🍑 How do I avoid a double chin in photos?

The best way to keep from looking like you have a double chin in photos is this simple trick used by influencers, celebrities and politicians every day.

When you are being photographed, don’t hold your chin in its everyday position. Draw your chin forward in a slight arc, as though you have a peach 🍑 tucked under it.

Why do you need to do this? Whether your face is very full and you naturally have a double chin, or whether you are very slim, here is what is happening.

When you are being photographed--and especially if you feel like the camera is getting uncomfortably close--you are likely to draw your head back a bit . That squidges your chin against your neck, bunches up the lower part of your face, and thickens your neck.

An extra-big smile makes it all bunch up even more. You will see your photo and go off thinking misguidedly about the size of your chin…….

But if you draw your chin forward, and tuck that imaginary peach 🍑 underneath it, you can change this significantly.

Now you are physically separating your chin from your neck, and reducing the bunching-up effect. Since there is more distance between your face and your neck 🍑, the camera sees them as two distinct and different surfaces rather than letting them run together.

This makes your jaw looks more contoured. Your neck looks slimmer. You may find a bit of shadow is cast under your chin, which is slimming too.

You can see, in the photos from the side, that Sue is bringing her whole face forward, not just her chin. Let your forehead come forward too. You aren’t trying to bring the lower part of your face closer to the camera than the rest (which will distort your face shape in ways you may or may not want).

Cradling the peach 🍑 under your chin works when you are at an angle to the camera too. Here you can see that the camera is slightly below Sara. (Have the camera above you, at eye level, or only slightly below you. A camera far below you, or a really short photographer, sometimes negates the peach effect.)

It has to be a peach 🍑. No other fruit will do. Something about the softness/gentleness of the peach fuzz makes us hold our necks just right as we imagine it. Just try it and see.

Moving your face towards the camera is always flattering in a photo. It makes your head and shoulders look slightly larger in comparison to the rest of your body, which is helpful if you want to look slimmer. It focuses our attention on your face. It adds something dynamic and engaging.

f you ever take a selfie with someone famous, you will notice that they always lean slightly towards the camera and bring their faces forward to cradle the peach.