How to Reduce Smile Lines Naturally?

Saniya Kotiyal | Oct 15, 2025, 14:25 IST
Smile Lines
Smile Lines
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Smile lines appear with age, dehydration and collagen loss. Find simple facial exercises, massage techniques, and nutrient-rich foods that help smooth fine lines and restore your skin’s natural bounce. Applying gua sha every day and having vitamin diet are the natural ways to keep your smile bright.
Highlights
  • Dehydration, ageing, genetics and smoking are the deficiency that cause smile lines
  • Facial exercises to do include is cheek blowing and cheek lifter
  • Moving the hands up on your face and Scooping move are the ways to fix it.
  • food to include in diet are berries , sweet potatoes, flax seeds, bell peppers etc.
It looks bad when you smile and there are smile line around the mouth but to get rid of it there are natural ways to reduce it by having good food and exercises. Facial exercises like fish face, cheek lifter or cheek blowing will help to lift the cheeks and reduce sagging, Wherein there the ways and techniques like Gua sha and food to include in diet specially vitamin A and Vitamin C.

What deficiency causes smile lines?

The primary causes of smile lines include dehydration, ageing, genetics and smoking.
  • When the skin is not getting any water it collapse more easily and can make look wrinkles visible.
  • As people get older the skin makes less collagen and elastin and as these are proteins which helps the skin to keep firm and stretchy but when there is less of them, the skin cannot bounce back and lines stay.
  • When the skin is not getting any water it collapse more easily and can make look wrinkles visible
  • Family genes can affect a lot with smile lines and people get it because of their face shape or the skin stretchiness.
  • Smoking can make your lips pursing in a repetitive motion and with it it can lead with premature and deep lines.

Facial exercises to reduce smile lines


Fish Face
Fish Face
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1. Fish face

2. The cheek lifter

3. Cheek blowing

Blow the Cheeks with air and gently smooth your lips with your fingers and then push the air from one cheek to the another to work with the muscles around your mouth and then repeat it for3 to 4 times to help reduce smile lines.

Best ways and techniques to massage smile lines


Gua Sha
Gua Sha
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  • Moving the hands up on your face is a simple way to help reduce smile lines as it will help blood flow and makes the face muscles stronger which can slowly lift the cheeks and make lines less visible.
  • Scooping move is about placing the first two fingers on nose and move them in upward motion along the cheekbones toward the ears.
  • Use the flat edge of a by using Gua Sha tool to gently glide it upward and outward from the corner of mouth and towards the ear.

Foods that help to reduce smile line


Dark chocolate
Dark chocolate
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  • Eating foods which are rich in antioxidants like berries and dark chocolate. This will help the skin produce more collagen.
  • Vitamin A and vitamin C are the best to reduce smile lines which can be find in the citrus fruits, bell peppers and broccoli for vitamin C and sweet potatoes, carrots and leafy greens for vitamin A.
  • Use of seeds like flax seeds , chia seeds , pumpkin seeds, sunflower and hemp and sesame seed can be used in drinks and food like oats.
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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What are bunny lines?
    They are the lines which appear on nose.
  2. Can Botox help smile lines?
    Yes, botox do help to reduce it.
  3. Can chewing cause smile lines?
    Yes, from chewing it from one side of the mouth can lead to the lines.

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