Mouth-Corner Around Lift Hold

Sit upright with neutral neck. Soften the jaw and keep shoulders down. Place both index fingertips at the mouth corners exactly as on the cover. Keep lips in a controlled soft teeth-showing smile (no wide grin). Apply a very light upward lift intent: try to feel the corners lift while the fingertips guide you. Hold four seconds, then release for two seconds. Repeat eight cycles. Never yank the corners hard and never press into the lip tissue with nails.

• Primary — orbicularis oris and risorius/zygomatic soft tissue at the corners with gentle upward lift cue.
• Neighbors — Keep frontalis calm so this stays perioral, not a brow raise.
• Hand cue — index fingertips on corners guiding a gentle upward lift.
• Contrast — Lateral stretch uses horizontal sealed lips; Resistance press uses sealed lips and outward resistance.
• Keep quiet — masseter clench and shoulder hike.

Mirror at eye level. Shoulders down. Set corner fingertips first, then apply tiny upward lift intent.

Inhale as fingertips settle at corners. Exhale during the four-second upward lift intent. Release on a calm inhale.

• Mirror at eye level
• Clean hands; optional lip balm after

1. Place both index fingertips at the mouth corners like the cover.
2. Keep lips in a controlled soft teeth-showing smile (no wide grin).
3. Apply a very light upward lift intent for four seconds.
4. Release for two seconds and repeat eight cycles.

• Placing fingertips too high on the cheek instead of at corners
• Using nails instead of pads
• Over-smiling and raising the brows
• Missing the jaw-soft rule

• Beginner: 5 holds of 3 seconds
• Standard: 8 holds of 4 seconds
• Pulse lift: tiny micro-lifts (no yanking) then hold
• Sensitive day: smaller lift intent with same placement

• Relax lips and jaw for three breaths
• Optional balm if corners feel dry
• Check jaw stayed unlocked
• Do not stack another intense perioral drill immediately

• Improves corner lift awareness without hard gripping
• Supports balanced perioral tone and comfort
• Pairs well after cheek resets
• Helps reduce compensatory over-grin habits

• People who lose corner lift awareness at a desk
• Beginners needing a clear fingertip corner cue
• Anyone who over-grins to compensate
• Users who want gentle, upward corner tone control

• Open skin at mouth corners
• Early post-injectable recovery period
• Painful TMJ flare triggered by smiling
• Anyone advised to avoid perioral pressure

• Hard yanking upward into pain
• Turning the hold into a wide grin
• Uneven left-right corner lift pressure
• Clenching jaw and stealing the work

• Morning corner wake-up after sleeping
• Midday after long talking
• Evening before a gentle lip reset
• Skip on cracked corners or active cold sores

• During active corner fissures
• Right after dental/lip procedures while tender
• When perioral skin is very irritated