Are you worried about sagging facial skin and losing your youthful appearance? Facial lifting exercises can be a natural solution to improve skin firmness and elasticity. This article from HBIO Clinic will introduce effective exercises suitable for everyone.
Signs that you need a facial lift
Not everyone needs a facial lift. Many people, thanks to meticulous skincare from an early age, don’t show clear signs of aging even in their 30s.
However, some people experience premature skin deterioration. To determine the right time for a facial lift, you should observe your skin condition. If the following signs appear, a facelift is necessary:
- Sagging skin, loss of firmness, especially in the cheeks, where aging usually occurs first
- Wrinkles forming on the forehead, corners of the eyes, or corners of the mouth even when not smiling
- More noticeable under-eye bags than usual
- Loss of facial contour, appearance of a double chin
- Skin lacking firmness, feeling soft and loose to the touch

6 Simple Facial Exercises to Lift Sagging Faces at Home
If you’re worried about sagging facial skin and want to improve your youthful appearance without going to a beauty salon, try these 6 simple facial exercises to lift sagging skin at home. These movements are easy to perform but yield noticeable results with consistent application:
1. Facial Exercise to Lift Sagging Cheeks
The cheek area is often the first place where sagging skin is easily noticeable. To lift your cheek muscles, follow these steps:
- Open your mouth and create an “O” shape smile.
- Fold your upper lip inward towards your front teeth and smile to lift your cheek muscles.
- Place your hands under your eyes and on your cheeks to feel the tension.
- Relax your mouth muscles to complete one repetition.
Continue holding your hands under your eyes, smile, and relax, repeating 10 times. On the 10th time, try to hold the smile for as long as possible for optimal results.

2. Exercises to Lift and Shape the Cheeks
This exercise comprehensively targets the zygomatic muscles, jaw muscles, and orbicularis oculi muscles. Unlike the previous exercise, this one focuses on lifting the entire orbicularis oculi and zygomatic muscles, helping to create a balanced cheek shape:
- Pucker your lips, pucker them outwards as much as possible without showing your teeth, and continue smiling to feel the tension in your mouth.
- Use two knuckles of your index finger to press on both sides of the philtrum, sliding up the cheekbones, holding the muscles below the cheekbones.
- Pull your index finger up the cheekbone just below the inner corner of your eye, hold for 20 seconds, avoiding pulling too high.
- Use your middle finger to press against your index finger to increase the force, combining this with smiling while performing the exercise.
- After 20 seconds, relax and repeat twice.
3. Exercises to Lift Facial Muscles in the Temporal Region
The temporal muscles play a role in supporting the upper half of the face. This exercise is a bit difficult but very effective:
- Smile, bring your fingertips together and gently press on your temples, slightly lift your chin and clench your teeth.
- Pull your ears back, clench your jaw tightly, hold for 10 seconds to tense your temporal muscles.
- Clench your jaw firmly 10 times, holding your hands in place to feel the muscle tension.

4. Eye and Facial Skin Tightening Exercises
This exercise targets the eye area, helping to reduce wrinkles around the eyelids and between the eyebrows, and lift drooping eyebrows:
- Smile brightly, open your eyes, place your fingertips under your eyebrows and pull your eyes open wide, frown against the pull, and inhale deeply.
- Close your eyes, look upwards, continue to inhale deeply and smile brightly.
- Relax, loosen up, and repeat 3 times.
5. Eyelid Lifting Exercises
This exercise focuses on the muscles that open and close the eyes, helping to smooth wrinkles and improve sunken eye sockets:
- Smile, place your two index fingers on the corners of your eyes, and your two middle fingers on the bridge of your nose, pressing and holding the muscles around your eyes.
- Close your eyes and furrow your brows, feeling your eyelids tighten.
- Hold for 30 seconds, maintain the smile, then repeat once.

6. Neck and Jaw Muscle Toning Exercises
These exercises for the neck and jaw help to tone the muscles around the mouth and under the jaw:
- Smile, open your mouth and say “A,” bring your upper lip and corners of your mouth inward, and push your lower jaw forward.
- Slowly lift your jaw to close your mouth.
- Repeat the opening and closing motion 10 times, on the last time tilting your head back, raising your chin, and holding for 20 seconds.
Techniques for lifting the jawline, mid-face, and chin groove at HBIO Clinic
When choosing a facelift at HBIO Clinic, customers will experience high-quality service with a team of experienced doctors. We are committed to providing safe, natural, and long-lasting results for each client, especially:
- Performing precise, safe, and minimally invasive lifting techniques
- Using standard threads and aesthetic equipment licensed by the Ministry of Health
- Providing detailed consultations before the procedure to ensure suitability for each individual’s facial structure
- Monitoring and caring for clients after the lifting procedure to achieve optimal results
- Maintaining a clean, sterile clinic environment to ensure client health

This article compiles detailed instructions on facial exercises to help improve sagging skin, wrinkles, and lack of firmness. Regularly performing these exercises will result in a naturally youthful, firm, and balanced face.

Tiếng Việt
Dr. Thai Nguyen – Founder and Medical Director of HBIO Clinic. As an expert in aesthetic dermatology, she regularly shares in-depth knowledge and practical experience to provide valuable and insightful information for those seeking better skin health.