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Your zygos are basically the backbone of a good midface. High, prominent cheekbones are one of the most universally attractive facial features, and the looksmax community has been experimenting with ways to enhance them beyond just losing body fat. One technique that's been gaining traction combines rapid nasal breathing with manual upward pressure on the cheekbone area. The idea is that you're working the bone from the inside out while simultaneously training the soft tissue to sit higher.
So you do eight quick, sharp sniffs through your nose in a row. Think of it like you're trying to smell something faint but doing it rapidly. This creates pressure fluctuations in your nasal cavity and sinuses that ripple through your whole midface. When you do this, you're actually engaging a bunch of muscles around your nose and cheeks that most people never consciously activate. You're basically giving your midface a workout from the inside.
There's also the mewing connection here. When you're breathing through your nose properly, your tongue naturally wants to sit on the roof of your mouth, which is the whole foundation of orthotropics. So you're reinforcing good oral posture while also pumping blood flow into the zygomatic region. More blood flow means healthier tissue, potentially better skin quality over the cheekbones, and reduced puffiness that might be hiding your bone structure.
Right after you do the breathing sequence, or even during it, you place your fingers on your cheekbones and push the skin gently upward. You're not trying to move the bone obviously, but you're training the fascia and skin to adopt a higher resting position. Think of it like how mewing supposedly trains your tongue to rest in a new position over time. Same principle with the soft tissue over your zygos.
There's also a muscle component. Your zygomajor and minor are the muscles that pull your face up when you smile. By combining the internal muscle engagement from the breathing with the external upward pressure, you might be able to get these muscles to hold a slightly more lifted tone even at rest. This gives the appearance of higher cheekbones even if the underlying bone hasn't changed.
The lymphatic drainage angle is real too. Facial massage helps move fluid around, and a lot of guys are walking around with subtle puffiness in their midface without realising it. Consistent manipulation can help clear that out and reveal more of the bone structure underneath.
The Breathing Component
So you do eight quick, sharp sniffs through your nose in a row. Think of it like you're trying to smell something faint but doing it rapidly. This creates pressure fluctuations in your nasal cavity and sinuses that ripple through your whole midface. When you do this, you're actually engaging a bunch of muscles around your nose and cheeks that most people never consciously activate. You're basically giving your midface a workout from the inside.
There's also the mewing connection here. When you're breathing through your nose properly, your tongue naturally wants to sit on the roof of your mouth, which is the whole foundation of orthotropics. So you're reinforcing good oral posture while also pumping blood flow into the zygomatic region. More blood flow means healthier tissue, potentially better skin quality over the cheekbones, and reduced puffiness that might be hiding your bone structure.
The Manual Pressure Part
Right after you do the breathing sequence, or even during it, you place your fingers on your cheekbones and push the skin gently upward. You're not trying to move the bone obviously, but you're training the fascia and skin to adopt a higher resting position. Think of it like how mewing supposedly trains your tongue to rest in a new position over time. Same principle with the soft tissue over your zygos.
There's also a muscle component. Your zygomajor and minor are the muscles that pull your face up when you smile. By combining the internal muscle engagement from the breathing with the external upward pressure, you might be able to get these muscles to hold a slightly more lifted tone even at rest. This gives the appearance of higher cheekbones even if the underlying bone hasn't changed.
The lymphatic drainage angle is real too. Facial massage helps move fluid around, and a lot of guys are walking around with subtle puffiness in their midface without realising it. Consistent manipulation can help clear that out and reveal more of the bone structure underneath.