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Basically the theory is that facial bones don’t just react to chewing or posture, they also respond to fluid pressure and flow around them. Inside bones you have osteocytes sitting in tiny channels (lacuno–canalicular network) and these cells are very sensitive to fluid shear stress, sometimes even more than straight up force. The face is very special because it’s super vascular, close to sinuses, veins, lymphatic stuff, and it’s always dealing with small pressure changes from breathing, swallowing, blood flow, facial muscles, etc. All that constant interstitial fluid movement could send signals to osteocytes even if you’re not doing anything extreme.
This fluid movement could activate pathways like Wnt/β-catenin, nitric oxide signaling, and reduce sclerostin, which normally blocks bone formation. It doesn’t mean new bones just pop out, but it could bias remodeling toward keeping bones dense and resisting flattening. Since facial bones are low turnover and intramembranous, small signals over time might actually matter more than short bursts of force. Mostly it would help with bone density, trabecular structure, and forward maxillary projection
So how do we apply this? The most important thing you have to do, is to just nose breathe with perfect form tounge posture at all times. Make sure you always inhale deeply and thoroughly. This is so that the airflow can go and properly do its job in your face, and it can keep oxegyen all supplied in your craniofacial structure, which supports mass osteoblast production. Also (idk if this would work it’s just a fun theory) but if you do breath with your nose intensely, it could create demand from your sinuses to keep up with air intake, which could potentially increase the sinus size, which would force your facial bones to grow out, increasing maxillary foward growth.
It works best during puberty, because sutures are still semi active and growth hormones like GH and IGF-1 are present. So the environment your face is in (good nasal breathing, proper sleep, staying healthy, avoiding mouth breathing or nasal obstruction) could nudge you toward your genetic potential. You could “apply” this theory to yourself by basically making sure you breathe through your nose all the time, get consistent sleep, avoid chronic stress, and keep your head/neck posture neutral so fluid pressure patterns stay optimal. Nothing crazy, just keeping the system running smooth while your bones are still responsive. This would probably take around maybe a constant 1.5 full year of doing perfectly to see results. It could work till around age 25.
TL;DR: Pretty much constant, deep nose breathing (with proper oral posture) is the most important shit you can do. Make sure it’s really deep, and getting as much air in as possible as well.
This fluid movement could activate pathways like Wnt/β-catenin, nitric oxide signaling, and reduce sclerostin, which normally blocks bone formation. It doesn’t mean new bones just pop out, but it could bias remodeling toward keeping bones dense and resisting flattening. Since facial bones are low turnover and intramembranous, small signals over time might actually matter more than short bursts of force. Mostly it would help with bone density, trabecular structure, and forward maxillary projection
So how do we apply this? The most important thing you have to do, is to just nose breathe with perfect form tounge posture at all times. Make sure you always inhale deeply and thoroughly. This is so that the airflow can go and properly do its job in your face, and it can keep oxegyen all supplied in your craniofacial structure, which supports mass osteoblast production. Also (idk if this would work it’s just a fun theory) but if you do breath with your nose intensely, it could create demand from your sinuses to keep up with air intake, which could potentially increase the sinus size, which would force your facial bones to grow out, increasing maxillary foward growth.
It works best during puberty, because sutures are still semi active and growth hormones like GH and IGF-1 are present. So the environment your face is in (good nasal breathing, proper sleep, staying healthy, avoiding mouth breathing or nasal obstruction) could nudge you toward your genetic potential. You could “apply” this theory to yourself by basically making sure you breathe through your nose all the time, get consistent sleep, avoid chronic stress, and keep your head/neck posture neutral so fluid pressure patterns stay optimal. Nothing crazy, just keeping the system running smooth while your bones are still responsive. This would probably take around maybe a constant 1.5 full year of doing perfectly to see results. It could work till around age 25.
TL;DR: Pretty much constant, deep nose breathing (with proper oral posture) is the most important shit you can do. Make sure it’s really deep, and getting as much air in as possible as well.
