How to get hollow cheeks

Hollow cheeks: how they can be formed by mewing

Hollow cheeks have already become a special “fashion trend”, and this topic is actively discussed at the mewing forum the-great-work. I also decided, so to speak, to keep up with the team 🙂. I was also interested in the comments on this topic on one famous youtube-channel, where a video was released, which discussed the impressive mewing result. One of the channel’s visitors asked there a question: “How to atrophy the cheeks”, probably meaning whether it is possible to achieve the effect of hollow cheeks by mewing. So I would like to answer this question “in pictures” here (as I would say, it’s more lifting effect).

Are hollow cheeks beautiful?

As an example, I took the highest paid supermodels in the world today, as well as a couple of examples of the faces of the stars of the past. So, of the men, this is the model with the most horizontally developed maxilla in the history of the modeling business – American Sean O’Pry, courageous Spaniard with a strong-willed face contour John Cortaharena and super-mega-popular actor of the nineties Johnny Depp, who’s always been famous by his hollow cheeks.

Among women, the leading positions in the model ratings today are occupied by the beautiful American model Emily Ratajkowski and the exotic star of the catwalks of Lithuanian-Pakistani origin Shanina Shayk. Also, to illustrate our theme, it is impossible not to give an example of a very beautiful face with hollow cheeks of stunning Ukrainian singer Nadia Meiher, known to everyone as “the black one from ViaGra group”.

As you can see, moderately hollow cheeks (as well as high contoured cheekbones) is a rather attractive story. But something else is interesting here – seeing these faces in advertising, people are ready to buy anything, just to look the same or at least a little closer to the cherished ideal. But why are these hollow-cheeked faces unconsciously perceived to be so attractive? Let’s figure it out.

“Triangle of youth” versus “pyramid of old age”

Surely many of you have heard of such a concept as the “triangle of youth”. These are vectors of general facial tension and how our face is perceived by others. The young face has high cheekbones, its tissues, including the cheeks, are pulled up, there are no jowls, and a triangle with its top from the chin goes up through the corners of the lips to the corners of the eyes. The “senile” face, on the contrary, “falls” down, the cheeks are lowered on it, flews and nasolabial folds are formed – and the “triangle of youth” turns on it into a “pyramid of old age”.

And it is this 3D structure that provides the upward tension of the facial tissues, forming the very coveted “triangle of beauty”. If you look closely at such beautiful faces, you will see that they are all horizontally developed – roughly speaking, put forward in their middle part forward and raised up. Try to consider this on the example of some of the “most desirable” faces of our days, Sean O’Pry and Shanina Shayk – due to their 3D structure, the convex structure of their faces forms the very “triangle of youth”, one of the signs of which is stretched upward, moderately hollow cheeks. Look at this convex “triangle of beauty” below!

As you can see, these people have maxillae that are extremely extended forward and upward, much more than the norm. Let’s just say that these are “very 3D faces”, with a “super-triangle of youth”. Therefore, people subconsciously perceive such a horizontally developed structure as a standard. Well, now let’s “descend from heaven to earth” a little and see how an ordinary person can achieve such or at least approximately the same effect. At the same time, we will deal with the biomechanism, due to which we get hollow cheeks while mewing, so that we can get the same convex “triangle of youth” on our face.

And once again about the strength of the tongue

Immediately before we disassemble the mentioned biomechanism, here is a small reminder for those who read this blog constantly, and new information for those who came here for the first time: on vertically developed faces, as opposed to horizontal ones, with a lowered down maxilla, tissue of the face, tightening the existing structure, will form a “pyramid of old age” even on a young face (in many cases, this effect can be observed after braces pulling the maxilla downwards).

And the “engine of progress”, i.e. the force that lifts our maxilla and creates a “triangle of beauty” on the face of any age is the pressure on the paired maxillary bones from inside by the strongest muscle of our body – the tongue! And, ideally, the correct position of the tongue on the palate should be developed in a person from childhood. If it didn’t work out with this earlier, then mewing comes to our aid.

Hollow cheeks and mewing

Zygomatic bones (zygoma), which in this process also rise and become more clearly and contoured outlined, directly connect with the maxillary bones on the right and left above:

Moreover, directly in this zone are, in fact, the cheeks themselves:

The place of attachment of the buccal muscle, the so-called Musculus buccinator, is shown in red on the diagram:

It is formed to assist in the sucking process of the mother’s breast with the infantile type of swallowing that we all have in childhood. But with age, only a few people, thanks to the development of the correct position of the tongue, switch to the adult type of swallowing. So, it is precisely because of the infantile type of swallowing that the cheek muscles are so developed in children:

In adults, due to the development of an adult type of swallowing, the cheeks should be hollow (moderately hollow):

Big cheeks are definitely cute. This is a sign of childhood that is observed until middle school age:

But, if, due to the development of the correct position of the tongue on the palate, a person doesn’t develope the adult type of swallowing (in which the maxillae move forward and upward and expand, forming a “triangle of youth”, and not a child’s “plate-moon”), then these cute children’s cheeks, losing their tone, then they simply turn into jowls:

And thus, the transformation from the child type of face to the “old age pyramid” immediately occurs. That is, if an adult type of swallowing has not been formed in a person, then a convex “triangle of youth” on his face is not formed. And with the infantile type of swallowing, he does not get the natural cycle “a child – an adult – a mature person”, but an unnatural cycle occurs, for example: “a girl – a girl – and immediately a grandmother”.

Such “grandmothers”, desperately trying to return to the state of a “girl”, do plastic facelift surgeries, removing the hated jowls, but, since a plastic surgeon can create his art only within the initially specified bone frame, which has not developed into a convex 3D system, the result is often unnatural and unstable. Because of this, you have to resort to the services of a plastic surgeon every few years, getting an increasingly awkward result, which we can see in many of celebrities (by the way, this also applies to men with an infantile type of swallowing).

52 year old woman, 1 year mewing results

But, having knowledge of mewing, such women could move from a child’s facial structure to the 3D structure of a young / adult woman, significantly delaying the appearance of signs of aging (which, with this type of face in adulthood, often give only charm). Once again, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that we are talking about the formation of a convex “triangle of youth” on the face, and not the preservation of the shape of the “cheeky circle of childhood”. To do this, once again pay attention to the faces of the models presented at the beginning of the article – these are the faces of young, but adults (i.e. those who have a certain internal adult position and sexuality, and not retained infantilism).

Hollow cheeks while mewing: results

I recently also posted these photos of several YouTubers, but I want to cite them again so that we can properly consider how, when moving forward-upward / expanding maxillae, it forms a convex 3D “triangle of youth” on the face, an integral part of which are tall contoured cheekbones and, accordingly, hollowcheeks. The guy above is Brazilian guy with the nickname AlphaSpirit. The result on his cheeks is amazing! The goal – “triangle of beauty” on his face has been achieved in just a year!

Below is yet another powerful proof of how a childish face structure with chubby cheeks can be turned into a sexually attractive face with expressive cheekbones and hollow cheeks while mewing:

Here we also see a rather vivid transformation of the face structure in 3D with an expressive “triangle of youth”:

This guy needs no introduction. Astro Sky has been working as a model after six years of mewing. Surely, if he hadn’t did mewing, then the structure of his face would have remained the same as that of his mother:

Here is a less dramatic, but nonetheless significant result, as it was achieved in just a few months of mewing. And even now we can already see that the structure of the face from the nursery has largely acquired much more adult contours:

And this is another YouTuber – Joei Saves, but from the age of fifteen he not only did mewing intensively, but he also lost weight and went to gym, which is a common thing for such guys. Pay attention to how amazing contour the “triangle of youth” has formed on his face:

And this is a photo of a guy whose result, in fact, was discussed in the comments to one video on YouTube:

Having delved into the intricacies of the biomechanism, due to which such changes occur, for sure you now have no doubt that this result was achieved in a natural way (naturally, this guy also intensively lost weight and visited gym). And why should a young guy at this age do expensive plastic surgeries when there is such a wonderful thing as mewing (only a lazy person don’t do it now).

Guide How to get Hollow Cheeks (No surgery/treatments) POORCELS/BLOATCELS GTFIH

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Well not everybody has the money in this forum, and usually getting something naturally is safer, the guide I’m making will teach you how to get hollow cheeks in a matter for 10-12 months (I know its long, but do you really think most of the people in here will work hard enough to earn money instead of rotting on forums).

Losing Weight/Body Fat (WILL MAKE A SEPARATE GUIDE)
When you lose weight in your entire body, your face will also slim down. Of course, everyone’s face and body is different, so the effects in your face may or may not be very dramatic. Technically speaking, you won’t be getting higher cheekbones by losing weight. You will, however, be revealing more of the cheekbones that you already have.
You should consult a doctor before starting any diet or exercise plan and make sure that your health comes first. To lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you put in your body. There are many ways to do this, and everyone has something that works differently for them.
Be sure to be patient when starting a diet and exercise program. It also helps if the program is something you can sustain over a long period of time, since it might take a while for results to show up. This is especially true if you are very overweight.

AVOID a high sodium foods, high sodium foods cause more retaining making your face/cheeks puffy

Drinking plenty of water will help you flush out any fluid that is retained in your face

Chew gum: Gum chewing strengthens and works the jaw and the cheeks while you chew. Best of all, you won’t even realize you’re exercising or have to think about it. Just don’t overdo it

LEARN HOW TO SWALLOW WATER without using the buccal pads, practice buccal atrophy.

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Well not everybody has the money in this forum, and usually getting something naturally is safer, the guide I’m making will teach you how to get hollow cheeks in a matter for 10-12 months (I know its long, but do you really think most of the people in here will work hard enough to earn money instead of rotting on forums).

Losing Weight/Body Fat (WILL MAKE A SEPARATE GUIDE)
When you lose weight in your entire body, your face will also slim down. Of course, everyone’s face and body is different, so the effects in your face may or may not be very dramatic. Technically speaking, you won’t be getting higher cheekbones by losing weight. You will, however, be revealing more of the cheekbones that you already have.
You should consult a doctor before starting any diet or exercise plan and make sure that your health comes first. To lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you put in your body. There are many ways to do this, and everyone has something that works differently for them.
Be sure to be patient when starting a diet and exercise program. It also helps if the program is something you can sustain over a long period of time, since it might take a while for results to show up. This is especially true if you are very overweight.

AVOID a high sodium foods, high sodium foods cause more retaining making your face/cheeks puffy

Drinking plenty of water will help you flush out any fluid that is retained in your face

Chew gum: Gum chewing strengthens and works the jaw and the cheeks while you chew. Best of all, you won’t even realize you’re exercising or have to think about it. Just don’t overdo it

LEARN HOW TO SWALLOW WATER without using the buccal pads, practice buccal atrophy.

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Well not everybody has the money in this forum, and usually getting something naturally is safer, the guide I’m making will teach you how to get hollow cheeks in a matter for 10-12 months (I know its long, but do you really think most of the people in here will work hard enough to earn money instead of rotting on forums).

Losing Weight/Body Fat (WILL MAKE A SEPARATE GUIDE)
When you lose weight in your entire body, your face will also slim down. Of course, everyone’s face and body is different, so the effects in your face may or may not be very dramatic. Technically speaking, you won’t be getting higher cheekbones by losing weight. You will, however, be revealing more of the cheekbones that you already have.
You should consult a doctor before starting any diet or exercise plan and make sure that your health comes first. To lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you put in your body. There are many ways to do this, and everyone has something that works differently for them.
Be sure to be patient when starting a diet and exercise program. It also helps if the program is something you can sustain over a long period of time, since it might take a while for results to show up. This is especially true if you are very overweight.

AVOID a high sodium foods, high sodium foods cause more retaining making your face/cheeks puffy

Drinking plenty of water will help you flush out any fluid that is retained in your face

Chew gum: Gum chewing strengthens and works the jaw and the cheeks while you chew. Best of all, you won’t even realize you’re exercising or have to think about it. Just don’t overdo it

LEARN HOW TO SWALLOW WATER without using the buccal pads, practice buccal atrophy.

Buccinator atrophy is nonsense & how to get hollow cheeks

If you are just interested to read how to get hollow cheeks, skip the next part and jump to the (*).

I am not questioning the tongue position, since my natural tongue position is and was always the tongue on the roof of the mouth. However I question the «buccinator atrophy to get hollow cheeks» statement. I have «weak» cheekbones but a strong jawline, so no hollow cheeks.

I tried for 2+ months the correct tongue swallowing with the tongue sweep. I watched a lot of videos, I read a lot about it and I did for approx. 1 month the cheesy swallow only. And guess what: I had 0 results from it! It did not change anything at all! There are 3 possibilities:

2) If this was the case, then my atrophied buccinators did not give me a «hollow cheeks» look that male models have.

3) I believe buccinator atrophy is nonsense. Here are some thoughts. First the buccinators are mainly used for holding the food between your molars while chewing. Not to suckle. How could you not use them while chewing? It is impossible.

(*) How to get hollow cheeks.

And even these guys who do this swallowing technique for years, they have not as hollow cheeks as some models. Although you would think, they would have the most hollowish look ever. It is just the body fat.

You lose face fat, when you drop your overall fat in the body. As we age we also lose fat in the face. But if you are old and fat, you still have not hollow cheeks.

But do you know how low 9% body fat is? I have muscles from years of boxing and started some years ago to lift weights. My muscles are very defined because of the low body fat. You can see very good all 3 deltoid heads on my shoulder when I flex and I have an 8 pack, when I flex my abdominals. Unflexed I have more or less a 4 pack. Most people have a higher body fat than they think.

It is the fat in your body that gives you vascularity and that defines your muscles. That is why body builders go to low body fat. The same fat also hides your facial features, your jawline, your cheek bones etc. Look at a skull, a skull has the most chiseled face ever because it has no fat.

If you are at 6-8% body fat and do not have hollow cheeks. Then you are most likely are not at 6-8% body fat or you store water or have something going on in your face like inflammation or so. Then check your nutrition. But I guess most of you will be above 10% body fat.

10 Mewing Mistakes That Are Slowly DEFORMING Your Face

⚠️ MAKE SURE You’re Not Making Any of These Common Mewing Mistakes (No. 5 is the Most Dangerous) ⚠️

Mewing Can Be Life-Changing. If You Do it Right!

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😱 You’ll Wish You Never Heard About Mewing: what happens if you try to mew «too quickly» before you know the correct technique.

⛔️ 1. Only Putting the Tip of the Tongue Against the Roof of Your Mouth

This is by FAR the most common mewing mistakes. I get hundreds on messages everyday:

«Matt, I’ve been mewing for 2 months and haven’t seen any results? Am I too old for mewing?»

The answer is NO: you’re not too old. You’re not seeing results, because you’re not actually mewing! It’s easy to put the tip of your tongue against the soft palate. It’s easy and it doesn’t do anything!

It’s crucial to have the back third of the tongue (root of tongue) against the roof of your mouth. Not doing this is one of the top mewing mistakes.

MEWING IS HARD

If you can’t put the back third of the tongue against the roof of your mouth- just relax. That’s ok. Almost nobody can in the beginning.

Start by just putting as much of the tongue against the hard palate as you can. The hard palate is the hard part of the roof of your mouth.

Eventually your muscles will be strong enough (and flexible enough) to hold the entire tongue up there with emphasis on the back third.

WHY MEWING MISTAKE #1 IS SO TERRIBLE

Having the tip of your tongue against your palate without the rest of your tongue. is VERY unnatural.

What normally happens is that the tip of the tongue ends up resting against the front teeth = BAD.

If you do this long enough, you will start to push your teeth outward, potentially creating «buck teeth» or making gaps between them.

With the correct mewing tongue posture, the tongue isn’t long enough to reach your front teeth.

NEED HELP: if you’re still not sure how to mew, or you haven’t actually found a good tutorial, check out this one 👇

How to Mew Properly in 5 Steps (Complete Guide)

⛔️ 2. Not Learning How to Nose Breath FIRST

Step #1 of mewing is: close your mouth and seal your lips lightly. How are you going to breathe through your mouth when it’s closed, eh?

Mewing has two main components that work together to give the incredible results that everyone is talking about:

TBH: It’s partly my fault that people are confused about this.

I realised that my mewing tutorials don’t make it clear that you can’t do the proper mewing posture without nose breathing, that’s just how it is.

Here’s what you need to do:

⚠️ WHY MEWING MISTAKE #2 IS SO TERRIBLE ⚠️

Learning to nose breath and the correct tongue posture at the same time. is to hard. You won’t be able to learn both at the same time. And what will happen is:

OR WORSE: you’ll be mewing wrong and breathing wrong, but you’ll keep forcing yourself to do it. You’ll get nowhere and be very uncomfortable while doing it.

⛔️ 3. Thinking That Mewing is an «Exercise»

Let’s get something straight: mewing is NOT an:

When I was a teenager, my Mum always told me to: «stand up straight»!

I would sometimes slouch and have bad back posture. Whenever she’d tell me, I’d realise I was slouching and correct it.

«Is Good Back Posture an Exercise?»

Standing up straight is how humans are supposed to stand. That’s how I think about mewing: it’s how humans are supposed to breath and rest their tongue.

It sounds lame, but mewing is a way of life. You’re not supposed to do it until you get results and then stop.

You’re supposed to learn it, do it, and never stop doing it.

MEWING BENEFITS: if you want to know more about why mewing is so fantastic, you’ll find a list of the amazing benefits here 👇

What is Mewing and How Much of it is Actually Science?

⚠️ WHY MEWING MISTAKE #3 IS SO TERRIBLE ⚠️

⛔️ 4. Swallowing and Then Holding That Position

Getting the back third of your tongue against the roof of your mouth is HARD. It’s hard to do, and it’s hard to know IF you’re doing it right. So how do you know?

I don’t know who, but someone has been telling mewing beginners that they should swallow and then hold that position.

They’ve been told that that is the proper mewing posture.

It’s NOT. Swallowing contracts your entire throat to squeeze food down your oesophagus.

Mewing newbies are always wondering why they can’t breathe when mewing. This is why! Because your throat is basically blocked/closed!

Why Swallowing and Holding isn’t the Correct Tongue Posture

In the video below, I list 2 ways to know if you’re mewing correctly: 1) the «sing» technique and 2) the chin up hold. Check it out 👇

It can takes months to learn the correct mewing tongue posture. There’s a few «cheats» to get the proper posture quicker

⚠️ WHY MEWING MISTAKE #4 IS SO TERRIBLE ⚠️

This one isn’t terrible I guess, but it’s demotivating. I estimate that this is the #1 reason why men and women give up on mewing: they can’t breathe.

You can’t «push through the pain» very long if you cant breathe. So people give up. They try mewing (by swallowing and holding), can’t breathe. and give up!

The worst thing you can do is give up before you’ve even learnt the correcting tongue posture.

⛔️ 5. Hard Mewing Before You Can Even Mew Correctly

Hard mewing is why some people. get negative results. That’s right, mewing is a double-edged sword, it’s sharp of both sides.

Mewing INCORRECTLY has major side-effects:

if you’ve just started mewing, learn the proper tongue posture from John Mew and Mike Mews YouTube videos to avoid making one of the mewing mistakes

How to Mew Properly in 5 Steps (Complete Guide)

The Simple & Best Mewing Tutorial: Everything You Need To Know About How To Mew Properly In One Place

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The «Mewing» technique was first discovered in. 🙄 BLaH bLAh I DoN’t CaRE !

Forget the history, you just wanna know how to mew properly, right? You saw an insane mewing before and after photo on YouTube and want a sharp jawline for yourself.

But you can’t find a guide that is easy-to-understand. And the more information you read, the more questions you have.

Perfect! You’re exactly like I was when I started: confused and still a little skeptical.

I wrote this guide to a younger version of myself. It’s exactly what I wish I’d found early on. I wouldn’t have had to figure it out myself.

If you still don’t know what mewing is. read this👇

What is Mewing and How Much of it is Actually Science?

THE SHORT VERSION: Mewing is social media’s alternative name for Orthotropics – a branch of Orthodontics that claims that an individuals facial structure is a result of nasal breathing and jaw posture.

This theory originally comes from a British Orthodontist called John Mew. In recent years, his son Mike Mew has continued his father’s work.

A Mewing Tutorial Video Is Better Than Words

Y ou remember information 8 times better if it’s visual. So I think it’s better if you watch this mewing tutorial that I made.

It’s less detailed than this article, but it has animations that will help you understand what the heck I’m talking about.

Learn the right tongue placement technique ASAP, and you’ll get results ASAP.

Watch the tutorial and then read this entire article afterwards. I go into more detail here because I had more time to think when writing it. And I didn’t want to make a 44 minute video.

👇 START HERE 👇

This is the best mewing tutorial on YouTube

«OK. But I Still Don’t Understand the Tongue Position. «

S uper! Now you know the 5 steps of mewing. But you’re going to have trouble following them. It’s not as easy as I made it sound.

New anecdotes and research are constantly being released. Not just by Mike Mew and John Mew (the British Orthodontist who developed the mewing theory), but also new peer reviewed studies.

1. Seal Your Lips Lightly 💋

S eal your lips lightly. Use your lip muscles as little as possible. You shouldn’t force them together.

And old expression for this is «pursed lips»- like the zipper on a purse your granny collects quarters in. Anyway, don’t do it if you want the «hollow cheeks» look.

Don’t pout either. That’s the weird duckface thing teenage girls usually do in FaceBook photos.

A «pout» is basically when you force your lips outward. Sometimes it looks like you’re sucking on a straw.

This can look good in the moment. It highlights your cheekbones and gives that «hollow-cheek» look.

But if you’re gonna do it, save it for photos. It’s bad in the long-term because you can’t do the other 4 steps of mewing.

HOW FAR APART SHOULD MY TEETH BE?

Your front teeth shouldn’t touch, but your back teeth can touch lightly. This part can differ from person to person.

Have your bottom teeth slightly behind your upper teeth in a slight overbite. I know that won’t be easy for everyone.

You may have an overbite, underbite, retainers or braces that make it hard. But that’s the natural position our teeth are supposed to be in.

Don’t worry if you can’t maintain this position straight away. It’s the end goal. Try to do it the best you can and follow the other steps. Over time your bite position will improve.

For more information on how to position your teeth, check out this article 👇

Mewing Teeth Position – How to Do it Correctly (Complete Guide)

2. Place Your Whole Tongue Against The Roof Of Your Mouth 👅

Proper tongue posture is the hardest part of mewing

The part that everyone focuses on- entire tongue against your palate.

It’s the most important step BUT that doesn’t mean it’s the only step. You won’t be able to have the correct tongue placement if you don’t follow all steps.

This is MUCH harder than it sounds. You’re going to have lots of questions along the way. So let me break it down for you.

The tip of your tongue should not be touching your front teeth, it should be a little bit behind your front teeth.

DO NOT push your tongue against your teeth. It could lead to crooked teeth if you do it long enough. This is the worst mistake that mewing beginners make.

WTF IS «ROOT OF THE TONGUE»?

Think it’s pretty easy so far? That’s because you only have the front part of your tongue against the palate.

I agree, that is easy. But the important part is to have the back 1/3 or the «root of the tongue» against your palate.

Can’t get it up there? Or don’t know if it’s up against your palate? Don’t worry, almost no-one can hold it up there comfortably in the beginning.

You’re going to start with the front part in the correct posture. Overtime you will build the required strength in your tongue- and you’ll be able to do it.

The end goal is to have your entire tongue against your entire upper palate. From the front (slightly behind your teeth) to the back (root of tongue comfortably up).

That will be your new resting position when not eating, drinking, or talking.

Getting there will take months. Ugh! But picture yourself a square jawline and hollow cheeks. it will be worth it!

That whole «root of tongue» part can be tricky, so here’s some tips to get a feel for the correct position:

THE «CHEESY SMILE» TECHNIQUE

This is a good way to practice the correct tongue posture. Basically: smile really broad and show off your teeth.

Your tongue will naturally be pressed against your palate in the correct mewing position.

Do the cheesy smile and then try to hold your tongue in the same position when you ‘release’ the smile.

THE «N» TECHNIQUE

Another way to practice the mewing tongue placement. Basically: say the letter «N» and hold it. So say «NNNNNNNNN».

When you do this your tongue will naturally be pressed against your palate in the correct mewing position.

So again, say «N» and then try to hold the position your tongue is in afterward.

HOW DO I KNOW IF MY TONGUE IS IN THE RIGHT POSITION?

The skin between your chin and your neck should be tight. If there’s a bulge there, it means you’re pushing too much with the tip of your tongue.

You’ve probably got the front of your tongue up against your palate- but the back part isn’t. And the back (root of tongue) part actually matters the most.

You need to practice trying to get the back third of your tongue up against the palate. It can take months until you actually do it but if you need to keep practicing and developing the strength in your tongue, your jaw, and your neck.

Over time it will get easier and easier and once you have that proper tongue position that’s when the mewing gains really start to roll in.

In the beginning it’s going gonna be hard. A good way to get used to what it feels like to activate the back third, is an exercise called the chin tuck.

THE CHIN TUCK

Bring your chin a bit back kind of like you’re trying to make a double chin.

Tuck your chin back and feel how your tongue curves up against the top of your palate. You should feel the back third pressed up.

That’s the position you should hold. Do a few chin tucks to get it into position and practice strengthening the muscle.

Get used to having the back third up against the palate and over time you’re going to be strong enough to maintain that full time when you’re just at rest.

It’s also going to be hard to breathe when you’re doing this so just practice to develop the strength.

Don’t try to do it all the time and sacrifice your breathing- I would say breathing is more important. lel.

It’s hard, but over time you’re going to be able to maintain this all throughout the day including when you’re sleeping.

For more information on chin tucking, check out this article 👇

How to Do Chin Tucking – Fix Your Back Posture (Safely)

ONE MORE THING ABOUT SLEEPING.

It’s going to be really hard to do this when you’re sleeping in the beginning. So just focus on being able to do it during the day and eventually you’ll get the strength in your muscle for it to feel natural.

You will just do it naturally while you’re sleeping, so give yourself the nights off until it happens naturally.

Mewing is difficult in the beginning and it’s important to give yourself a break otherwise you might stop doing it and then you won’t get any results.

3. Stand Up Straight With Your Shoulders Back 💂‍♂️

This one is just as important as the other steps but it sounds super basic.

Almost NO mewing tutorials include back posture, even though mewing is impossible without it.

Most guys ignore this part. And then tell me that mewing is too hard. All these steps fit together like a puzzle. You need all the pieces for it to work. So pay attention!

Having a straight back and shoulders, super boring right?

But without it it’s like trying to make a pizza when you have fresh shredded cheese and this nice salami and homemade tomato sauce- but you don’t have any dough.

You don’t actually have the base of the pizza so all the other ingredients are useless.

That’s what body posture is. it’s very hard to have the correct tongue posture without the correct back posture.

I won’t go into too much depth about back posture- it’s pretty simple. if you need practice stand up against a wall and get used to what it feels like.

The most important thing is that you think about it when you’re walking when you’re sitting when you’re working when you’re at school is to actually think «how’s my posture? okay» and just correct it.

Quick recap of the first three steps of mewing:

1. Lips sealed super simple, relaxed

2. Tongue up against your palate not touching your teeth try to engage the whole tongue with the back up as well- that is the most important part!

3. Good back posture. Stand up straight with your shoulders back and do the same when you’re sitting down.

4. Swallow Using Only Your Tongue 🥤

Swallowing correctly will accelerate your results because it generates a huge amount of force against your upper palate.

If you didn’t watc h the mewing tutorial abov e- I recommend you do. Just for this step, because it’s hard to understand (and explain) the proper technique without a visual demonstration.

Start with your back teeth slightly touching and in the correct mewing posture. Use the tip of your tongue to gather the spit and press it against the upper palate of your mouth.

Swallow hard and push that saliva down your throat. While swallowing your cheeks and lips shouldn’t move at all.

This is the most important part: when swallowing- your tongue should do all the work. Your cheeks and lips shouldn’t move at all.

When viewing proper swallowing from the outside: you should see the Adam’s apple move up and down.

The tongue pushing saliva down the throat shouldn’t be noticeable from the outside.

Same goes for your head = it shouldn’t move. Move as little as possible. It is just your tongue that does the work.

This step is probably impossible (at least it was for me) before you have the correct tongue posture. Practicing each one of the other steps is crucial before you can even come close to doing this part correctly.

Don’t worry if you can’t do this in the beginning, because almost no-one can. It’s the end goal that you want to be working towards.

Right now i’m just demonstrating swallowing saliva but it’s the same when you swallow water or you chew food.

You chew up the food with your teeth but it’s just your tongue that scoops it up and does the swallowing. You don’t need your cheeks or lips and your head shouldn’t move.

5. Chew Slowly With Your Mouth Closed 🦷

If you don’t chew correctly you’re going to build the muscles in your cheeks which results in that «bloated cheeks» look.

Never chew with your mouth open.

The wider your mouth is when you’re chewing the more you’re engaging the wrong muscles which can result in a bloated look.

One tip that makes this so much easier is to chew slowly.

Chewing slowly makes you actually eat less, so it’s better for weight loss. It makes you digest food better, so it’s much better for your health.

Chewing slowly means you’re more likely to chew with your mouth closed, which means it’s easier to swallow with the correct technique using your tongue.

The correct chewing technique (using mastic or jawline gum ) can build your masseter muscles. They’re the muscles everyone wants on the side of the jaw. See the link at the bottom of the page.

Remember: chew with your mouth closed. and chew slowly.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

😠 «Complete mewing tutorial eh? I know all about the correct tongue placement, but I just can’t. «

I got you. If something still isn’t clear, whatever you’re wondering about is probably a common concern. If not, comment on one of my mewing tutorial videos (I always answer). Or email me.

1️⃣ How to mew while you sleep

You won’t be able to mew while you sleep. Not in the beginning at least.

It’s hard enough to maintain the tongue position while you’re awake, so just forget about mewing while you’re sleeping.

Focus on mewing during the day until it feels 100% natural and you don’t have to think about it. Eventually you’ll automatically start mewing while sleeping.

2️⃣ Why can’t I breathe while mewing?

This happens to everybody. So don’t worry. Are you swallowing and then holding it to get the mewing tongue posture? Well, that’s not the right way to do it. Watch this.

If nasal breathing is hard for you. then focus on that before trying to do the mewing tongue posture.

A lot of people can’t breathe while mewing, because they can’t breathe through their nose when they are NOT mewing.

Get comfortable with nose breathing before you worry about the mewing tongue posture.

3️⃣ Is it normal to produce so much extra saliva?

Yes. It will be pretty annoying for a while (with all that swallowing), but it will stop after the first few weeks.

Use the opportunity to practise your swallowing. It generates a large amount of force up against your palate and it responsible for a lot of the changes that mewing can make on your face.

4️⃣ Should the tongue touch the front teeth while mewing?

No. Your tongue shouldn’t touch your teeth at all while mewing. If they’re touching your bottom teeth, then your tongue isn’t against your palate.

If your tongue is touching your upper, front teeth- then you need to move it back and place the tip behind your two front teeth.

It’s going to be uncomfortable. Adjusting your tongue to a new position is straining on lots of muscles in your face.

Just remember that the pain and discomfort will pay off big time with amazing mewing results in the future!

5️⃣ How long should I mew a day?

The more the better. But that’s not practical in the beginning. Start with just 30 minutes a day and gradually work your way to more time everyday.

When you’re learning how to mew, it’s more important to have the correct mewing posture than worry about how long you mew every day.

Remember: mewing isn’t an exercise. It’s a posture. A new way of breathing and positioning your tongue.

That means you’re going to mew for the rest of your life. It’s not an exercise you simply stop when you’re happy with the results.

6️⃣ I’ve been mewing for 3 months and I haven’t seen any changes!

Mewing takes time! Some lucky people see results in a few months (usually teenagers). But most people need 6+ months to see mewing results.

Make sure you’re doing it right and keep at it! Check out this article if you need some mewing motivation.

7️⃣ Can you mew with braces?

Yes, you can. But it will be more uncomfortable and it will take longer to see visible.

If you’re a teenager with braces, it’s probably best to wait until you get your braces off. Braces are uncomfortable enough as it is, you don’t need to make your life too hard.

🍀 GOOD LUCK! 🍀