Neck fat is the accumulation of excess fat around the neck, resulting in a double chin and some fatty bands on your neck. Also known as sub mental fat, it not only makes you look ugly but also interferes with free body movements. Neck fat is downright troublesome in hot weather.

What causes us to have neck fat?

There are a lot of reasons a person may get neck fat. Obesity is the most common reason. The other major reason is age, as with age, people lose their skin elasticity. This leads to an uneven distribution of fat, causing the skin to sag. With age, the muscles also start giving out.

Then some people may get neck fat because of their genes. Often, neck problems, which may result in fat lumps in the region, are hereditary. Women have been found to be more prone to neck fat owing to their soft skin. Hypothyroidism, another reason attributed to neck fat, may or may not be hereditary.

How to get rid of neck fat?

The treatment of neck fat should be cause specific. Here are some simple and natural ways to get rid of neck fat rolls:

1. Pout and Tilt

This is one of the easiest ways to lose neck fat quickly.

• Pout by sticking out the lower lip. Place a finger on your wrinkled chin.
• Remain in this position for a few seconds.
• Still pouting and without leaning your upper back, push your chin down for it to touch your chest.
• Remain like this for a few seconds before returning to the original position.

Do this around 20 times in a set, and do 2 sets daily.

2. Using a tennis ball

This is an unconventional yet effective way of reducing neck and chin fat. Take a tennis ball and place it on your neck, below your chin. Holding it in place tightly with your chin, press the ball down with your chin to the maximum possible extent. Keep on doing that for at least 10 seconds. Repeat this 10-15 times at a stretch. And repeat the whole process 4-5 times a day. This is a very simple exercise which you can perform anywhere on the go, while both standing up and sitting down, and even in your office while working on your desk.

3. Cocoa butter

Cocoa butter has emollient properties which helps in exfoliating dead skin cells and eliminating sagging skin. Because cocoa butter is anti-oxidant it goes a long way in making your skin radiant. Cocoa butter increases skin elasticity and thus reduces the neck flab.

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of cocoa butter
• Cotton balls

What to do:

Take the given amount of cocoa butter and microwave it for 30 seconds to turn it into a liquid. It will look like oil. Now soak the cotton balls for a minute in that. Then apply the oil to your neck area using those cotton balls. Spread the oil out evenly and gently massage your neck using your fingertips for 5 minutes before wiping off the oil using a warm and wet cloth. To get the best results, use this remedy twice daily- before a bath and before going to bed.