How to fix sagging face skin naturally at home?

Top 5 natural remedies to tighten saggy skin on face

Saggy skin, also known as loose skin, generally appears around few areas of the body; most commonly on eyelids, chin, cheeks, throat, upper arms, stomach, and especially around face. It arises due to the reduced level of collagen and elastin in the dermis layer (middle and thickest layer of skin). There are more reasons that result in saggy skin such as significant weight loss, medical conditions, heavy weightlifting, etc.  

Primarily collagen and elastin both are responsible for keeping the skin firm and youthful. The problem of saggy skin can be developed at any age; however, it is more prevalent in older & middle aged people. However, there are different types of home remedies and exercises that are usually proven to be helpful in dealing with natural tightening of saggy face skin. 

Let us understand in detail about various factors pertaining to saggy face skin and its natural remedies.

What causes saggy skin on face?

Saggy skin can be caused by a number of factors. Some of these are as follows-

Aging

As a person grows older, the skin loses its two important proteins (collagen and elastin) that are produced in the dermis layer. Elastin (as the name implies) is responsible to give elasticity to the skin. It provides firm skin that can bounce back when stretched. Whereas collagen is made up of tightly-woven fibres that help the skin to maintain its structure and firmness. Normally after the age of mid-40s, people face a decline in the production of elastin and collagen. Whereas too much sun exposure and negligence of skin health can also hasten the aging process. As a result, your skin may appear saggy and wrinkled at a younger age.

Weight Loss

Carrying extra weight for an extended period of time can harm your skin's collagen and elastin fibres. As it becomes more difficult for the skin to bounce back when you lose that extra weight. Significant effects of saggy skin can be observed if you lose 100 pounds (45 kg) or more of weight. Age plays a very important role in weight loss because younger skin recovers more quickly than older skin. Hence, a person's age during weight loss is also an important factor to cause face skin saggy.

Pregnancy

It is most common to develop saggy or loose skin after pregnancy due to weight loss and lack of essential proteins and nutrition.  Maternal age also a considerable factor in saggy face skin.

Other Illnesses

Saggy skin is associated with a few medical conditions too. One of these conditions is granulomatous slack skin (the skin gets many redundant folds) it is a very rare subtype of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

Sagging face skin prevention

Several preventative measures can be taken to help reduce the emergence of saggy skin on face. Few of these are described below-

• Regular Massage: Massage has shown tremendous results in increasing the blood flow and stimulate fibroblasts. Fibroblasts are cells that aid in producing connective tissues such as collagen and elastin which help to keep the skin firm.
• Sun protection: One of the leading causes of premature aging is skin damage due to excessive absorption of UV rays of sun light. When you go outside, you should always wear sunscreen and use other sun protection whenever possible (hats, umbrellas).
• Avoid smoking: If you already smoke, you should make an effort to stop it. As smoking is the second leading cause of premature aging, after sun damage. It not only deteriorates the internal organs of the body but also decreases skin quality.
• Regular skin care: Everyone should follow a skincare routine that includes exfoliation, hydration, and rejuvenation.
• Balanced diet: Healthy skin can be maintained by eating a balanced diet rich in amino acids, vitamins A, C, and E, as well as minerals, silicon, and zinc.
• Avoid Junk foods: Avoid fatty foods, processed foods, and foods that are high in sugar. As these have the potential to cause inflammation and premature cell damage.
• Adequate water intake: Drinking plenty of water is the best way to keep your skin moisturized. It keeps your skin cells firm and plump while also preventing fluid retention.
• Maintain your fitness: Weight training can help strengthen, condition, and tone your skin muscles. If you do lose weight, make sure it's done at a healthy and moderate pace (1 or half kg in a week). Any movement that increases muscle mass or tightens muscles can help to reduce the appearance of minor skin sagging.
• Use of High-Quality Skin Products (Check Labels): Only use a high-quality skin cream enriched with retinoid, Vitamin E, and Vitamin C.
• Avoid harsh facial postures: Avoid facial expressions that causes saggy skin such as frowning and chewing gum.
• Get ample Sleep: Take proper beauty sleep of 7-8 hours at least. Try to sleep on your back instead of your stomach as it can cause a stretch lines around the skin.
• Avoid stress: Stress releases a hormone known as cortisol which is responsible for accelerating the decline of collagen and elastin, resulting in premature aging (wrinkles, sagging skin, etc).

Natural skin tightening ingredients- Application Procedures

The relevant home remedies for tightening face skin & natural ingredients used to recover your face skin from sagging are as follows-

Milk Cream

• Take half spoon of cold milk cream.
• Mix 4-5 drops of lemon juice in cold milk cream.
• Massage it gently around your saggy face skin areas.
• Leave it for some time and wash it off with lukewarm water.
• Repeat it for 15 to 20 days it will give you clear and radiant skin.

Olive Oil

• You can also use olive oil massage on the face. (Just do it very slowly and gently)
• Take a little amount (about 2 tsp) of lukewarm olive oil.
• With the help of your fingertips gently massage the oil in the opposite direction of sagging skin.
• Your fingers must move from your chin towards the temples (the area between eye and ears) of your forehead.
• While in the chin area, massage in a cross way. (By moving the fingers in left and right direction)
• At the time of wiping your face – do remember to wipe your face in the same manner (chin to temples)

Papaya

• Take a ripen papaya and grate it in some quantity.
• Use this as an exfoliator (massage it) and then rinse it after some time.
• By doing this remedy for a few days you will notice the loose skin will start becoming firmer, with reduced spots, blemishes, and pimples.
• By scrubbing it on your neck, you will get skin with no lines and wrinkles. In the case of sagging skin near the eyes, you can also keep a cucumber slice to tighten the loose skin.

Sagging face skin exercises

Facial Yoga(s)

To get relief from sagging or loose skin a person can do facial yoga poses and yoga asanas such as Singhasan (lion pose). 

Singhasana (Lion-pose)

Lion pose (Singhasana) is very important to cure wrinkles and prevent them from occurring. Just do this pose for about five minutes daily to stop sagging skin and fine lines. However, it also benefits in treating tonsils.

Here is the method to do this yoga pose correctly-

• Sit and spread your knees as wide as you can (comfortably)
• Lean forward and place your palms between your knees on the floor with the fingers facing back towards the body.
• Open the eyes and focus the look at the centre of your both eyebrows.
• Close your mouth and deeply the breath in while relaxing your body.
• Exhale through your mouth, bring out the tongue and speak aloud (HAAA)
• Again close your mouth and take the breath from your nose.
• It is considered best facial exercise as it lifts up the face, firms the throat and increase blood flow to the face. It removes fine lines and wrinkles from the face. 

Facial poses for sagging skin

• Make E and O with your mouth area.
• When you are making an E noise with your mouth try to extend it as much as you can smile.
• And on changing it to O, try to make whistling lips (circular)
• By repeating it on regular basis the muscles of the cheeks get good stretch thereby it maintaining proper elasticity and firmness. This helps in recovering from wrinkles and sagging skin.

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