Take it and study the information. Change the position of your fingers several times. The depressor muscle is located here, which, when contracted, pulls the corners of the lips down. Now, from here, exhale through your mouth, smooth the skin from the chin to the corners of the mouth. Feel that you are working with the muscles, and not superficially. Let's work sculpturally.
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Pinch the area near the corner of the mouth. You can feel a lump of compaction here. This is the modiolus, a ligamentous knot. From it, the zygomaticus muscle extends diagonally upward. This is what we need. Move your fingers upward, holding this cord, softening it and stretching not the skin, but the muscle. Also, do not pull the skin of the lower eyelid. Move as I demonstrate on the screen. Repeat on the other side. Breathe through your nose, move slowly and don't be afraid of it. Reception. With the correct technique, it improves the synthesis of collagen and elastin in the skin. Press your fingers into the orbicularis oris muscle, as if squeezing moisture out of it. Lick your lips and make a "horse" sign, pressing the backs of your fingers against the projection of the cheek muscles. Keep your lips as relaxed as possible, and sculpt the orbicularis oris like this. Now move on to working the mentalis muscle. Pinch it on both sides with your index fingers and pull it forward, massaging simultaneously. Smile again to tighten the corners of your lips. Now smooth and lengthen the mentalis muscle so that it doesn't turn into Baba Yaga's tucked chin. Using small pinches, go over the entire lower jaw until a slight redness is visible. Frame on one side of the face. First, stretch the skin, and with the other hand, firmly smooth the projection of the chest onto the cleidomastoid muscle. Smile, tongue on the roof of the mouth. Hold, breathe, and move your thumb to the ear, sublingual area. And then, with your lower hand, move it under your collarbone toward your shoulder. Do the same on the other side for lymph flow.
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The main thing is not to put pressure on your larynx or thyroid gland. The last exercise is a strength exercise.
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Place your fingers above the corners of your lips. Gently pull the skin toward the tips of your ears and start smiling, as if you want to push the pads of your fingers away. Take your time, breathe through your nose. Forty repetitions. Don't relax your smile completely. And don't move your hands; it's the corners of your lips that are working. Now, press your lower lip onto your upper lip. Smile. Stretch your platysma muscle. Stretch your forehead toward the ceiling. Don't tilt your head back. Inhale, exhale. Stretch. Bring your lips together. Horse-like. And that's it. You're doing great. M.
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warming the tissue a little, massage this area deep into the bone. Friends, while you are fixed in a short static position, allow me a small announcement . In the description of this video, I leave a link to download the free file
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10 grooming mistakes that age faster. The title is speaking I won't explain it for long. The most important thing is to remember. There are skincare mistakes that steal your youth and beauty. And most importantly, there are ways to fix them. My file is all about
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this. Take it and study the information . Change the position of your fingers several times. The depressor muscle is located here, which, when contracted, pulls the corners of the lips down. Now , from here, exhale through your mouth,
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smooth the skin from the chin to the corners of the mouth. Feel that you are working with the muscles, and not superficially. Let's work sculpturally.
Speaker A
Pinch the area near the corner of the mouth. You can feel a lump of compaction here. This is the modiolus, a ligamentous knot. From it, the zygomaticus muscle extends diagonally upward. This is what we need. Move your fingers upward, holding this cord,
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softening it and stretching not the skin, but the muscle. Also, do not pull the skin of the lower eyelid. Move as I demonstrate on the screen. Repeat on the other side. Breathe through your nose, move slowly and don't be afraid
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of it. Reception. With the correct technique, it improves the synthesis of collagen and elastin in the skin. Press your fingers into the orbicularis oris muscle, as if squeezing moisture out of it. Lick your lips and make a "horse"
Speaker A
sign, pressing the backs of your fingers against the projection of the cheek muscles. Keep your lips as relaxed as possible, and sculpt the orbicularis oris like this. Now move on to working the mentalis muscle. Pinch it on both sides with your index
Speaker A
fingers and pull it forward, massaging simultaneously. Smile again to tighten the corners of your lips. Now smooth and lengthen the mentalis muscle so that it doesn't turn into Baba Iga's tucked chin. Using small pinches, go over the entire lower jaw until a
Speaker A
slight redness is visible. Frame on one side of the face. First, stretch the skin, and with the other hand, firmly smooth the projection of the chest onto the cleidomasacoid muscle. Smile, tongue on the roof of the mouth. Hold,
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breathe, and move your thumb to the ear , sublingual area. And then, with your lower hand, move it under your collarbone toward your shoulder. Do the same on the other side for lymph flow.
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The main thing is not to put pressure on your larynx or thyroid gland. The last exercise is a strength exercise.
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Place your fingers above the corners of your lips. Gently pull the skin toward the tips of your ears and start smiling , as if you want to push the pads of your fingers away. Take your time, breathe through your nose. 40
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repetitions. Don't relax your smile completely. And don't move your hands; it's the corners of your lips that are working. Now, press your lower lip onto your upper lip. Smile. Stretch your platysma muscle. Stretch your forehead toward the ceiling. Don't tilt your
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head back. Inhale, exhale. Stretch. Bring your lips together. Horse-like. And that's it. You're doing great. M.
Topics:facial exercisesdepressor anguli orisface massageanti-agingmarionette linesnasolabial foldfacial musclescollagen synthesislymphatic drainageface sculpting











