Point your knees towards the ceiling and line them up with your feet and hips. You can spread them out if that helps you keep your balance, or let them rest right next to you.

Summary: Lie down on a flat but comfortable surface. Put your arms at your sides.


Add a few drops of mild detergent to a bucket or sink of water. Rub it very gently to release stains. Then, rinse the garment in fresh lukewarm water until the bubbles disappear. Wrap it in a thick towel to absorb the rest of the water. Now you are ready to iron the silk.  Never wring silk fabric out or it can stretch or tear.  If you don’t want to wash it before you iron it. Spray the whole surface of the silk with a spray bottle to dampen it.

Summary: Hand wash silk in lukewarm water. Allow the silk to soak for 3-5 minutes. Squeeze the silk very gently to release excess water.


This exercise involves making a fake smile and then jutting your jaw forward so that you can touch the center of your lips together. You should try to use the muscles in the back of your jaw to push your jaw forward. Your lips should only touch in the center. On your last repetition, do the exercise, and hold the position for 20 seconds before releasing.  When doing these exercises to get rid of jowls, do your best to focus all of your attention on the muscles around your mouth and around your jaw. You can place each index finger on each side of your mouth to help yourself isolate the muscles in your jaw. Another way to work on the muscles around the jaw line involves making a close-lipped smile and then pushing the jaw forward to contract the muscles underneath the lips and along the jaw line.  You can be sure you’re doing this correctly by gently placing 2 or 3 fingers from each hand on either side of your mouth, just underneath and to the sides of your lips. With this exercise, it is a good idea to look in the mirror while you do it. This is because you want to try and keep the rest of your muscles in your face as relaxed as possible while you do the exercise. As with the first exercise, when you are on your final repetition, you should hold the exercise for 20 seconds. When you are just starting out, you can pick one exercise to focus on for 2 or 3 weeks, and then switch to a different exercise. This will help target the muscles differently in order to help you get rid of your jowls. You can start with just doing 15 repetitions of each exercise once per day, and move up to doing more repetitions as you feel yourself progressing. At present, there are little to no scientific studies examining the effectiveness of facial exercise as a means of reducing saggy skin. However, just because these studies don’t exist does not mean it won’t be useful for you. It may work, but it will likely take time and dedication to doing the exercises consistently. Don’t expect an overnight fix with this method.

Summary: Make a fake smile. Make a squished smile. Change up the exercises. Don't look for scientific evidence supporting facial exercises.


In order to begin to solve an argument, you first need to understand what happened and develop some hypotheses about why it happened. This is crucial because you cannot solve a problem if you don’t know what the problem is! Having a plan is one way to approach the situation with a clear head to reduce more arguments.   Begin by looking at what happened from your perspective and thinking rationally about it. Use both your rational mind and your emotional mind, but try to look at the situation objectively. Let’s say you found out that your friend was talking negatively about you behind your back. Think about all of the specifics of the situation. How did you find out? What did the person say? How did you handle it? In order to analyze the issue, it can be helpful to identify what led to the issue and what happened afterwards. Identify the Antecedent (what happened before the conflict), Behavior (what you did) and Consequence (what happened as a result of the behavior). Let’s imagine that the conflict began by you finding out that your friend is talking behind your back (antecedent), and then you confronted your friend which turned into a verbal argument (behavior). Next, you and your friend stopped talking to each other for a week (consequence). Know that some arguments are okay; not all arguments are bad. It is okay to disagree with your friends sometimes, and argue or debate about a topic. It is how you go about arguing that is important; each person needs to be respectful and neither should be aggressive. Try to analyze your own behaviors and thoughts about the situation. Think about the possibility of looking at the situation differently and taking on another perspective. This can help you gain clarity about the conflict and understand how you can attempt to solve it. For example, you could commit to your friend that you will do something better the next time a similar situation occurs.   One way of doing things differently is thinking differently. For example, if someone told you your friends was talking negatively about you, is it possible that this isn’t true? Another way of doings things differently is changing your actions. If you confronted your friend about what you heard, can you identify a better way you could have approached the situation? Were you really mad when you tried to resolve the conflict? Did you say something you regret? Analyze how your friend responded to the argument. This can help you to gather your thoughts so that when you talk to your friend about the situation you can be specific about what you’d like her to change.   Gather some ideas about what hurt your feelings or made the situation more difficult for you. For example, perhaps your friend called you a bad name and cursed at you, and this made you feel sad and angry. Identify specifically what your friend could have done differently. For example, if your friend cursed at you, perhaps she could have lowered her voice, spoken calmly, and used words that were not hurtful or aggressive.
Summary: Admit what went wrong. Commit to change your actions. Plan to express what made you upset.