No, you cannot fundamentally change your face type. Your face shape is largely determined by your underlying bone structure, which is genetically determined and does not significantly change after adolescence. While some subtle alterations can occur due to factors like weight fluctuations affecting facial fat distribution, you cannot reshape your skull or fundamentally alter your facial bone structure.
What Can Change?
While the underlying bone structure remains largely constant, several aspects related to your face can change:
- Facial Fat Distribution: Weight gain or loss significantly impacts the amount of fat on your face, altering its appearance. A reduction in body fat can make facial features appear more defined, while weight gain can lead to a fuller face. [Source: Quora - Is it physically possible to change your facial shape?]
- Skin Type: Your skin type (oily, dry, combination, etc.) can change over time due to hormonal fluctuations, aging, environmental factors, medications, and other health issues. [Sources: Byrdie - Your Skin Type Can Change Over Time; Reddit - Discussion Is it possible for a skin type to totally change?; Quora - Can your skin change from oily to normal?; Grounded Sage - Skin Type Changes]
- Facial Muscle Tone: While you can't significantly reshape your face through exercise, consistent facial exercises may lead to some subtle improvement in muscle tone, leading to a slightly different appearance. However, this effect is typically minimal. [Source: The provided text emphasizes the inability to change skull shape through exercise].
- Facial Features in Adolescence: Facial features continue to develop and change during adolescence. This is natural growth and development. [Source: Quora - Can facial features such as nose, jawline and eye shape change after mid-teens?]
What Cannot Change?
It's crucial to understand the limitations:
- Bone Structure: You cannot change the underlying bone structure of your face. Attempts to dramatically alter facial shape through nonsurgical methods are generally ineffective. [Source: The shape of your face is primarily determined by the shape of your skull and the overlying muscles and fat. You can not change the shape of your skull, and no amount or type of exercise will cause sufficient hypertrophy of the facial muscles to produce a noticeable change.]
- Significant Feature Alterations: Methods claiming to drastically alter nose shape, jawline, or eye shape without surgery are largely unsubstantiated. [Source: The Cut - Can a Facial Massage Really Change Your Face Shape?]
