As an orthodontist i often get questions about mewing. Im going to send my patients this video for a more comprehensive information. As always, incredible videos doc!
I have the masseters of the hulk because I’m a grinder/clencher. 60 units of botox on both sides didn’t even touch mine it worries me that mewing will lead to more people with bruxism/TMJ disorder. My jaw locked for the first time the other day and it scared the hell out of me so I know more is coming in my future. 😢
@@blaah9999 I recently developed tmj disorder and it’s not the worse thing as long as there’s no pain, it can be annoying as it limits jaw movement and what foods you can eat though
Probably the most effective way of having a jawline more defined is going down on bodyfat percentage. First time I saw mewing I thought right away that even if it worked to an extent, one would already need to have a decently formed jawline to begin with.
Definitely this! Especially when you consider that most people probably aren’t at a the best level of bodyfat to highlight their jawlines anyway. Low enough BF% is literally 90% of the results when it comes to jawline.
i started mewing a year ago and i could see it working immediately straightening the skin under my chin. the only question was if i would be able to make it my default tongue posture (it worked)
My grandmother who unfortunately died a few years ago at 90 used to do what people now call mewing. This doctor didn't "create" mewing, but it does work when used correctly. Evidently, it can't reshape everything, but some things can be better sculpted to an extent.
I started it purely because it's still proper tongue posture and would encourage nose breathing as opposed to mouth breathing. I already had a decent jawline though. I've done it for about a year (started around when I turned 20) and have noticed minimal jawline changes that could have also just been a result of dropping my bfp following fitness and nutrition goals. It's also worth noting that the posture itself pulls the area under your jaw in a little as well as closing your jaw to the point where your teeth are almost touching squares your face more. If you take a side look at your face in the mirror and switch between holding the posture and fully relaxing it you can see what I mean. I've trained it to the point where I believe I still hold the posture when I'm asleep (fall asleep holding the tongue/jaw posture and wake up still holding it) which has forced me to breath out of my nose while I sleep, leading to better sleep and my throat doesn't dry out in dryer seasons from mouth breathing. If I'm congested though it can be hard to fall asleep because I have to break the posture a little to breath out of my mouth. Overall I think it's been mildly beneficial, took about 4 days to hold it without thinking about it, I don't regret it. The largest benefit has been the nose breathing. I also don't over chew. I would be interested in seeing a large scale study on how effective it is when you start in childhood but good luck convincing kids to try to hold the posture every day, many already sit like gargoyles.
Personally I mostly breathe out of my nose naturally, and place my tongue on the roof of my mouth, when I’m sick it’s very hard to sleep since I don’t naturally breathe out my mouth
For people who don't believe in mewing, I started mewing around 15 and not even a year in, everyone commented on how my face changed drastically, for the better (I also tracked my changes with pictures). My posture got better even though I didn't pay any attention to it. Mewing has been life changing for me. There is no peer reviewed research on mewing on anything, but there is overwhelming evidence on mewing does actually works. And I'm forever grateful I found mewing when I was young, the health benefit of improved airway and better posture is priceless. Also note that this is only my personal experience, I cannot speak for everyone else. And what makes a face attractive is forward growth, you can have good jawline without forward growth and it still won't look good.
@@AllDayHockey after 17 it still does work. But the changes will be minimal and everyone's body is different. Some still gain substantial changes after 17 from the official orthotropics site, so no reason to give up hope. I remember when i started my bones was still kind of soft. I can move my lower teeth around with my hand when I was 15 which is weird but everyone is different. It might be the reason my changes were very drastic.
Dear Dr Linkov, thank you so much for your interest and having gain such a good understanding of the core issue. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to chat openly with you and demonstrate some really impressive outcomes from these methods, especially when combined with appliances. It is through discussion, debate and engagement that we find new developments and improvements. It would be an honour to do a collaboration. Best wishes, Mike
I don't care what any expert says, I know for a fact that mewing works. Bone isn't static, and studies show that the skull can change shape as you age.
@@LordGodKing exactly..if the skull wouldn´t change from a certain age on, we wouldn´t be looking worse n worse getting older, and our teeth wouldn´t get more crooked when getting older either..so if it can change to the worse, why shouldn´t it change to the better, when doing stuff like mewing, right?
Great vid, very fair and balanced. To be fair to the Mews, a lot of what they teach is taught in many dental clinics under the label of "myofunctional therapy". And the Mews have also talked that their preferred age to start intervention is 7 to 9 years old and that changes after puberty without appliances or surgery is minimal at best. Again, great take.
Yes, this is a much more balanced video. His original video on the topic was absolutely terrible and completely abysmal. It was a totally one-sided take to the point of being downright ignorant of the fact you mentioned that their preferred clientele is very young because they can get the best results for those clients with their techniques. The Mews have also acknowledged what Gary said in this video, that adults around mid 20s and up just beginning a mewing journey could take decades to see only incremental results.
@@marvin2678 it can help you stop getting worse, but if you have a lot to fix then you'll most likely need appliances and/or surgery to get to normal. But afterward surgery/appliances, good oral posture can prevent relapse.
My daughter is six and is in oral/facial myology therapy with a speech therapist, as well as physical therapy for congenital hypotonia that affects her posture. A lot of the exercises to improve her breathing and swallowing are similar to the mewing techniques. She is six, though. So in theory, starting this young, she will be able to improve her breathing and swallowing. I discovered mewing after researching my daughter’s needs. It’s interesting that oral/facial myology therapy IS now being used with children. I think it’s a good thing that we now have awareness of breathing posture and exercises to increase our proprioception of oral/facial muscles.
@@jac6548 LOL. This stuff is just physiotherapy for muscles in extreme cases, changes to bone structure will be imperceptible, and non-existent for adults.
I used to work fot Professor Mew in the late 1980's. I was a trainee technician, making braces as per his direction for the patient's (mainly young). He was a good boss and much fun on a Friday - always cracking open a bottle of Sherry. I saw the results of his work and being only 18 and had my own conventional orthodontic treatment with 4 extractions plus 4 wisdom teeth extracted - he explained how unnecessary the extractions were. I have many gaps as a 51 year old adult and my facial structure would have looked very different without the extraction. ❤ to Pr Mew
Dr. Linkov is the best! He made it through this whole video without making any jokes or cracking up. Then again, there are absolutely people who will benefit from the information he provided.
I used to have a nicely defined jawline in my teens. In my twenties I started to do heavy workout, increasing my body weight up to 10 kilos on muscle mass. I always had very low body fat (still do) and, when I increased my weight because of gym workout, I lost some of that defined jawline. My neck became very large, and overall my jaw doesn't look as pretty as it once was lol so i grew a beard 😂 problem solved Edit: I moved to Japan and I must shave my beard for work. RIP
kinda same here, i used to wear beard since early 20s, and decided to rock a magnum stash at around 31. When i shaved off my beard i realised that my good defined jaw line is loooong gone :D
And for those who do mewing as a natural position all their lives, without having heard of it? This was my case, and I've seen other people too who are surprised to learn that it's a "technique" and that not everyone has this natural position.
Ive always rested my tongue in the proper position and have never mouth breathed and I still have a weak jaw + obtuse neck angle. Guess there’s no hope for me other than surgery 😅
It's important not to confuse the widespread trend, and whatever influencers are doing, with what the Mews are saying and doing. On social media the fad to ruin your jaw joint to look slightly better is strongly against what the Mews are advocating for. As you said, their main disclaimer is that mewing has limited effect for adults, especially without applying it properly, with a professional. What they are strongly advocating for is children to use mewing (often with appliances) to avoid irreversible and possibly damaging operations. A lot of their exercises are just generally healthy, and make you pay attention to things that matter for other than looks. For example they have an exercise where you tilt your head a bit forward (from neutral) and tuck your chin in: a lot of people, especially ones that work on computers, often have their head in the opposite of that position (tilt head backward, and push their head forward), which of course leads to neck and backpain. Same for tongue posture. I think all (at least most) the negatives you said here were addressing problems with the popular trend, not what Mewing is actually about. Which from one perspective is fair and evne good, because more people are exposed to the trend than to the content Mike Mew and his team, but with that you also necessarily misrepresent mewing, and orthotropics in general. I'm not even advocating for orthotropics, I have no idea about it, but it seems like it's consistently attacked, misrepresented and/or disregarded for no good reasons. Unfortunately it's also used and advocated for because of the wrong reasons, like on many social media channels.
Also to consider is that even if mewing doesn’t show any change to your face is that, if you just leave your tongue on the bottom of your mouth over time it will cause some bad side effects. So even if mewing doesn’t have a major effect on what you look like it does keep your face from looking worse
The tongue position is not the harmful part of mewing. The chewing part is what the bullshit. I have a natural defined jawline and I've always kept my tongue on the roof of my mouth. The thing about tongue position you dont have to overthink it, what I mean is that you dont have to push your tongue to your palate. Just keep it there, the natural swallowing will cause a vacuum which will push your tongue against your roof. Now this doesn't sound much, but the tongue is stronger than you would think. Every swallow causes the tongue to push against the palate with a 2.5kg of force, this is actually factual look it up. Now 1000x2.5kg of force daily is could be strong enough. Also you have to wear a jaw aid, to make your mouth shut during sleep, to force you breath through your nose. Will this change your face? Not sure. Cause I don't think there is a proper study on this with adults that finished developing, above 20-25. And youtube and tiktok shorts are not studies, just anecdotes. 3/4 of those "proofs" are just shitty angle changes and losing weight. Most of the definition you want you would get with losing fat percentage anyway. I know this personally cause when I was 22 I had 14-15% now I have 25% body fat and I lost my definition cause I gain fat to my face first. So it's still there I just have to lose weight.
I noticed I started having more fat underneath my jaw (forgot the name) once I stopped working out. You know I got rid of it? By working out again! I think people underestimate how much just keeping a healthily lifestyle does for you when trying to fit the unrealistic standards. It may not be like the models, but I'll be happy knowing I still have a perfectly working jaw in 40 years and am healthy.
Mewing has nothing to do with having a fat chin, it's about changing the angle of the jawline, period. Having more or less defention has nothing to do with it
I noticed that over the past two years I was clenching my jaw VERY tightly in varying positions during sleep, and it would often wake me up, at which point I would take note of it. (Sometimes clenching to the right, sometimes to the left, sometimes center and down.) I have recently implemented this mewing tongue-placement technique and it now comes automatically to me at night, whether I am asleep or just reading and relaxing in bed. It has been a game-changer in that regard. When I was clenching I was having horrendous jaw fatigue and buzzing sensations during the day that were extremely uncomfortable and sometimes distressing, due to the strange sensations it caused in my head, neck and jaw. It has now become automatic, all with very little practice! It will be interesting to see what, if any other changes, over time present themselves. ;0)
As someone who's done face yoga for several years, where mewing is a part of it, I can say when I stop doing it, jowling starts again and my face goes south for the winter. So in terms of teaching you facial muscle awareness and correcting your posture overall it's amazing (as face yoga teaches you, just like regular yoga, to sit up tall and roll your shoulders back, don't hunch etc.) . I used to have such a tight jaw that it dragged my right side down significantly more than the left. I can feel the difference as I used to grind my teeth on my left side. I also noticed improvement to my neck and cheeks being higher when I worked on relaxing the muscles in the face that are propagandistically pulling my face DOWN. BUT I have always had a strong jaw and a cut side profile. No mewing or face yoga is going to get someone that. It will simply tighten and tone facial muscles, or relax them if you focus on that. That's it. And it takes being consistent a few minutes daily.
Face yoga sounds like exactly what I need - my TMJ & neck spasms are usually well controlled by medication/PT, but my recent wisdom tooth extractions have put me back at square one.
@@ZijnShayatanicapersonally next to Face Yoga, Body Scan Meditation also helps a ton. It makes me aware of my tense muscles, my body in general and therefore I am less tense all the time (if I meditate regularly and aware of my body) And if you haven’t tried: progressive muscle relaxation might also help! You can find free guides of both on UA-cam and Spotify I’m pretty sure :)
I've been practicing proper tongue posture and pushing my tongue towards the roof of my mouth for about 4-6 years, long before it was a tiktok trend, starting around age 16-18. I've noticed almost zero changes in my jawline, however my jaw pops less, and I don't feel like I have to pull my jaw back so far to close my teeth together. My permanent retainer came out at the age of 19, almost 3 years ago, and I lost the upper removable retainer very soon after getting my braces removed at 16. I've had almost no malocclusion and have not had any teeth or jaw issues since. I believe practicing orthotropics is partially responsible for my positive results without retainers while my jaw finished developing. On the other hand, over time my jawline has become less defined. the culprit? weight gain. body fat %. if you want a more defined jawline, lose facial fat, and push the back of your tongue up towards your soft palette while moving your larynx up when at rest (the last part is an immediate change, you'll also notice an adams apple shift up if you have one. I've done this for years from when I was overweight as a kid to hide a double chin. it's entirely voluntary muscle positioning, no bone changes or muscle hypertrophy exercises needed, just simple facial posture). Any "looksmaxing" claims are likely BS.
Ironically, to make the jawline look SNATCHED, the loss of body fat percentage, Tretinoin 0.05% cream, sunscreen, and anything designed to keep elastin and collagen production high will work far better after 1 year than mewing ever could in an adult lifetime. Barring that, there's extreme surgery. It helps to have good genetics and facial bone structure to begin with.
I've been mewing by accident my entire life, it's just how my mouth sits the most comfortably, I thought it was the case for everyone. I've actually been trying to stop since I found out it's not how my mouth is supposed to sit. All the benefits that supposedly come from it, I've experienced none of them. I have teeth overcrowding and need braces and a retainer, I have sleep apnea, and TMJ. It all comes down to genetics.
It was a great surprise for me to learn (some time ago) that not everyone just rests their tongue at the roof of their mouth. I mean, when the mouth is closed, there is just enough space inside to squish the tongue in the mouth cavity, it takes all the space! And it takes some force to curl it inside or do anything else besides let it lie there. So it sounded weird. But at the same time tongue placement sounds just like mouth posture, so there may be some truth in that. Tongue positioning during formative age probably does influence face growth, so there must be a little truth to that. I don't think you can easily make a child swallow correctly, for example. So... yeah. Sounds like mewing is just misapplied.
not everyone has the same palate. i have an extremely high (and somewhat narrow palate), so, to place my tongue resting completely against the top of my mouth takes some effort and is quite uncomfortable to do for any length of time.
The fundamentals of mewing are well reasoned. The limitations of Mew's work are transparent too imo. I agree, some take "mewing" to the extreme and "misapply" it in ways that will yield no effect. In
Well, I do mewing for about 3 years something like that and for about a year I started to see results. I did of course a before and after picture and the difference in the face shape is big, it does look way more attractive. I had pretty much same bodyfat at both time. I think some people are definitely over exagirate it, but it does work if you do it consistently.
I tried mewing as a form of facial exercise along with biting down on one of those hand stress balls (mine is egg shaped) and within a month I no longer had to crack my jaw to open my mouth. TMJ from an auto accident years ago created a locked jaw upon waking every morning and often when eating. Im pleased to say its been about eight months since my jaw has locked. I do these exercises about 3 times a week now. Thank you for the video!
@anneshirley9560 I believe my jowls are less noticeable. I do face yoga every morning, so it's difficult to say what exercise is responsible for an area. BTW.....is your name really Anne Shirley? Love that character!
@missmia196 I follow a couple of women here on UA-cam, just search face yoga, they should pop up. I do my exercises before I get out of bed each morning. It's relaxing to begin my day knowing I did something positive for my body.
i remember this starting like 10 years ago. since then i unconciously "reset" my tongue up my gum. Can't say it changed anything of my jawline (was already 20). But it helped against mouth breathing.
it would've been nice of you to say what part of mewing premise comes from mews themselves and what from unwashed internet hacks. if you look at what mike mew says it's 1) the process is slow 2) it is very hard after 25 and the best age to do it is 6-8 years old 3) excessive chewing is bad if you haveany jaw joint problems 4) it, being maxillary upswing, may help (once again - very slowly) against sleep apnea IF it is in fact caused by the bone structure and 5) if you don't have sleep apnea yet but developed unfavourable facial structure then fixing your tongue posture may prevent it if reduce the severity 10-20 years ahead and may make you overall healthier.
If you have Tmj or jaw pain, I highly advise that you don’t try these devices because it aggravates and exacerbates the existing problem. Tongue placement is important, but those little devices aren’t worth screwing up your jaw for aesthetic purposes. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Yeah, it's definitely a fine line to tread between having healthier, stronger jaw muscles & not magnifying an underlying issue!! I have EDS & my muscles need to do a lot of the heavy lifting that my tendons/ligaments aren't able to manage, so... I end up w/ a great deal of muscle spasms [as my body's response to needing the muscles to step up]. So I need to focus on strengthening for things like my jaw, but that can also lead to increased spasms due to overexertion. The human body is fun, lolol
TMJ pain sufferer here, please be careful, TMJ pain is the worst pain I have ever had. It is chronic/constant and when inflamed/acute, by doing a lot of these exercises naturally due to Bruxism, it is like having the worst tooth ache, cluster head ache, sinus pain, shoulder pain, just pain. It can leads to issues with swallowing, it is truly awful, and can be caused by just doing some of these exercises, the DR is right.
Personally, I had TMJ disorder caused by bruxism since I was 17. I started mewing 2 years ago (age 21) and it allowed me to stop clenching my teeth during the day and the night (I still sometimes clench it and wake up with pain). If anyone is suffering from TMJ learn to mew and stay away from chewing exercisers. I also had some aesthetic improvements but it's hard to pinpoint these purely to mewing as I also improved my overall physique and body fat percentage over the years.
I tried mewing back in 2016 when I was like 14 years old, and it really helped define my jaw, also I was pretty fit back then so I did see a difference while maintaining a healthy body weight. However, I only did it for a couple months to a year, then I stopped. I'm not really insecure about how I look so I wasn't really bothered to continue. But, after that I had Invisalign for 2 years, and after I was done, they told me like they tell everyone else to wear your retainers every night, for the rest of your life. So, that's what I've been doing. They were pretty straight for a while after I was done with Invisalign, but now not so much. When I was younger, I also had to wear an appliance at the roof of my mouth to expand my upper teeth because they were narrow. It worked, but I realize that when I try to mew now, it's a bit hard to fit my tongue comfortably. So, I want to start mewing again in hopes that it could potentially expand my palette again, and to also not rely on my retainers for straight teeth, when my tongue (in theory) can keep the shape from becoming crooked and overcrowded. My breathing has always been fine. Also, I've been having issues with my hip for a couple of years. I did some physical therapy last summer for a couple months and that stretches helped only a little. My doctor told me I will never be 100% pain free, but it shouldn't stop me from exercising. I feel uncomfortable to push myself exercising now, so I feel very unhappy at times. I did a lot of research on why my hip is misaligned in the first place. Recently, I found out that the hips and jaw or connected, which made me have a revelation. My jaw is misaligned, so are my teeth, so are my hips, everything is starting to make sense. Yeah, obviously my posture is bad too. But it's not so easy to correct as I thought it was, it's more than just doing stretches everyday, it's about correcting bad habits that have caused the posture in the first place. Like sitting in office chairs all day on your computer, which is what I do for my job. So, I doubt mewing will actually have a significant positive impact on my health, but I'm going to try whatever I can at this point. Stretching, and correcting bad habits (making lifestyle changes) to improve posture and asymmetry in my body.
You should check out Dr.Rahim Chiropractor. It’s always a revelation when he’s treating patients. Maybe you’ll have time to make an appointment with him. Good luck to you! 🍀
I do neck and face exercises and that has worked to give me a slender neck line and lifted my face a bit, and I do have a more defined jawline, while I don’t do the mewing I do the exercises and they work, definitely helps tone everything up.
jadefr7518 The doctor made me an oral sleep appliance last year and it wasn’t working for me so I stopped using it. I just discovered today that they billed my insurance almost $10K. I was suffering with sleeping issues for decades. I’ve mewed the past 1.5 to 2 weeks, I’m having major sleep improvements including waking up energized and dreaming or remembering that I had dreams. I don’t feel more room for my tongue and it still requires a lot of effort to “force” my tongue into position and keep it there. But every day I see progress which is working even while sleeping. Remarkable.
I'm really curious about your thoughts regarding the argument that mewing is not necessarily about directing skeletal growth, but of repositioning what is already there. Dr. Mew talks about the bones in the palate not being fused together, making this possible. One observation he makes that I found striking is the effect of loss of muscle control in the bone structure in some people. Specifically, he mentions the distortion in facial structure suffered by Stephen Hawking as his condition deteriorated. The onset of his illness began as he already was a "fully formed" adult whose bone growth had stopped. Still, one can see the extreme distortion of his face due to the repositioning of the bones. This raises the question, if bones can be change position that way, can't they also change position for the better? Thanks for your videos, I very much enjoy your channel!
I ain't gonna lie doctor, Mewing worked wonder for me , I m 20 and mewing from last 1.5 year, and the changes it has on my jaw , cheekbones, maxilla is just amazing, gonna continue it .
Guys mewing works, for those who believe it does u need to understand that ppl won't believe partially due to the amount of effort and ppl don't like to work hard!
Mewed for a few years - my teeth have become more straighter, in alignmnent. This was during 5 years without having a dentist. My dentist was pleasantly surprised at the alignment of teeth even with the delay in service. Nose breathing, and good tongue posture, can be a benefit for just that
My father was an orthodontist. He told me that children that live in very cold climate need more braces and jaw surgery because it changes your jaw position when you constantly breath mouth open (to warm the air before inhaling.) So your behavior can change your jaw, but mostly only in your childhood!
As someone who lives in a very cold climate, this not really true. Children here are always taught NOT to breathe with their mouth open, since it's actually the opposite - breathing through the nose the air has a chance to warm up, breathing through the mouth it doesn't and you're way more likely to end up with a sore throat / bad cough.
I agree comments above about nostril breathing warms up the air. That’s why people of colder climates have higher/taller and narrower noses than people of hot climates who have shorter and wider noses.
I'm 50 years old and have been mewing about 6 months now and it's snatching my face! My cheekbones are carving out and my jawline is firming up. I'm doing this along with facial yoga, gua sha stone & finger massage, since I also have TMJD (after much dental work) and chronic allergies/asthma and this combination has been amazing. I don't care if it's researched or anecdotal. It's working on me!!!
This whole looksmaxxing trend is complete bunk -- it's just basic hygiene and personal care. Then you got some others going to extreme lengths like using massage guns to try and re-shape the jaw bone (bone-smashing). Thankfully, I saw actual doctors chime in on this, and tell of the dangers that can result, like malunion. Either you have the genetics -- or you don't.
Nah bro I bonesmashed everyday 7 days a week no days off for years best idea the internet has ever produced 10-10 guaranteed results just give your face a lil smash won’t regret
There are people smashing their orbital bone for a masculine brow ridge and pulling their upper eyelids to get hooded eyes because the “hunter” eye is what male models have. People like Brett Maverick are convincing young men this technique including mewing works since he was once was (or still is?) a male model.
The two core aspects which Mew advocated, nose-breathing being preferential and that natural sceletal changes of the jaw are only viable until age 25 were mentioned. As such I'm fine with the video overall. Yes there will be plenty of people that deviate from the norm and will require orthodontic procedures to allign the jaw. That said by applying many of Mew's findings while raising children, orthodontic reliance can be cut to the necessary minimum.
The core aspects that mews advocate for are braindead old wives tales 😂 this doctor in his video was polite and well spoken but pretty much that's the conclusion from what he presented. Dw though, I don't need to be polite so I'll spell it out for you bub. That 25 years nonesense you wrote there as well, bs bs bs 😂
I've been mewing my whole life without even realising it. In fact, I was surprised to hear that there are people who's tongue doesn't rest on the pallet. And yet, I don't have that defined jaw line plus my teeth are crooked. They grew that way and they stay that way. My jaw actually sits a bit off center because otherwise my teeth wouldn't engage properly.
love this type of video, extremely informative, the explanation of the subject at the start and then exploring it afterwards works incredibly to inform and educate everyone on what the subject of discussion is and how and what are the effects of it.
@@timm3097because the idea of mewing is stupid anyway. You're saying that pushing with your tongue (an incredibly weak muscle) is going to greatly affect the structure of your jaw? The idea of biting affecting your jawline is the more obvious solution, given how powerful your jaw muscles are (at least in comparison to your tongue). This isn't bias, this is basic common sense that you lack.
@@GameFuMaster it's apparent you don't know what you're even disagreeing with. Your tongue is not pushing anything. It is pulling the mass of tissue below your jaw up. You can physically see this with your naked eyes if you try it. I can see it. It's not a small difference if you have relatively normal body fat. The Mews also suggest jaw exercises for widening the muscular structure, which contributes to but differs from your jaw line.
Look up what "vested interests" means, OP. The guy is literally a plastic surgeon. He'd be out of job if mewing was more widely adopted, regardless if it's true or not.
Keep in mind that Mike’s father, John, was also an orthographic surgeon who figured out that he could fix many of these problems without the use of surgery. This usually includes the use of appliances along with mewing/proper oral posture as an adjunct.
I actually heard of a different version of this much earlier. Ill give you my take on this whoever is interested. Ive read that its constant pressure of the tongue on the roof, same as this current version, as well as constant teeth on teeth contact, that encourages a better looking face. Teeth on teeth contact means that you keep your jaw closed and teeth touching each other, but youre not supposed to clench it. Just keep the mouth closed. Ive always had a large tongue, large enough that if I opened my mouth and relaxed, it would cover my lower teeth with a little to spare. If I relaxed my mouth when not moving it, naturally my tongue would push my teeth apart slightly and basically rest on the sharp points of my teeth. This would give me ulcers and was painful. Thus I always semi consciously closed/slightly clenched my teeth to ensure that there were no gaps. I would also sort of like gather my tongue in the middle of my mouth to avoid pushing on my teeth too much. Since the tongue has to go somewhere, I kept it pressed on the roof of my mouth. When I slept, I always drool. So to counter this, if I slept on my stomach I would basically put something under my jaw to force my mouth shut. I basically did this my entire life, even before reading about this. As compared to my other 2 brothers as well as the general public, I have a strong jawline. Is it an incredibly strong jawline? No, but likely above average. What I did have was a very good set of teeth. I didnt have to wear braces at all and I only removed 1 set of wisdom teeth (I regret only removing one set). I will say this though, your teeth are quite malleable. Especially if they grow out of position due to the pressure throughout it (like having wisdom teeth pop out). I found that when my teeth start to grow out of shape, clenching them for a decent period of time did put them back into shape more, and the change does last quite some time. It is more effective to clench a little over a long period of time though, and clenching them hard for a short period of time hurts the teeth so I do not recommend doing it too hard. Just constant pressure through the day. Thus for this mewing thing, I do believe the tongue on roof thing to a certain extent. I do believe it does help a little, but I dont think its going to help a lot. Dont expect miracles. Just like if you do a bunch of bicep curls, the skeleton of your arm will not start twisting and changing shape. Same here. Exercising your facial muscles wont mysteriously make it twist and change shape. For teeth however, I think chewing on a dog toy will basically put unequal pressure on your teeth. Over time, I think the teeth will become more unequal and basically I think it fks up the teeth.
Like most things - the truth is probably in the middle. Though there doesn't seem to be much for adulthood, there appears to be some truth from childhood. Researching childhood development and resting location of the tongue vs facial structure vs tooth alignment, it appears that there is a noted difference in those that are more nose breathers, as they tend to rest the tongue on the roof of the mouth when the mouth is closed, and the teeth tend to need less orthodontic alignment vs counterparts. Theories I've found in different studies range from constant pressure of the tongue against the roof and against the backs of the teeth maintain alignment and press the jaw out during development, vs it being genetic, and due to existing facial alignment favoring tongue placement (and teeth alignment),
I've been mewing for a year...(more shewing) I'm in my mid thirties. It works for me 😉 My jaw is more squarish & defined ! My friends, some neighbors and even my mamá noticed. I love it 😍
@Endrrq1901 I didn't see this trend on tiktok, I searched on Google on how to improve maloclussion without surgery, and then mewing was recommended. I started 3 years ago. My breathing improved, and my lips were closed and relaxed.
Repositioning your tongue so it rests flat under your palate does have an effect of the fullness of the midface. I noticed a slight improvement after a few days, but for sure nothing dramatic.
I did orthotropics as a kid because i was a mouth breather and my mouth didn't grow because of poor tongue placement. I think it did work but it took 2 years for my 2 front teeth to overlap *less*. I ended up with braces and a palate expander as a teenager and that was much more effective/painful.
Mewing is best for kids aged 7-10 where they can get the most of it. Around adulthood, the "mewing" tongue posture will only accentuate your existing jawline if it had developed in the first place.
Well it depends on what you are after. I knew nothing about mewing. Sick of my blocked nose all the time especially at night. Sick of walking around with mouth open. I pushed my tongue to the roof of my mouth now held by suction. Now i breath by my nose constantly, very happy. Not looking to change my face by mewing or your plastic surgery Thank yo
I’ve been implementing Dr. Mews tips for many years and I know it works, but you need to do it correctly. I hope Dr. Mew replies to this video so we can get an explanation on your arguments. I still respect you Dr. Linkov, I’m just curious as to how he would respond.
Such a cool channel. From my xp; as someone who has battled insecurities and had a - modest - modeling career: to anyone who's ever been a victim of hate / violence because of their appearance, gender, orientation, race: DO NOT ever let a hateful notion 'there's something wrong with me' sink in. Trust me, it's a recipe for self hatred. When we suffer and we need a break, it's only natural to think: maybe if I wasn't 'different', if I was 'normal' I would be accepted. No, haters will always find something else to prey upon. I've always had kinda androgynous look, which was a fuel for bullies when I was growing up. I embraced it, used it to my advantage in my acting / modeling career, I was almost the face of Leon in these new Resident Evil games :)
TLDW: It doesn't work, because the bone structure of your jaw barely changes after 16 and is pretty much permanent after 25. There, saved you 10 minutes
@@ashleylala4293 Ive browsed mewing subreddit , selected about 50 befores and afters of 18-22 yo women and 20-24 yo men (Facial bone growth stops in 99% of 18yo women and in 99% of 20yo men , did this because people confuse puberty aftermath with mewing gains ) based on these criteria: 1) Photos had the same lighting. 2) Had the same camera angle. 3) Were at least 2 years apart. Then I drew frankfort and mandibular planes to see if there was any forward growth + took some other measurements to see if people were underbiting to make jaw appear more forward-grown. There was not a single person that got even an extra millimiter of maxillary forward growth among those photos after 2 years of mewing. It doesn't work , like , at all. And it makes sense if you look at Mew's animation of how mewing works - dude skipped mechanics at school apparently. Every single impressive before and after is due to these reasons : 1) Angle or lightning fraud 2) People intentionally underbiting 3) Puberty 4) People having a significantly lower bf% 5) People losing buccal fat 6) People getting surgery and larping as mewers (AstroSky had surgical augmentations , for example) The only actual benefit of mewing is posture.
The analogy I’ve heard is it’s basically sucking in your gut but with your face. Over time you may just stop thinking you’re doing it but it’s not physically changing any bone or jaw structure.
They certainly are on to something. I as a child went through orthodontic treatment and I can now see the downsides. Interestingly enough, my orthodontist was praising my side profile before the treatment. I will not elaborate further here, but for anyone who has a child with crooked teeth, please please look into orthotropics before orthodontics
Fascinating. I commented on a previous video that my lower jaw is about half an inch out of alignment, if it had been fixed as a teenager I wouldn't have the problems I now have. I'm now in my 60's so am stuck with it.
@kitsidale5688 If you were spared the orthodontic nightmares of having many teeth pulled and having your jaw pulled back with headgear, you might be lucky. Many who had orthodontics are worse off. It was very rare that jaw health was even considered decades ago. Still isn’t in popular circles.
@@kwilson4125 Very true. Back then you had to have teeth pulled to straighten the rest. I actually had my top teeth straightened in my 50s, no teeth were removed, yey. How times change.
In prehistoric times, people used to chew animal hides to soften them to make clothes and sleeping robes. It kept your jaws strong. It also wore your teeth down quite a bit. Most of the chewing was done with the very back molars, which is what your wisdom teeth were for.
Human jaws are also shortening due to genetic mutation/natural selection, which is why wisdom teeth are generally obsolete these days. Very few people have functioning wisdom teeth, and within a few generations it is likely that wisdom teeth won't exist at all since many babies are being born without them. Which is totally fine! Chewing is definitely good for early mouth growth most definitely.
Mewing is just proper oral posture and swallowing - still practice good habits! The Mews have seen so much success in young patients under 10, it’s insane.
Face shape most definitely changes as you get older, for me at least. In my teens and twenties I had a longer more slender looking face with little jaw definition, but when I hit my mid thirties my jawline began to get wider, now my face is much more square looking in shape, with a more defined jaw. I've stayed around the same weight, so that's not the change and I've never done any of this mewing, so I don't know what changed it or why. In my mid thirties I did start strength training and swapped to higher protein diet, so perhaps that had something to do with it.
@@Zyllirk yeah I know it's dangerous I meant it can explain why their jaw and muscles developed that waym there was a celeb who had this issue and lisa rinni I think who has gorgeous jaws btw but needed medical help w the issues.
@@Maderlololohio Lisa Rinna has had a ton of cosmetic surgery don't believe what you hear cause, she probably just had plastic surgery and used a medical excuse to cover it, lots of celebs do that, cause its considered bad if you get plastic. I just don't recommend jaw clenching. Idk if it actually makes your jaw more defined but its not worth it for a lifetime of intense jaw pain. Like you have no idea how bad cracked teeth from clenching is. It makes you want to rip your own teeth out, its horrible and never goes away, I take heavy duty painkillers from years of clenching, its just am intense nauseating pain. Please stay safe.
I just recommend moderate exercise and diet control. A lot of people make the mistake of thinking you have to swing to extremes to get lasting results; you don't. You don't have to train like an Olympic athlete to lower your body fat percentage and keep it down. A casual gym routine with just a little bit of self-restraint in the diet will do wonders for you. You'll look better, but more importantly, you'll considerably lower your odds -- or at least mitigate the effects of -- many of the conditions which bedevil us in old age. There may not be much you can do to reshape your jawline short of surgery, but even a less than ideal jaw can look well above average on someone who is healthy and lean.
I’m a normal weight 55 year old man that started noticing a few years ago that the fat pad under my chin was looking lower than I’d like making me look older. Around this time mewing was all over the place and I started doing it. I pretty easily picked up the habit so do it a lot of the time now. It definitely lifted my lower chin up into a better position and I’m very happy about it. It didn’t do anything for my sleep apnea though and I wear an appliance every night for that.
Years ago I actually googled "change your face" and mewing came up because I had noticed as did Dr Mew that bones morph over time. If they morph naturally then they can be guided which is why keeping my mouth closed and tongue pressed firmly on my palate not only reduced my open bite but also opened my nasal passages allowing for far easier breathing during sleep. It didn't happen over night but actually took a year or so before I actually saw good results.
Me with my massive masseters due to bruxism and unconsciously sucking my tongue to my palate in my sleep with nothing happening. I also lost fillings and crack teeth due to this and have to wear a dental guard nightly. I’d be worried this will lead to more people developing bruxism and as you said TMJ pain/disorder.😢
I’m not as severe but somewhat similar my resting tongue posture was close to mewing had my front third of the tongue up but not the rest and ever since correcting it once I lose concentration I subconsciously suck my whole tongue up to the rough and get all sorts of random face muscles involved lol kinda annoying
One thing a lot of people don't realise is changing their facial structure - mouth breathing. Breathing from the mouth has been proven to develop a more adenoid face, which includes a recessed jaw, misaligned teeth and convex facial features. It affects the entire profile of the face including the eyes and nose. Not only does nasal breathing prevent this misdevelopment that occurs through mouth breathing, but it also leads to much better respiratory health overall. The nose also acts as a filter for pathogens and other foreign objects that the mouth doesn't protect against. Aside from this, unfortunately the most proven way to fix facial structure is through orthodontic treatment, which works really well but is obviously expensive in most places (and hard to access in many locations as well). Also even mouth breathing often requires a medical intervention to fix as there are many conditions (e.g. deviated septum in nose) that make it impossible to breathe through the nose or at least impractical enough that breathing through the mouth is the default rather than through the nose, which means it'll probably be entirely mouth breathing during sleep.
Beauty standards are different all around the world. I refuse to chase these trends to make yourself look better because I like the way I look and honestly I just don't care what other people think. I think everyone should try to implement this mindset because everyone is beautiful in their own way.
for me changing the posture of my tongue to the roof of my mouth has an immediate effect removing the heavy neck. and tbh its a pretty drastic difference. i dont know if my usual tongue posture is just abnormally bad but in that sense "mewing" makes my face shape look alot better instantly. i dont really look at it as an excercise more like making this tongue posture a habit.
Yeah, this is how I see it, too. I can't really change where my fat chooses to deposit & have no plans on having cosmetic procedures to change anything at this point, so... If a posture change helps, neat! But I'm not expecting any kind of miracle from elevating where my tongue rests in my mouth, lolol
Yeah, I think it is the proper posture of the tongue. Nobody teaches me about mewing when I was a kid. I'm a mouth breather before, and it affected my face structure, especially my mouth.
I had severe malocclusion and trismus. I had never been able to fully close my lips together. Brushing my teeth and eating was always a chore. I started doing mewing exercises this year and I can already close my lips, fit a toothbrush between my upper/lower teeth, and eating is better with more aligned teeth for bite surface. I'm 38.
Been mewing for a while, mainly for posture improvements and have experienced some improvements. But it's really nothing like the orthotropics nerds claim it to be, lol. You can't mew and expect all your dental and facial problems to be fixed. Mewing is really just correct tongue posture, and most people are probably mewing without knowing it, but it can be improved even further by learning and practicing the proper technique. It's really nothing crazy like some people are claiming but it's still worth to learn imo. It's kind of the same as keeping a straight back with shoulders back, it's just good posture.
Most people "Mew" and I have the perfect reason as to why. Humans naturally breathe through our noses because it's the body's most efficient way filtering carbon monoxide and getting oxygen. When swallow our tongue goes to the roof of our mouths and we constantly swallow our saliva. I don't know how people fall for this
On that note, the thing I’ve been most thankful for in my life was my free braces and new jaw positioning at the age of 13. Got fuller lips and better jawline and my health improved.
@@dt3583 I'm sure it would, I had braces at a similar age and part of the treatment was moving the bottom jaw forward to correct an overbite. This definitely affected my lower lip as it was previously more tucked under my upper lip since it was further back. For a lot of people this would definitely make the lips fuller especially if the lip that was previously obscured was larger.
sealing the tongue to the upper palate is called khechari mudra. it has been a practice in yoga and helps to breath through the nostrils and to better recruit the diaphragm. honestly yoga always sees everything first.
8:25 I thoroughly disagree. A year ago I had issues with enlarged turbinates + deviated septum. Been mewing for about a year and over time, my nasal breathing has dramatically improved. Normally I wouldn't be able to breathe during spring/summer due to the pollen but now I can breathe just fine. Avoided turbinate reduction surgery + the potential hollow nose syndrome.
I've been mewing for about 5/6 years, although in the first year or two I've been doing it incorrectly. I can say it helped me breathing better and I can see some minor changes in my face appearance and in my jaw. It's about millimetres but my masseter muscle got a little bit bigger. I started at about 21 years old. The change for me has been for the better and it was totally free so I'm happy with the results.
such a great video, finally someone throwing some light onto this shady hype of mewing that occurs on the internet! can you do a video on lipolysis? Does it work to get a more defined jawline and get rid of the fat around the jaw and the neck? or does it not work at all?
It does work lol , it improved my sleep , enabled my meditation , thickened my face , helped my breathing during running so I dont need to breath at all from my mouth even at sprints .
Out of curiosity, is there anything surgical or cosmetic that can be done to minimize that under-chin softness when it's caused by the position of the hyoid bone? I'm very thin but still have a soft under-chin area, due largely to hyoid position, and IDK if I'd ever get anything done to change it, but I'm still curious to know whether it's even possible. Thanks for another awesome, informative video!
@@kelseyk530not all people have enough fat to be removed and not everyone will look better with a chin implant. I have the same issue with the hyoid bone and the soft chin area. No fat & my chin would stick too far forward with an implant. This is a skeletal issue with no way to adjust it at this time…..
a lot of people that are making mewing content DONT HAVE A RECESSED JAW. I have a very recessed jaw, I literally look like the diagram at the beginning they show. I’ve been told surgery is my only option but I’m incredibly afraid to do that cuz I have always had uncontrollable vommitting after anesthesia. I can’t imagine what would happen if my mouth was wired shut. So im gonna give it a go and see what happens, probably won’t turn into a model but if I can maybe get rid of the pocket below my lips where my chin should be but isn’t that’d be cool! And if I still end up needing surgery, it’d be nice to not need as dramatic a move!
I’ve been practicing mewing (placing my tongue on the roof of my mouth) and I’ve noticed a bit of change on my jaw. My face is a bit more symmetrical now compared to before
I'm 59 and I've been mewing for about three years now. If anything, I've gone from having multiple chins that my daughter used to make fun of to one chin. I grew a beard to hide my chins. I've now shortened and reshaped my beard to accentuate my jawline now that I have one. I can't say that my jawbone has changed shape, but I can feel it's sharper. My wife touched it recently and exclaimed "What's that?". It was the back of my jaw bone. As for breathing I have noticed it does feel clearer when mewing. It just seems feels obstructed; not that I had a problem with breathing before. Even if the shape of my jawbone is not changing, like any workout that targets one area of the body, it does have an impact on reducing the fat that's hanging around it. Mewing does no harm, so I'll keep going. I don't think I will ever chew a dog toy though, and chewing gum loses its flavour too quickly, but I am eating more chewable red meat and less soft foods.
I have a very prominent jawline. Naturally my tongue pushes behind my teeth, kind of in the middle of my mouth, never the roof of my mouth. I have a light lisp and had gapped front teeth before braces during puberty. Definitely developed TMJ due to hormone changes and stress. My jaw/chin have both been made fun of AND complimented. Mewing helps my chin to not slowly shift forward throughout the day but i have to make a conscious effort. I definitely believe it can help kids/preteens with that sunken in chin. But once that puberty hits - its all nature baby. As a fellow alopecian 😂 I love your videos doc! You give me more confidence and push me from bad surgeries ❤
In the before/after pictures we see on the Orthotropics channel there's a lot of other factors affecting the results. We see no makeup/good makeup, bad lighting/good lighting, fatter/leaner, younger/older, curved posture/straight posture, prominent Adam's apple/the disappearence of said piece of cartilage, not bone, in another part of the body - neck, not in the head, magically gone...(a.k.a. plastic surgery or photoshop). It's like getting an old, rusty, beat up car saying you'll change the broken bumper and that will make the car look a lot better. You take a picture of "before." Overhaul the whole vehicle with a bunch of different procedures, then take the "after" picture. "Notice the huge difference," you say, "My new bumper makes this car look a lot better, isnt it?" I don't care what excuse is given in a few videos among the dozens. Everybody knows how that's misleading, they do it anyway. It's scammy. Like most of the beauty industry.
I did it and it works, jaw line back, nose breathing back, straight back back, not tired anymore after sleeping but full of energy like in my twenties. Im 44
We’re getting closer to unlocking the intersection of various things. Hopefully the excitement of mewing will lead to interest in chi gung and the microcosmic orbit. Then from there lymphatic massage, the third eye, and stimulation of the vegus nerve. Yoga, cold showers, saunas, mewing/breath work, and the usual suspects of diet/exercise and mindfulness is a fantastic recipe. So close to the next phase of mass human actualization being “common sense” practices. Very happy/excited to see these conversations.
Thank you for not bias breakdown on mewing. I'm a Fan of it but I'm adult now 😢 i don't have money for surgery so I'm just gonna settle on mewing until I have enough money 😢
I was well past my 20s when I discovered mewing. That was 6 years ago, have been doing it ever since. I trained myself to sleep with my tongue in the recommended mewing position. When I'm doing cardio or driving, I have my tongue pressed to my upper palate. As with other times when I'm doing something new, I started on June 1, 2017. I didn't tell anyone. By November 2017, people began noticing the positive changes. The questions were such as asking if I had "work" done on my face. Other questions tended toward, "What have you been doing differently?" People saw the positive changes, they didn't know what I was doing to make the changes. My jaw line did become slightly sharper, the very slight turkey neck was gone. My cheek bones became more visible. I had never been much of a mouth breather. After I began mewing, I have only been breathing through my nose. I believe in the mewing method; I recommend it to other people of all ages when they ask me about it.
@@marvin2678 I'm a woman, so glad it gives you hope. I have told other people about this. The ones who were consistent in it also saw results. One of them was 18, 6 others were in their mid 20s. One of the people was 53, very interested in improving his appearance. He did it consistently, saw results after 7 months, continued to improve after that. He had considered cosmetic surgery to get rid of his forming "turkey neck". He didn't want it to become more noticeable. I told him about my skin care practices. I saw vast improvement in his skin & his slight "turkey neck". He saw it, no one else could see it. It was enough improvement for him to decide to not get cosmetic surgery.
it is not just their speculation but a consensus in orthodontics in general that tongue posture and mouth breathing does result in elongated faces and changes facial structures.
I first looked into mewing about a month or so ago. I don't go on tiktok, so this was just the trend leaking out and me finally looking up to see what it was. I realised that I already did a lot of the stuff to do with tongue posture, the only thing I was lacking in tongue posture was the back third touching my hard palate. I am not a constant mouthbreather, but I definitely do it sometimes. I can snore sometimes; I have a lot of nasal/sinus issues. My palates are very narrow and I've had 4? teeth out because there wasn't enough room for them. I don't have much of a chin, but I think I have an okay jawline. And so this instantly made me intrigued but sceptical. Could doing some little tweaks help me breathe better? I have no interest in my jawline or chin, but could a few changes to how I hold myself and my tongue make me feel better? Anyway it's however long later now, and the answer is no. I feel exactly the same. It's not done anything within a month, not even for my breathing. I am exactly the same as I was when I started it. Obviously it's a long-term change, and I am an adult, but I was expecting something. I guess because I already mostly did it, I already developed how I was going to according to this theory. My chinless wonder semi-mouthbreathing self is apparently the peak of mewing, having accidentally done it since I was a child. (this has also been very interesting to me from a linguistics perspective - at university I was taught that where you held your tongue in a neutral position depended on the language you speak. In English speakers, you normally hold your tongue up against the hard palate, whereas in some other languages, their neutral position is further down. I have not seen this brought up once about mewing, so I'd be interested to see if there is actually any discussion on it.)
really surprised some people naturally rest their tongue at the top of their mouth! in my country, its most common to rest it low and it doesnt seem to have any impact on all the different jaw types or breathing etc. i tried the mewing position for a moment due to this video and it feels uncomfortable and awkward or outright impossible. im grateful for my good jawline and teeth and will not be trying to fix something that isnt a problem. good luck mewing people!
I starting doing this in my early teens (female) to help with breathing. I’m a nose breather now as an adult but my face is not any different. There is an immediate improvement with good tongue posture but I have not noticed a structural change and neither has my orthodontist. I wish it did work but I think it has to be implemented a lot earlier (like baby teeth early). I don’t believe it will work for anyone over 16 period. It’s really helpful if you grew up with allergies though and don’t know how to breathe right.
I started at about 17 and it definitely works, albeit harder. I am 18 now with almost like a thousand of progress vids on my Google drive and it's still currently a big effort that I need to put in into fully changing my lifestyle. Main difference though is that it's become my main habit to put the daily effort in making sure that I have optimal tongue posture and everything. One thing to also note is that the body posture has a big impact on the tongue posture (and it's usually one of the reasons why people have bad tongue posture in the first place), so you also need to make sure that you're getting all your muscle imbalances and bad habits fixed (e.g. uneven pelvic tilt, weak core, rounded shoulders, forward head, and etc.)
Bro really. I am also 17 and I have recessed maxilla and chin . bro can mewing work at my age can I achieve faicial up and forward swing . can I change my maxilla and facial structure? ?
@@AhmedWali-qj5if seems like my reply got deleted, but yes you just gotta put in the effort 24/7 and know that it might also take years before you achieve drastic changes. I'm about a year in and I'm still learning new techniques and new things about my body. Maybe joining a community would help too, look up Mewtropics.
@@AhmedWali-qj5if There isn’t really supporting research out there so right now the consensus is no. That seems to be what this doctor believes as well. I think a lot of people notice a difference because of fat loss or the immediate change from pressing your tongue up. Please don’t hurt your jaw doing exercises. Practicing good tongue posture will look and feel better though. I’m sorry you’re unhappy with your face. If it really bothers you, there are cosmetic treatments available. It’s not hopeless.
@@AhmedWali-qj5if You can still improve your facial structure, but mike mew says adults can expect only 1mm of forward growth of the chin per year and it's unlikely to make you look like a super model at older ages. So it'll help, but if you want drastic instant results then surgery and such is the way
My cat is always meowing and her jawline is perfect.
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my cat also mewed a lot but he got double chin and his face is shaped like a burger bun
As an orthodontist i often get questions about mewing. Im going to send my patients this video for a more comprehensive information. As always, incredible videos doc!
how in the flying fuck can chewing gum lead to tmj? we literally chewed hard af foods in nature. clueless doctors at it again....
I have the masseters of the hulk because I’m a grinder/clencher. 60 units of botox on both sides didn’t even touch mine it worries me that mewing will lead to more people with bruxism/TMJ disorder. My jaw locked for the first time the other day and it scared the hell out of me so I know more is coming in my future. 😢
do you mew too?@@blaah9999
@@blaah9999 I recently developed tmj disorder and it’s not the worse thing as long as there’s no pain, it can be annoying as it limits jaw movement and what foods you can eat though
@@blaah9999the thing is braces can also lead to tmj
Probably the most effective way of having a jawline more defined is going down on bodyfat percentage.
First time I saw mewing I thought right away that even if it worked to an extent, one would already need to have a decently formed jawline to begin with.
Definitely this! Especially when you consider that most people probably aren’t at a the best level of bodyfat to highlight their jawlines anyway. Low enough BF% is literally 90% of the results when it comes to jawline.
Well you could have a recessed jaw; body fat has nothing to do with that.
Leaner face and developing your face muscles naturally by chewing on hard food.
i started mewing a year ago and i could see it working immediately straightening the skin under my chin. the only question was if i would be able to make it my default tongue posture (it worked)
My grandmother who unfortunately died a few years ago at 90 used to do what people now call mewing. This doctor didn't "create" mewing, but it does work when used correctly. Evidently, it can't reshape everything, but some things can be better sculpted to an extent.
I started it purely because it's still proper tongue posture and would encourage nose breathing as opposed to mouth breathing. I already had a decent jawline though. I've done it for about a year (started around when I turned 20) and have noticed minimal jawline changes that could have also just been a result of dropping my bfp following fitness and nutrition goals. It's also worth noting that the posture itself pulls the area under your jaw in a little as well as closing your jaw to the point where your teeth are almost touching squares your face more. If you take a side look at your face in the mirror and switch between holding the posture and fully relaxing it you can see what I mean.
I've trained it to the point where I believe I still hold the posture when I'm asleep (fall asleep holding the tongue/jaw posture and wake up still holding it) which has forced me to breath out of my nose while I sleep, leading to better sleep and my throat doesn't dry out in dryer seasons from mouth breathing. If I'm congested though it can be hard to fall asleep because I have to break the posture a little to breath out of my mouth. Overall I think it's been mildly beneficial, took about 4 days to hold it without thinking about it, I don't regret it. The largest benefit has been the nose breathing. I also don't over chew.
I would be interested in seeing a large scale study on how effective it is when you start in childhood but good luck convincing kids to try to hold the posture every day, many already sit like gargoyles.
Personally I mostly breathe out of my nose naturally, and place my tongue on the roof of my mouth,
when I’m sick it’s very hard to sleep since I don’t naturally breathe out my mouth
For people who don't believe in mewing, I started mewing around 15 and not even a year in, everyone commented on how my face changed drastically, for the better (I also tracked my changes with pictures). My posture got better even though I didn't pay any attention to it. Mewing has been life changing for me. There is no peer reviewed research on mewing on anything, but there is overwhelming evidence on mewing does actually works. And I'm forever grateful I found mewing when I was young, the health benefit of improved airway and better posture is priceless.
Also note that this is only my personal experience, I cannot speak for everyone else. And what makes a face attractive is forward growth, you can have good jawline without forward growth and it still won't look good.
@@nrico6666 if mewing did work it would theoretically only work when done around the ages of 17 or under, atleast thats how I see it
@@AllDayHockey after 17 it still does work. But the changes will be minimal and everyone's body is different. Some still gain substantial changes after 17 from the official orthotropics site, so no reason to give up hope.
I remember when i started my bones was still kind of soft. I can move my lower teeth around with my hand when I was 15 which is weird but everyone is different. It might be the reason my changes were very drastic.
@@AllDayHockeyyou can't get immediate changes on damage done for over 20 years. So yes it will take time
Dear Dr Linkov, thank you so much for your interest and having gain such a good understanding of the core issue. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to chat openly with you and demonstrate some really impressive outcomes from these methods, especially when combined with appliances. It is through discussion, debate and engagement that we find new developments and improvements. It would be an honour to do a collaboration.
Best wishes, Mike
I'll be looking forward to this discussion...👍
I don't care what any expert says, I know for a fact that mewing works. Bone isn't static, and studies show that the skull can change shape as you age.
Let’s do it!
@@LordGodKing exactly..if the skull wouldn´t change from a certain age on, we wouldn´t be looking worse n worse getting older, and our teeth wouldn´t get more crooked when getting older either..so if it can change to the worse, why shouldn´t it change to the better, when doing stuff like mewing, right?
THIS IS SO WHOLESOME
Great vid, very fair and balanced.
To be fair to the Mews, a lot of what they teach is taught in many dental clinics under the label of "myofunctional therapy".
And the Mews have also talked that their preferred age to start intervention is 7 to 9 years old and that changes after puberty without appliances or surgery is minimal at best.
Again, great take.
Yes, this is a much more balanced video. His original video on the topic was absolutely terrible and completely abysmal. It was a totally one-sided take to the point of being downright ignorant of the fact you mentioned that their preferred clientele is very young because they can get the best results for those clients with their techniques. The Mews have also acknowledged what Gary said in this video, that adults around mid 20s and up just beginning a mewing journey could take decades to see only incremental results.
The Mews are not getting rich with what they teach....so I would be more inclined to listen to them,than an ortho who makes a fair bit of money
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@@Mechaneer so its too late to start for me ?
@@marvin2678 it can help you stop getting worse, but if you have a lot to fix then you'll most likely need appliances and/or surgery to get to normal.
But afterward surgery/appliances, good oral posture can prevent relapse.
My daughter is six and is in oral/facial myology therapy with a speech therapist, as well as physical therapy for congenital hypotonia that affects her posture.
A lot of the exercises to improve her breathing and swallowing are similar to the mewing techniques. She is six, though. So in theory, starting this young, she will be able to improve her breathing and swallowing.
I discovered mewing after researching my daughter’s needs. It’s interesting that oral/facial myology therapy IS now being used with children.
I think it’s a good thing that we now have awareness of breathing posture and exercises to increase our proprioception of oral/facial muscles.
your daughter is gonna look like a total chad when she grows up
@@jac6548 LOL. This stuff is just physiotherapy for muscles in extreme cases, changes to bone structure will be imperceptible, and non-existent for adults.
@@goatlps godam nerd relax it's just a joke let ppl have fun
I used to work fot Professor Mew in the late 1980's. I was a trainee technician, making braces as per his direction for the patient's (mainly young). He was a good boss and much fun on a Friday - always cracking open a bottle of Sherry. I saw the results of his work and being only 18 and had my own conventional orthodontic treatment with 4 extractions plus 4 wisdom teeth extracted - he explained how unnecessary the extractions were. I have many gaps as a 51 year old adult and my facial structure would have looked very different without the extraction. ❤ to Pr Mew
Mewing is junk science, and John's son Mike is just a fraudster.
Dr. Linkov is the best! He made it through this whole video without making any jokes or cracking up. Then again, there are absolutely people who will benefit from the information he provided.
I used to have a nicely defined jawline in my teens. In my twenties I started to do heavy workout, increasing my body weight up to 10 kilos on muscle mass. I always had very low body fat (still do) and, when I increased my weight because of gym workout, I lost some of that defined jawline. My neck became very large, and overall my jaw doesn't look as pretty as it once was lol so i grew a beard 😂 problem solved
Edit: I moved to Japan and I must shave my beard for work. RIP
Yup the beard works wonders. The number one symbol of masculinity covers up so much insecurities!
kinda same here, i used to wear beard since early 20s, and decided to rock a magnum stash at around 31. When i shaved off my beard i realised that my good defined jaw line is loooong gone :D
curse my genes.
Our faces change anyway over time even your nose
Maybe I could cover my droopy face with a beard too. Do you think being a woman it would look weird? 😂
And for those who do mewing as a natural position all their lives, without having heard of it? This was my case, and I've seen other people too who are surprised to learn that it's a "technique" and that not everyone has this natural position.
Same. I am so perplexed by this. I thought everyone did it naturally.
Yep. I was rather surprised to learn this was something I have naturally done, my entire life.
It’s an issue for mouth breathers.
I've been "Mewing" for my entire life and I have a sharp jawline. That's mostly from my side having strong facial features
Ive always rested my tongue in the proper position and have never mouth breathed and I still have a weak jaw + obtuse neck angle. Guess there’s no hope for me other than surgery 😅
Thank you Dad
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Welcome son
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@@Napkinatorz That's your business not mine 😬 i only said Dad LMAO
It's important not to confuse the widespread trend, and whatever influencers are doing, with what the Mews are saying and doing.
On social media the fad to ruin your jaw joint to look slightly better is strongly against what the Mews are advocating for.
As you said, their main disclaimer is that mewing has limited effect for adults, especially without applying it properly, with a professional. What they are strongly advocating for is children to use mewing (often with appliances) to avoid irreversible and possibly damaging operations.
A lot of their exercises are just generally healthy, and make you pay attention to things that matter for other than looks. For example they have an exercise where you tilt your head a bit forward (from neutral) and tuck your chin in: a lot of people, especially ones that work on computers, often have their head in the opposite of that position (tilt head backward, and push their head forward), which of course leads to neck and backpain. Same for tongue posture.
I think all (at least most) the negatives you said here were addressing problems with the popular trend, not what Mewing is actually about.
Which from one perspective is fair and evne good, because more people are exposed to the trend than to the content Mike Mew and his team, but with that you also necessarily misrepresent mewing, and orthotropics in general.
I'm not even advocating for orthotropics, I have no idea about it, but it seems like it's consistently attacked, misrepresented and/or disregarded for no good reasons. Unfortunately it's also used and advocated for because of the wrong reasons, like on many social media channels.
Also to consider is that even if mewing doesn’t show any change to your face is that, if you just leave your tongue on the bottom of your mouth over time it will cause some bad side effects. So even if mewing doesn’t have a major effect on what you look like it does keep your face from looking worse
like what negative effects ?
The tongue position is not the harmful part of mewing. The chewing part is what the bullshit. I have a natural defined jawline and I've always kept my tongue on the roof of my mouth.
The thing about tongue position you dont have to overthink it, what I mean is that you dont have to push your tongue to your palate. Just keep it there, the natural swallowing will cause a vacuum which will push your tongue against your roof. Now this doesn't sound much, but the tongue is stronger than you would think. Every swallow causes the tongue to push against the palate with a 2.5kg of force, this is actually factual look it up. Now 1000x2.5kg of force daily is could be strong enough. Also you have to wear a jaw aid, to make your mouth shut during sleep, to force you breath through your nose.
Will this change your face? Not sure. Cause I don't think there is a proper study on this with adults that finished developing, above 20-25. And youtube and tiktok shorts are not studies, just anecdotes. 3/4 of those "proofs" are just shitty angle changes and losing weight. Most of the definition you want you would get with losing fat percentage anyway. I know this personally cause when I was 22 I had 14-15% now I have 25% body fat and I lost my definition cause I gain fat to my face first. So it's still there I just have to lose weight.
@@marvin2678Your mouth can, like, literally explode
@@chrisf1600 what ? hahaha
@@marvin2678 it's true. it happened to my buddy eric
I noticed I started having more fat underneath my jaw (forgot the name) once I stopped working out. You know I got rid of it? By working out again! I think people underestimate how much just keeping a healthily lifestyle does for you when trying to fit the unrealistic standards. It may not be like the models, but I'll be happy knowing I still have a perfectly working jaw in 40 years and am healthy.
Double chin?
True, people can do all kinds of mewing, chewing etc. but it’s all wasted if it’s hidden under body fat
@@qwerty.4450working out + Mewing + healthy lifestyle = glow up basically
Working out isn't healthy especially for women. That's why women lose their periods from working out.
Mewing has nothing to do with having a fat chin, it's about changing the angle of the jawline, period. Having more or less defention has nothing to do with it
I noticed that over the past two years I was clenching my jaw VERY tightly in varying positions during sleep, and it would often wake me up, at which point I would take note of it. (Sometimes clenching to the right, sometimes to the left, sometimes center and down.) I have recently implemented this mewing tongue-placement technique and it now comes automatically to me at night, whether I am asleep or just reading and relaxing in bed. It has been a game-changer in that regard. When I was clenching I was having horrendous jaw fatigue and buzzing sensations during the day that were extremely uncomfortable and sometimes distressing, due to the strange sensations it caused in my head, neck and jaw. It has now become automatic, all with very little practice! It will be interesting to see what, if any other changes, over time present themselves. ;0)
How old are you ?
Are you saying it helped prevent teeth grinding?
@@EternalGalaxies Yes. ;0)
As someone who's done face yoga for several years, where mewing is a part of it, I can say when I stop doing it, jowling starts again and my face goes south for the winter. So in terms of teaching you facial muscle awareness and correcting your posture overall it's amazing (as face yoga teaches you, just like regular yoga, to sit up tall and roll your shoulders back, don't hunch etc.) . I used to have such a tight jaw that it dragged my right side down significantly more than the left. I can feel the difference as I used to grind my teeth on my left side. I also noticed improvement to my neck and cheeks being higher when I worked on relaxing the muscles in the face that are propagandistically pulling my face DOWN. BUT I have always had a strong jaw and a cut side profile. No mewing or face yoga is going to get someone that. It will simply tighten and tone facial muscles, or relax them if you focus on that. That's it. And it takes being consistent a few minutes daily.
is there a video you follow or if you have a set of exercises, could you share it if you don’t mind?
Face yoga sounds like exactly what I need - my TMJ & neck spasms are usually well controlled by medication/PT, but my recent wisdom tooth extractions have put me back at square one.
@@ZijnShayatanicapersonally next to Face Yoga, Body Scan Meditation also helps a ton. It makes me aware of my tense muscles, my body in general and therefore I am less tense all the time (if I meditate regularly and aware of my body)
And if you haven’t tried: progressive muscle relaxation might also help! You can find free guides of both on UA-cam and Spotify I’m pretty sure :)
@@ZijnShayatanicacan I ask what med helps for tmj?
@@jenynz5334 I take Baclofen for my back & neck spasms & it also helps my jaw a great deal.
I've been practicing proper tongue posture and pushing my tongue towards the roof of my mouth for about 4-6 years, long before it was a tiktok trend, starting around age 16-18. I've noticed almost zero changes in my jawline, however my jaw pops less, and I don't feel like I have to pull my jaw back so far to close my teeth together. My permanent retainer came out at the age of 19, almost 3 years ago, and I lost the upper removable retainer very soon after getting my braces removed at 16. I've had almost no malocclusion and have not had any teeth or jaw issues since. I believe practicing orthotropics is partially responsible for my positive results without retainers while my jaw finished developing.
On the other hand, over time my jawline has become less defined. the culprit? weight gain. body fat %. if you want a more defined jawline, lose facial fat, and push the back of your tongue up towards your soft palette while moving your larynx up when at rest (the last part is an immediate change, you'll also notice an adams apple shift up if you have one. I've done this for years from when I was overweight as a kid to hide a double chin. it's entirely voluntary muscle positioning, no bone changes or muscle hypertrophy exercises needed, just simple facial posture). Any "looksmaxing" claims are likely BS.
Pushing your larynx up is not advisable from the perspective of developing a good speaking or singing voice though.
I never noticed it until recently. I was also a thumb sucker without getting buck teeth??
It’s not bs… 😂 Did you have any teeth extracted?
Well there are a lot of people who have got results from mewing, simply because your sutures can expand. Don't act like you know everything
Sutures?
I live for Dr Linkov saying snatched
I’ll say it in the next vid lol
It sounds like most of your audience is too old for correction.
@arttoegemann 😊
Ironically, to make the jawline look SNATCHED, the loss of body fat percentage, Tretinoin 0.05% cream, sunscreen, and anything designed to keep elastin and collagen production high will work far better after 1 year than mewing ever could in an adult lifetime. Barring that, there's extreme surgery. It helps to have good genetics and facial bone structure to begin with.
You are a good speaker dr you explain things so well!!
I've been mewing by accident my entire life, it's just how my mouth sits the most comfortably, I thought it was the case for everyone. I've actually been trying to stop since I found out it's not how my mouth is supposed to sit. All the benefits that supposedly come from it, I've experienced none of them. I have teeth overcrowding and need braces and a retainer, I have sleep apnea, and TMJ. It all comes down to genetics.
If you close your lips and mouth and breathe through your nose the tongue will fill your entire mouth it's just how it is nothing extraordinary here 😂
It was a great surprise for me to learn (some time ago) that not everyone just rests their tongue at the roof of their mouth. I mean, when the mouth is closed, there is just enough space inside to squish the tongue in the mouth cavity, it takes all the space! And it takes some force to curl it inside or do anything else besides let it lie there. So it sounded weird. But at the same time tongue placement sounds just like mouth posture, so there may be some truth in that. Tongue positioning during formative age probably does influence face growth, so there must be a little truth to that. I don't think you can easily make a child swallow correctly, for example. So... yeah. Sounds like mewing is just misapplied.
tongue thrust
not everyone has the same palate. i have an extremely high (and somewhat narrow palate), so, to place my tongue resting completely against the top of my mouth takes some effort and is quite uncomfortable to do for any length of time.
@@lesleylesley5821oh, behave!
The fundamentals of mewing are well reasoned. The limitations of Mew's work are transparent too imo.
I agree, some take "mewing" to the extreme and "misapply" it in ways that will yield no effect.
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I've been surprised that teeth should be slightly apart at rest. I always clench them
Well, I do mewing for about 3 years something like that and for about a year I started to see results. I did of course a before and after picture and the difference in the face shape is big, it does look way more attractive. I had pretty much same bodyfat at both time. I think some people are definitely over exagirate it, but it does work if you do it consistently.
I've been wanting to look into this. I'm so glad you made this video
What's your opinion now?
@@davi48596 says it doesn't work
I tried mewing as a form of facial exercise along with biting down on one of those hand stress balls (mine is egg shaped) and within a month I no longer had to crack my jaw to open my mouth. TMJ from an auto accident years ago created a locked jaw upon waking every morning and often when eating. Im pleased to say its been about eight months since my jaw has locked. I do these exercises about 3 times a week now. Thank you for the video!
Does your jawline look stronger? That's the only reason why I would do this.
@anneshirley9560 I believe my jowls are less noticeable. I do face yoga every morning, so it's difficult to say what exercise is responsible for an area.
BTW.....is your name really Anne Shirley? Love that character!
@@AndNowIWrite thanks for responding with your results! No, I just like the character as well! 😁
@@AndNowIWrite what kind of face yoga routine do you do?
@missmia196 I follow a couple of women here on UA-cam, just search face yoga, they should pop up. I do my exercises before I get out of bed each morning. It's relaxing to begin my day knowing I did something positive for my body.
i remember this starting like 10 years ago. since then i unconciously "reset" my tongue up my gum.
Can't say it changed anything of my jawline (was already 20). But it helped against mouth breathing.
it would've been nice of you to say what part of mewing premise comes from mews themselves and what from unwashed internet hacks. if you look at what mike mew says it's 1) the process is slow 2) it is very hard after 25 and the best age to do it is 6-8 years old 3) excessive chewing is bad if you haveany jaw joint problems 4) it, being maxillary upswing, may help (once again - very slowly) against sleep apnea IF it is in fact caused by the bone structure and 5) if you don't have sleep apnea yet but developed unfavourable facial structure then fixing your tongue posture may prevent it if reduce the severity 10-20 years ahead and may make you overall healthier.
Hey. This is the best delivered counterargument to Mewing I've seen to date. Have you tried reaching out to him for some sort of friendly debate?
Thx. Sure did.
If you have Tmj or jaw pain, I highly advise that you don’t try these devices because it aggravates and exacerbates the existing problem. Tongue placement is important, but those little devices aren’t worth screwing up your jaw for aesthetic purposes. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Yeah, it's definitely a fine line to tread between having healthier, stronger jaw muscles & not magnifying an underlying issue!! I have EDS & my muscles need to do a lot of the heavy lifting that my tendons/ligaments aren't able to manage, so... I end up w/ a great deal of muscle spasms [as my body's response to needing the muscles to step up]. So I need to focus on strengthening for things like my jaw, but that can also lead to increased spasms due to overexertion. The human body is fun, lolol
@@ZijnShayatanica it’s all about finding that balance 😅
TMJ pain sufferer here, please be careful, TMJ pain is the worst pain I have ever had. It is chronic/constant and when inflamed/acute, by doing a lot of these exercises naturally due to Bruxism, it is like having the worst tooth ache, cluster head ache, sinus pain, shoulder pain, just pain. It can leads to issues with swallowing, it is truly awful, and can be caused by just doing some of these exercises, the DR is right.
TMJ stands for Temporomandibular Joint, it's an anatomical term for the jaw joint, TMD/TMJD refers to conditions affecting it.
Personally, I had TMJ disorder caused by bruxism since I was 17. I started mewing 2 years ago (age 21) and it allowed me to stop clenching my teeth during the day and the night (I still sometimes clench it and wake up with pain). If anyone is suffering from TMJ learn to mew and stay away from chewing exercisers. I also had some aesthetic improvements but it's hard to pinpoint these purely to mewing as I also improved my overall physique and body fat percentage over the years.
I tried mewing back in 2016 when I was like 14 years old, and it really helped define my jaw, also I was pretty fit back then so I did see a difference while maintaining a healthy body weight. However, I only did it for a couple months to a year, then I stopped. I'm not really insecure about how I look so I wasn't really bothered to continue. But, after that I had Invisalign for 2 years, and after I was done, they told me like they tell everyone else to wear your retainers every night, for the rest of your life. So, that's what I've been doing. They were pretty straight for a while after I was done with Invisalign, but now not so much. When I was younger, I also had to wear an appliance at the roof of my mouth to expand my upper teeth because they were narrow. It worked, but I realize that when I try to mew now, it's a bit hard to fit my tongue comfortably. So, I want to start mewing again in hopes that it could potentially expand my palette again, and to also not rely on my retainers for straight teeth, when my tongue (in theory) can keep the shape from becoming crooked and overcrowded. My breathing has always been fine.
Also, I've been having issues with my hip for a couple of years. I did some physical therapy last summer for a couple months and that stretches helped only a little. My doctor told me I will never be 100% pain free, but it shouldn't stop me from exercising. I feel uncomfortable to push myself exercising now, so I feel very unhappy at times. I did a lot of research on why my hip is misaligned in the first place. Recently, I found out that the hips and jaw or connected, which made me have a revelation. My jaw is misaligned, so are my teeth, so are my hips, everything is starting to make sense. Yeah, obviously my posture is bad too. But it's not so easy to correct as I thought it was, it's more than just doing stretches everyday, it's about correcting bad habits that have caused the posture in the first place. Like sitting in office chairs all day on your computer, which is what I do for my job. So, I doubt mewing will actually have a significant positive impact on my health, but I'm going to try whatever I can at this point. Stretching, and correcting bad habits (making lifestyle changes) to improve posture and asymmetry in my body.
You should check out Dr.Rahim Chiropractor. It’s always a revelation when he’s treating patients. Maybe you’ll have time to make an appointment with him. Good luck to you! 🍀
I do neck and face exercises and that has worked to give me a slender neck line and lifted my face a bit, and I do have a more defined jawline, while I don’t do the mewing I do the exercises and they work, definitely helps tone everything up.
jadefr7518 The doctor made me an oral sleep appliance last year and it wasn’t working for me so I stopped using it. I just discovered today that they billed my insurance almost $10K. I was suffering with sleeping issues for decades. I’ve mewed the past 1.5 to 2 weeks, I’m having major sleep improvements including waking up energized and dreaming or remembering that I had dreams. I don’t feel more room for my tongue and it still requires a lot of effort to “force” my tongue into position and keep it there. But every day I see progress which is working even while sleeping. Remarkable.
Which face exercises please?
neck exercise and facial exercise is unnecessary correct tongue posture is most important coz all other things will come automatically
I am noticing positive changes as well.
I'm really curious about your thoughts regarding the argument that mewing is not necessarily about directing skeletal growth, but of repositioning what is already there. Dr. Mew talks about the bones in the palate not being fused together, making this possible. One observation he makes that I found striking is the effect of loss of muscle control in the bone structure in some people. Specifically, he mentions the distortion in facial structure suffered by Stephen Hawking as his condition deteriorated. The onset of his illness began as he already was a "fully formed" adult whose bone growth had stopped. Still, one can see the extreme distortion of his face due to the repositioning of the bones. This raises the question, if bones can be change position that way, can't they also change position for the better? Thanks for your videos, I very much enjoy your channel!
You are correct.
Bro, he is a plastic surgeon, he doesnt care, he wont support mewing.
@@karlik4861 oh yes! If everyone mewed from an early age, he'd be out of a job. And the beauty industry would suffer, too. Always follow the money!!!
your right
I ain't gonna lie doctor, Mewing worked wonder for me , I m 20 and mewing from last 1.5 year, and the changes it has on my jaw , cheekbones, maxilla is just amazing, gonna continue it .
Poor guy doesn't realize that as you get older, your face naturally loses baby fat. Good ol' causation does not equal correlation
@@Numb_u got it the wrong way around my men
@@Numb_ ive always had a face that naturally doesnt have much fat yet i've seen good results from mewing a few years after puberty
Guys mewing works, for those who believe it does u need to understand that ppl won't believe partially due to the amount of effort and ppl don't like to work hard!
Do you do suction based mewing or otherwise, what's your routine. Do u do any other exercises such as tongue chewing etc?
Mewed for a few years - my teeth have become more straighter, in alignmnent. This was during 5 years without having a dentist. My dentist was pleasantly surprised at the alignment of teeth even with the delay in service. Nose breathing, and good tongue posture, can be a benefit for just that
My father was an orthodontist. He told me that children that live in very cold climate need more braces and jaw surgery because it changes your jaw position when you constantly breath mouth open (to warm the air before inhaling.) So your behavior can change your jaw, but mostly only in your childhood!
As someone who lives in a very cold climate, this not really true. Children here are always taught NOT to breathe with their mouth open, since it's actually the opposite - breathing through the nose the air has a chance to warm up, breathing through the mouth it doesn't and you're way more likely to end up with a sore throat / bad cough.
Yes. But in cold Nordic countries, we also eat a lot of mushy foods. Hence not developing our jaw muscles.
Lol air is warmed by breathing through the nose.
Loollll your sinuses are there to heat up air moving through your nose
I agree comments above about nostril breathing warms up the air. That’s why people of colder climates have higher/taller and narrower noses than people of hot climates who have shorter and wider noses.
I'm 50 years old and have been mewing about 6 months now and it's snatching my face! My cheekbones are carving out and my jawline is firming up. I'm doing this along with facial yoga, gua sha stone & finger massage, since I also have TMJD (after much dental work) and chronic allergies/asthma and this combination has been amazing. I don't care if it's researched or anecdotal. It's working on me!!!
This whole looksmaxxing trend is complete bunk -- it's just basic hygiene and personal care. Then you got some others going to extreme lengths like using massage guns to try and re-shape the jaw bone (bone-smashing). Thankfully, I saw actual doctors chime in on this, and tell of the dangers that can result, like malunion. Either you have the genetics -- or you don't.
the JAW is not gentic
@@Autism_moment_of_all_timeit is
Nah bro I bonesmashed everyday 7 days a week no days off for years best idea the internet has ever produced 10-10 guaranteed results just give your face a lil smash won’t regret
There are people smashing their orbital bone for a masculine brow ridge and pulling their upper eyelids to get hooded eyes because the “hunter” eye is what male models have. People like Brett Maverick are convincing young men this technique including mewing works since he was once was (or still is?) a male model.
WRONG. Facial harmony is not genetic.
The two core aspects which Mew advocated, nose-breathing being preferential and that natural sceletal changes of the jaw are only viable until age 25 were mentioned. As such I'm fine with the video overall.
Yes there will be plenty of people that deviate from the norm and will require orthodontic procedures to allign the jaw.
That said by applying many of Mew's findings while raising children, orthodontic reliance can be cut to the necessary minimum.
The core aspects that mews advocate for are braindead old wives tales 😂 this doctor in his video was polite and well spoken but pretty much that's the conclusion from what he presented. Dw though, I don't need to be polite so I'll spell it out for you bub. That 25 years nonesense you wrote there as well, bs bs bs 😂
@@Tedi652 Look, either substantiate your criticism or go play elsewhere.
@@Tedi652 Your spread of misinformation is so evil, it could ruin so many lifes
Exactly
@@Tedi652don't be dumb, your sutures can expand and there are a lot of anecdotal evidence to support it.
I've been mewing my whole life without even realising it. In fact, I was surprised to hear that there are people who's tongue doesn't rest on the pallet. And yet, I don't have that defined jaw line plus my teeth are crooked. They grew that way and they stay that way. My jaw actually sits a bit off center because otherwise my teeth wouldn't engage properly.
love this type of video, extremely informative, the explanation of the subject at the start and then exploring it afterwards works incredibly to inform and educate everyone on what the subject of discussion is and how and what are the effects of it.
Oddly enough, this is the only vid I'd wat ch on this subject, because i actually trust this kid.👍👍👍
So you're biased then
Everyone is@@timm3097
@@timm3097because the idea of mewing is stupid anyway. You're saying that pushing with your tongue (an incredibly weak muscle) is going to greatly affect the structure of your jaw?
The idea of biting affecting your jawline is the more obvious solution, given how powerful your jaw muscles are (at least in comparison to your tongue).
This isn't bias, this is basic common sense that you lack.
@@GameFuMaster it's apparent you don't know what you're even disagreeing with. Your tongue is not pushing anything. It is pulling the mass of tissue below your jaw up. You can physically see this with your naked eyes if you try it. I can see it. It's not a small difference if you have relatively normal body fat. The Mews also suggest jaw exercises for widening the muscular structure, which contributes to but differs from your jaw line.
Look up what "vested interests" means, OP.
The guy is literally a plastic surgeon. He'd be out of job if mewing was more widely adopted, regardless if it's true or not.
Keep in mind that Mike’s father, John, was also an orthographic surgeon who figured out that he could fix many of these problems without the use of surgery. This usually includes the use of appliances along with mewing/proper oral posture as an adjunct.
I actually heard of a different version of this much earlier. Ill give you my take on this whoever is interested.
Ive read that its constant pressure of the tongue on the roof, same as this current version, as well as constant teeth on teeth contact, that encourages a better looking face. Teeth on teeth contact means that you keep your jaw closed and teeth touching each other, but youre not supposed to clench it. Just keep the mouth closed.
Ive always had a large tongue, large enough that if I opened my mouth and relaxed, it would cover my lower teeth with a little to spare. If I relaxed my mouth when not moving it, naturally my tongue would push my teeth apart slightly and basically rest on the sharp points of my teeth. This would give me ulcers and was painful. Thus I always semi consciously closed/slightly clenched my teeth to ensure that there were no gaps. I would also sort of like gather my tongue in the middle of my mouth to avoid pushing on my teeth too much. Since the tongue has to go somewhere, I kept it pressed on the roof of my mouth. When I slept, I always drool. So to counter this, if I slept on my stomach I would basically put something under my jaw to force my mouth shut. I basically did this my entire life, even before reading about this.
As compared to my other 2 brothers as well as the general public, I have a strong jawline. Is it an incredibly strong jawline? No, but likely above average. What I did have was a very good set of teeth. I didnt have to wear braces at all and I only removed 1 set of wisdom teeth (I regret only removing one set).
I will say this though, your teeth are quite malleable. Especially if they grow out of position due to the pressure throughout it (like having wisdom teeth pop out). I found that when my teeth start to grow out of shape, clenching them for a decent period of time did put them back into shape more, and the change does last quite some time. It is more effective to clench a little over a long period of time though, and clenching them hard for a short period of time hurts the teeth so I do not recommend doing it too hard. Just constant pressure through the day.
Thus for this mewing thing, I do believe the tongue on roof thing to a certain extent. I do believe it does help a little, but I dont think its going to help a lot. Dont expect miracles. Just like if you do a bunch of bicep curls, the skeleton of your arm will not start twisting and changing shape. Same here. Exercising your facial muscles wont mysteriously make it twist and change shape. For teeth however, I think chewing on a dog toy will basically put unequal pressure on your teeth. Over time, I think the teeth will become more unequal and basically I think it fks up the teeth.
Like most things - the truth is probably in the middle. Though there doesn't seem to be much for adulthood, there appears to be some truth from childhood.
Researching childhood development and resting location of the tongue vs facial structure vs tooth alignment, it appears that there is a noted difference in those that are more nose breathers, as they tend to rest the tongue on the roof of the mouth when the mouth is closed, and the teeth tend to need less orthodontic alignment vs counterparts.
Theories I've found in different studies range from constant pressure of the tongue against the roof and against the backs of the teeth maintain alignment and press the jaw out during development,
vs
it being genetic, and due to existing facial alignment favoring tongue placement (and teeth alignment),
I've been mewing for a year...(more shewing) I'm in my mid thirties. It works for me 😉
My jaw is more squarish & defined ! My friends, some neighbors and even my mamá noticed.
I love it 😍
congrats, I started from 40, I wont give up.
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@@yhaind why are u guys trying these tiktok trends at 40
@Endrrq1901 I didn't see this trend on tiktok, I searched on Google on how to improve maloclussion without surgery, and then mewing was recommended. I started 3 years ago. My breathing improved, and my lips were closed and relaxed.
Repositioning your tongue so it rests flat under your palate does have an effect of the fullness of the midface. I noticed a slight improvement after a few days, but for sure nothing dramatic.
Nose breathing and tongue posture are important and its a proper way of breathing ... Soft mewing is nothing more than just a proper tongue posture.
I did orthotropics as a kid because i was a mouth breather and my mouth didn't grow because of poor tongue placement. I think it did work but it took 2 years for my 2 front teeth to overlap *less*. I ended up with braces and a palate expander as a teenager and that was much more effective/painful.
Now in orthatropics they START with the palat expander and then do the rest of it. So that you are expanded by 7 or 8 years old.
Mew or other professionals who have learned orthotropics often work with palatal expanders
Mewing is best for kids aged 7-10 where they can get the most of it. Around adulthood, the "mewing" tongue posture will only accentuate your existing jawline if it had developed in the first place.
Well it depends on what you are after.
I knew nothing about mewing.
Sick of my blocked nose all the time especially at night.
Sick of walking around with mouth open.
I pushed my tongue to the roof of my mouth now held by suction.
Now i breath by my nose constantly, very happy.
Not looking to change my face by mewing or your plastic surgery
Thank yo
Same with me, my mouth closed and relaxed. No more mouth breathing.
I’ve been implementing Dr. Mews tips for many years and I know it works, but you need to do it correctly. I hope Dr. Mew replies to this video so we can get an explanation on your arguments. I still respect you Dr. Linkov, I’m just curious as to how he would respond.
Such a cool channel. From my xp; as someone who has battled insecurities and had a - modest - modeling career: to anyone who's ever been a victim of hate / violence because of their appearance, gender, orientation, race: DO NOT ever let a hateful notion 'there's something wrong with me' sink in. Trust me, it's a recipe for self hatred. When we suffer and we need a break, it's only natural to think: maybe if I wasn't 'different', if I was 'normal' I would be accepted. No, haters will always find something else to prey upon. I've always had kinda androgynous look, which was a fuel for bullies when I was growing up. I embraced it, used it to my advantage in my acting / modeling career, I was almost the face of Leon in these new Resident Evil games :)
What the heck are you spouting on about?
Thank you for this comment!
lol @@eatburgerup
@@PatrickStar19872 are you mewing rn?
yeh @@ahslanabanana
I was mewing since i was 11 on accident because it felt good to constantly exercise my face, best thing i ever did; it works.
TLDW: It doesn't work, because the bone structure of your jaw barely changes after 16 and is pretty much permanent after 25. There, saved you 10 minutes
I’ve seen some impressive before and after photos though
@@ashleylala4293 Ive browsed mewing subreddit , selected about 50 befores and afters of 18-22 yo women and 20-24 yo men (Facial bone growth stops in 99% of 18yo women and in 99% of 20yo men , did this because people confuse puberty aftermath with mewing gains ) based on these criteria:
1) Photos had the same lighting.
2) Had the same camera angle.
3) Were at least 2 years apart.
Then I drew frankfort and mandibular planes to see if there was any forward growth + took some other measurements to see if people were underbiting to make jaw appear more forward-grown.
There was not a single person that got even an extra millimiter of maxillary forward growth among those photos after 2 years of mewing. It doesn't work , like , at all. And it makes sense if you look at Mew's animation of how mewing works - dude skipped mechanics at school apparently.
Every single impressive before and after is due to these reasons :
1) Angle or lightning fraud
2) People intentionally underbiting
3) Puberty
4) People having a significantly lower bf%
5) People losing buccal fat
6) People getting surgery and larping as mewers (AstroSky had surgical augmentations , for example)
The only actual benefit of mewing is posture.
@@ashleylala4293 No, u dont,
“I’ve never seen a kangaroo so they don’t exist”
So what you’re saying is that it does work under the age of 25
The analogy I’ve heard is it’s basically sucking in your gut but with your face. Over time you may just stop thinking you’re doing it but it’s not physically changing any bone or jaw structure.
They certainly are on to something. I as a child went through orthodontic treatment and I can now see the downsides. Interestingly enough, my orthodontist was praising my side profile before the treatment. I will not elaborate further here, but for anyone who has a child with crooked teeth, please please look into orthotropics before orthodontics
Fascinating. I commented on a previous video that my lower jaw is about half an inch out of alignment, if it had been fixed as a teenager I wouldn't have the problems I now have. I'm now in my 60's so am stuck with it.
@kitsidale5688 If you were spared the orthodontic nightmares of having many teeth pulled and having your jaw pulled back with headgear, you might be lucky. Many who had orthodontics are worse off. It was very rare that jaw health was even considered decades ago. Still isn’t in popular circles.
@@kwilson4125 Very true. Back then you had to have teeth pulled to straighten the rest. I actually had my top teeth straightened in my 50s, no teeth were removed, yey. How times change.
In prehistoric times, people used to chew animal hides to soften them to make clothes and sleeping robes. It kept your jaws strong. It also wore your teeth down quite a bit. Most of the chewing was done with the very back molars, which is what your wisdom teeth were for.
Human jaws are also shortening due to genetic mutation/natural selection, which is why wisdom teeth are generally obsolete these days. Very few people have functioning wisdom teeth, and within a few generations it is likely that wisdom teeth won't exist at all since many babies are being born without them. Which is totally fine!
Chewing is definitely good for early mouth growth most definitely.
Mewing is just proper oral posture and swallowing - still practice good habits! The Mews have seen so much success in young patients under 10, it’s insane.
but not in aduklts ?
@@marvin2678 some do some dont, its better the younger you are.
Face shape most definitely changes as you get older, for me at least. In my teens and twenties I had a longer more slender looking face with little jaw definition, but when I hit my mid thirties my jawline began to get wider, now my face is much more square looking in shape, with a more defined jaw. I've stayed around the same weight, so that's not the change and I've never done any of this mewing, so I don't know what changed it or why. In my mid thirties I did start strength training and swapped to higher protein diet, so perhaps that had something to do with it.
Yeah chewing more and maybe clenching teeth. These things can also help. And less mouthbreathing also helps.
@@Maderlololohio Teeth Clenching can damage your teeth leading to cracks and tooth pain. Don't clench your jaw tightly it will mess up your mouth.
@@Zyllirk yeah I know it's dangerous I meant it can explain why their jaw and muscles developed that waym there was a celeb who had this issue and lisa rinni I think who has gorgeous jaws btw but needed medical help w the issues.
@@Maderlololohio Lisa Rinna has had a ton of cosmetic surgery don't believe what you hear cause, she probably just had plastic surgery and used a medical excuse to cover it, lots of celebs do that, cause its considered bad if you get plastic. I just don't recommend jaw clenching. Idk if it actually makes your jaw more defined but its not worth it for a lifetime of intense jaw pain. Like you have no idea how bad cracked teeth from clenching is. It makes you want to rip your own teeth out, its horrible and never goes away, I take heavy duty painkillers from years of clenching, its just am intense nauseating pain. Please stay safe.
@@Zyllirk thanks for sharing. I don't intend to jaw clench as a solution. I just do the mewing. I just saw this actress mentioned having that issue :)
I just recommend moderate exercise and diet control. A lot of people make the mistake of thinking you have to swing to extremes to get lasting results; you don't. You don't have to train like an Olympic athlete to lower your body fat percentage and keep it down. A casual gym routine with just a little bit of self-restraint in the diet will do wonders for you. You'll look better, but more importantly, you'll considerably lower your odds -- or at least mitigate the effects of -- many of the conditions which bedevil us in old age. There may not be much you can do to reshape your jawline short of surgery, but even a less than ideal jaw can look well above average on someone who is healthy and lean.
I love and appreciate you (even more!) for covering this topic.
Thank you Dr. Linkov!
I’m a normal weight 55 year old man that started noticing a few years ago that the fat pad under my chin was looking lower than I’d like making me look older. Around this time mewing was all over the place and I started doing it. I pretty easily picked up the habit so do it a lot of the time now. It definitely lifted my lower chin up into a better position and I’m very happy about it. It didn’t do anything for my sleep apnea though and I wear an appliance every night for that.
OK, but you didn't actually answer the question. You talk about various things but does it work or doesn't it work?
Years ago I actually googled "change your face" and mewing came up because I had noticed as did Dr Mew that bones morph over time.
If they morph naturally then they can be guided which is why keeping my mouth closed and tongue pressed firmly on my palate not only reduced my open bite but also opened my nasal passages allowing for far easier breathing during sleep.
It didn't happen over night but actually took a year or so before I actually saw good results.
i know it sounds fake and too good to be true, but
i improved SOO MUCH after just 1 month
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How are you sure it's because of mewing? Was your weight and body fat the same? Was your diet and were you retaining fluids before? So many variables
@@VinyZikss Really that's your response to someone saying I think it had an effect on them
You're in a delusion
It depends on age too. I notice teen boys swearing by it but they're actually just going through puberty 😆
Me with my massive masseters due to bruxism and unconsciously sucking my tongue to my palate in my sleep with nothing happening. I also lost fillings and crack teeth due to this and have to wear a dental guard nightly.
I’d be worried this will lead to more people developing bruxism and as you said TMJ pain/disorder.😢
I’m not as severe but somewhat similar my resting tongue posture was close to mewing had my front third of the tongue up but not the rest and ever since correcting it once I lose concentration I subconsciously suck my whole tongue up to the rough and get all sorts of random face muscles involved lol kinda annoying
OMG, that's totally my case! Have you found a working solution for that?
One thing a lot of people don't realise is changing their facial structure - mouth breathing. Breathing from the mouth has been proven to develop a more adenoid face, which includes a recessed jaw, misaligned teeth and convex facial features. It affects the entire profile of the face including the eyes and nose. Not only does nasal breathing prevent this misdevelopment that occurs through mouth breathing, but it also leads to much better respiratory health overall. The nose also acts as a filter for pathogens and other foreign objects that the mouth doesn't protect against.
Aside from this, unfortunately the most proven way to fix facial structure is through orthodontic treatment, which works really well but is obviously expensive in most places (and hard to access in many locations as well). Also even mouth breathing often requires a medical intervention to fix as there are many conditions (e.g. deviated septum in nose) that make it impossible to breathe through the nose or at least impractical enough that breathing through the mouth is the default rather than through the nose, which means it'll probably be entirely mouth breathing during sleep.
Alot of people mouth breath during sleep. If you Google it anywhere between 60-70% estimated
I think most people do realize that, we're supposed to breathe through the nose
@eeeertoo2597 duhhh. The problem is many struggle to do so
Beauty standards are different all around the world. I refuse to chase these trends to make yourself look better because I like the way I look and honestly I just don't care what other people think. I think everyone should try to implement this mindset because everyone is beautiful in their own way.
Symmetry and averageness is considered beautiful in all cultures, beyond that, beauty standards can be culturally shaped.
There are criteria for beauty being consistent across different cultures, only extremes tend to be heavily culturally dependent.
Some people aren’t beautiful and need to put some effort in to be appealing to the opposite sex. One thing is not having a sagging recessive jawline.
Ideals may be different across cultures, but certain things like bone structure (and especially jawline in men) are seen across the board
Well said!🎉 it’s sad to see how society and culture can make us feel less than because of the way we look.
for me changing the posture of my tongue to the roof of my mouth has an immediate effect removing the heavy neck. and tbh its a pretty drastic difference. i dont know if my usual tongue posture is just abnormally bad but in that sense "mewing" makes my face shape look alot better instantly. i dont really look at it as an excercise more like making this tongue posture a habit.
Yeah, this is how I see it, too. I can't really change where my fat chooses to deposit & have no plans on having cosmetic procedures to change anything at this point, so... If a posture change helps, neat! But I'm not expecting any kind of miracle from elevating where my tongue rests in my mouth, lolol
Yeah, I think it is the proper posture of the tongue. Nobody teaches me about mewing when I was a kid. I'm a mouth breather before, and it affected my face structure, especially my mouth.
I had severe malocclusion and trismus. I had never been able to fully close my lips together. Brushing my teeth and eating was always a chore. I started doing mewing exercises this year and I can already close my lips, fit a toothbrush between my upper/lower teeth, and eating is better with more aligned teeth for bite surface. I'm 38.
Good for you, mewing is real for those who try.
please do a debunking video on face rollers that claim to "slim" your face into a v shape. or any of those devices
Been mewing for a while, mainly for posture improvements and have experienced some improvements. But it's really nothing like the orthotropics nerds claim it to be, lol. You can't mew and expect all your dental and facial problems to be fixed. Mewing is really just correct tongue posture, and most people are probably mewing without knowing it, but it can be improved even further by learning and practicing the proper technique. It's really nothing crazy like some people are claiming but it's still worth to learn imo. It's kind of the same as keeping a straight back with shoulders back, it's just good posture.
Most people "Mew" and I have the perfect reason as to why. Humans naturally breathe through our noses because it's the body's most efficient way filtering carbon monoxide and getting oxygen. When swallow our tongue goes to the roof of our mouths and we constantly swallow our saliva. I don't know how people fall for this
On that note, the thing I’ve been most thankful for in my life was my free braces and new jaw positioning at the age of 13. Got fuller lips and better jawline and my health improved.
Getting braces had nothing to do with developing fuller lips. lmao
Poor insecure girl I’m sure there’s much greater things for you to be greatful for
@@dt3583 it could, when the face is squished your lips will look thinner. Losing weight often makes people's lips appear bigger too
@@dt3583 how will pushing your teeth and jaw in a new position not effect the lips and jawline
@@dt3583 I'm sure it would, I had braces at a similar age and part of the treatment was moving the bottom jaw forward to correct an overbite. This definitely affected my lower lip as it was previously more tucked under my upper lip since it was further back. For a lot of people this would definitely make the lips fuller especially if the lip that was previously obscured was larger.
sealing the tongue to the upper palate is called khechari mudra. it has been a practice in yoga and helps to breath through the nostrils and to better recruit the diaphragm. honestly yoga always sees everything first.
8:25 I thoroughly disagree. A year ago I had issues with enlarged turbinates + deviated septum. Been mewing for about a year and over time, my nasal breathing has dramatically improved. Normally I wouldn't be able to breathe during spring/summer due to the pollen but now I can breathe just fine. Avoided turbinate reduction surgery + the potential hollow nose syndrome.
I've been mewing for about 5/6 years, although in the first year or two I've been doing it incorrectly. I can say it helped me breathing better and I can see some minor changes in my face appearance and in my jaw. It's about millimetres but my masseter muscle got a little bit bigger. I started at about 21 years old. The change for me has been for the better and it was totally free so I'm happy with the results.
such a great video, finally someone throwing some light onto this shady hype of mewing that occurs on the internet! can you do a video on lipolysis? Does it work to get a more defined jawline and get rid of the fat around the jaw and the neck? or does it not work at all?
It does work lol , it improved my sleep , enabled my meditation , thickened my face , helped my breathing during running so I dont need to breath at all from my mouth even at sprints .
Out of curiosity, is there anything surgical or cosmetic that can be done to minimize that under-chin softness when it's caused by the position of the hyoid bone? I'm very thin but still have a soft under-chin area, due largely to hyoid position, and IDK if I'd ever get anything done to change it, but I'm still curious to know whether it's even possible.
Thanks for another awesome, informative video!
Submental lipo and/or chin implant combo.
@@kelseyk530not all people have enough fat to be removed and not everyone will look better with a chin implant. I have the same issue with the hyoid bone and the soft chin area. No fat & my chin would stick too far forward with an implant. This is a skeletal issue with no way to adjust it at this time…..
Love yourself unconditionally
a lot of people that are making mewing content DONT HAVE A RECESSED JAW. I have a very recessed jaw, I literally look like the diagram at the beginning they show. I’ve been told surgery is my only option but I’m incredibly afraid to do that cuz I have always had uncontrollable vommitting after anesthesia. I can’t imagine what would happen if my mouth was wired shut. So im gonna give it a go and see what happens, probably won’t turn into a model but if I can maybe get rid of the pocket below my lips where my chin should be but isn’t that’d be cool! And if I still end up needing surgery, it’d be nice to not need as dramatic a move!
I have been mewing for 3 years, and it certainly fixed my 50 year overbite. Highly recommended.
you started it at 50s?
Camera upgrade? Looks crispy 🎉
I’ve been practicing mewing (placing my tongue on the roof of my mouth) and I’ve noticed a bit of change on my jaw. My face is a bit more symmetrical now compared to before
How old are you?
I just turned 30
How long have you been mewing?
@@815-n8e Nice question.. close to a year now
I've been mewing for 3 years, my breathing improved, and snoring is less. My mouth is relaxed now, unlike before.
I'm 59 and I've been mewing for about three years now. If anything, I've gone from having multiple chins that my daughter used to make fun of to one chin. I grew a beard to hide my chins. I've now shortened and reshaped my beard to accentuate my jawline now that I have one. I can't say that my jawbone has changed shape, but I can feel it's sharper. My wife touched it recently and exclaimed "What's that?". It was the back of my jaw bone. As for breathing I have noticed it does feel clearer when mewing. It just seems feels obstructed; not that I had a problem with breathing before. Even if the shape of my jawbone is not changing, like any workout that targets one area of the body, it does have an impact on reducing the fat that's hanging around it. Mewing does no harm, so I'll keep going. I don't think I will ever chew a dog toy though, and chewing gum loses its flavour too quickly, but I am eating more chewable red meat and less soft foods.
I have a very prominent jawline. Naturally my tongue pushes behind my teeth, kind of in the middle of my mouth, never the roof of my mouth. I have a light lisp and had gapped front teeth before braces during puberty. Definitely developed TMJ due to hormone changes and stress. My jaw/chin have both been made fun of AND complimented. Mewing helps my chin to not slowly shift forward throughout the day but i have to make a conscious effort.
I definitely believe it can help kids/preteens with that sunken in chin. But once that puberty hits - its all nature baby.
As a fellow alopecian 😂 I love your videos doc! You give me more confidence and push me from bad surgeries ❤
I think youve got a beautiful jawline based on your photo. Some people hurt others based on their own insecurities.
Very informative video! Thank you for posting!!!
In the before/after pictures we see on the Orthotropics channel there's a lot of other factors affecting the results.
We see no makeup/good makeup, bad lighting/good lighting, fatter/leaner, younger/older, curved posture/straight posture, prominent Adam's apple/the disappearence of said piece of cartilage, not bone, in another part of the body - neck, not in the head, magically gone...(a.k.a. plastic surgery or photoshop).
It's like getting an old, rusty, beat up car saying you'll change the broken bumper and that will make the car look a lot better.
You take a picture of "before." Overhaul the whole vehicle with a bunch of different procedures, then take the "after" picture.
"Notice the huge difference," you say, "My new bumper makes this car look a lot better, isnt it?"
I don't care what excuse is given in a few videos among the dozens.
Everybody knows how that's misleading, they do it anyway.
It's scammy. Like most of the beauty industry.
there is nothing to sell, you can mew for your whole life for 0$. Thus, no
I did it and it works, jaw line back, nose breathing back, straight back back, not tired anymore after sleeping but full of energy like in my twenties. Im 44
I've seen some of these exercises fly past my timeline and they scream TMJ to me! Thanks for covering this.
Until which age would you say that mewing is best to practice/start? Does it still have positive effects when starting at 25?
We’re getting closer to unlocking the intersection of various things.
Hopefully the excitement of mewing will lead to interest in chi gung and the microcosmic orbit. Then from there lymphatic massage, the third eye, and stimulation of the vegus nerve.
Yoga, cold showers, saunas, mewing/breath work, and the usual suspects of diet/exercise and mindfulness is a fantastic recipe.
So close to the next phase of mass human actualization being “common sense” practices.
Very happy/excited to see these conversations.
Real or not, it doesn’t hurt to do. It’s useful info to make sure your youngest kids have proper tongue placement.
Thank you for not bias breakdown on mewing. I'm a Fan of it but I'm adult now 😢 i don't have money for surgery so I'm just gonna settle on mewing until I have enough money 😢
I was well past my 20s when I discovered mewing. That was 6 years ago, have been doing it ever since. I trained myself to sleep with my tongue in the recommended mewing position. When I'm doing cardio or driving, I have my tongue pressed to my upper palate.
As with other times when I'm doing something new, I started on June 1, 2017. I didn't tell anyone. By November 2017, people began noticing the positive changes. The questions were such as asking if I had "work" done on my face. Other questions tended toward, "What have you been doing differently?"
People saw the positive changes, they didn't know what I was doing to make the changes. My jaw line did become slightly sharper, the very slight turkey neck was gone. My cheek bones became more visible. I had never been much of a mouth breather. After I began mewing, I have only been breathing through my nose.
I believe in the mewing method; I recommend it to other people of all ages when they ask me about it.
I can't mew successfully in my sleep lol😂
@@jeanninehaman568 It takes practice, consistency, focus.
you give me hope bro
@@marvin2678 I'm a woman, so glad it gives you hope. I have told other people about this. The ones who were consistent in it also saw results. One of them was 18, 6 others were in their mid 20s.
One of the people was 53, very interested in improving his appearance. He did it consistently, saw results after 7 months, continued to improve after that. He had considered cosmetic surgery to get rid of his forming "turkey neck". He didn't want it to become more noticeable. I told him about my skin care practices.
I saw vast improvement in his skin & his slight "turkey neck". He saw it, no one else could see it. It was enough improvement for him to decide to not get cosmetic surgery.
@@marvin2678 I'm a sis, lol. If you do begin mewing, I hope it works well for you.
it is not just their speculation but a consensus in orthodontics in general that tongue posture and mouth breathing does result in elongated faces and changes facial structures.
I first looked into mewing about a month or so ago. I don't go on tiktok, so this was just the trend leaking out and me finally looking up to see what it was. I realised that I already did a lot of the stuff to do with tongue posture, the only thing I was lacking in tongue posture was the back third touching my hard palate.
I am not a constant mouthbreather, but I definitely do it sometimes. I can snore sometimes; I have a lot of nasal/sinus issues. My palates are very narrow and I've had 4? teeth out because there wasn't enough room for them. I don't have much of a chin, but I think I have an okay jawline.
And so this instantly made me intrigued but sceptical. Could doing some little tweaks help me breathe better? I have no interest in my jawline or chin, but could a few changes to how I hold myself and my tongue make me feel better?
Anyway it's however long later now, and the answer is no. I feel exactly the same. It's not done anything within a month, not even for my breathing. I am exactly the same as I was when I started it. Obviously it's a long-term change, and I am an adult, but I was expecting something. I guess because I already mostly did it, I already developed how I was going to according to this theory. My chinless wonder semi-mouthbreathing self is apparently the peak of mewing, having accidentally done it since I was a child.
(this has also been very interesting to me from a linguistics perspective - at university I was taught that where you held your tongue in a neutral position depended on the language you speak. In English speakers, you normally hold your tongue up against the hard palate, whereas in some other languages, their neutral position is further down. I have not seen this brought up once about mewing, so I'd be interested to see if there is actually any discussion on it.)
Interesting about the position of the tongue for different languages
really surprised some people naturally rest their tongue at the top of their mouth! in my country, its most common to rest it low and it doesnt seem to have any impact on all the different jaw types or breathing etc. i tried the mewing position for a moment due to this video and it feels uncomfortable and awkward or outright impossible. im grateful for my good jawline and teeth and will not be trying to fix something that isnt a problem. good luck mewing people!
I starting doing this in my early teens (female) to help with breathing. I’m a nose breather now as an adult but my face is not any different. There is an immediate improvement with good tongue posture but I have not noticed a structural change and neither has my orthodontist.
I wish it did work but I think it has to be implemented a lot earlier (like baby teeth early). I don’t believe it will work for anyone over 16 period. It’s really helpful if you grew up with allergies though and don’t know how to breathe right.
I started at about 17 and it definitely works, albeit harder. I am 18 now with almost like a thousand of progress vids on my Google drive and it's still currently a big effort that I need to put in into fully changing my lifestyle. Main difference though is that it's become my main habit to put the daily effort in making sure that I have optimal tongue posture and everything. One thing to also note is that the body posture has a big impact on the tongue posture (and it's usually one of the reasons why people have bad tongue posture in the first place), so you also need to make sure that you're getting all your muscle imbalances and bad habits fixed (e.g. uneven pelvic tilt, weak core, rounded shoulders, forward head, and etc.)
Bro really. I am also 17 and I have recessed maxilla and chin . bro can mewing work at my age can I achieve faicial up and forward swing . can I change my maxilla and facial structure? ?
@@AhmedWali-qj5if seems like my reply got deleted, but yes you just gotta put in the effort 24/7 and know that it might also take years before you achieve drastic changes. I'm about a year in and I'm still learning new techniques and new things about my body. Maybe joining a community would help too, look up Mewtropics.
@@AhmedWali-qj5if There isn’t really supporting research out there so right now the consensus is no. That seems to be what this doctor believes as well. I think a lot of people notice a difference because of fat loss or the immediate change from pressing your tongue up.
Please don’t hurt your jaw doing exercises. Practicing good tongue posture will look and feel better though. I’m sorry you’re unhappy with your face. If it really bothers you, there are cosmetic treatments available. It’s not hopeless.
@@AhmedWali-qj5if You can still improve your facial structure, but mike mew says adults can expect only 1mm of forward growth of the chin per year and it's unlikely to make you look like a super model at older ages. So it'll help, but if you want drastic instant results then surgery and such is the way