顔の歪み　顔の非対称　

顔の歪みの主な原因は、病気以外では、加齢と、生活習慣です。頬杖をつく、片方の奥歯で噛むなど、日々の繰り返しの行為が顔に負担をかけ、歪みの原因を作ることがあります。顔の歪みの種類は、鏡を見て分かるものから、人に指摘されて気づくものまでさまざまです。 食事をする時に左右どちらか一方の奥歯だけで、噛み続けるクセがあると、噛まない側にほうれい線ができやすくなるといわれています。ほうれい線が左右のどちらか片方だけに出る、左右の太さや長さ、深さなどが異なる場合は、顔の歪みや非対称が生まれてきます。口角とは口の両端の部分も、角度が左右で異なっていたら、顔に歪み、非対称がでやすくなります。目の大きさや位置が左右非対称については、目にも手、同様に、利き目があります。パソコンやスマホの画面を見る時によく利き目を使います。仕事やプライベートで毎日長時間使用していると、利き目側の表情筋ばかりが発達し顔が歪み、左右の目の大きさまで違ってきてしまうことがあります。眉についても、寝る時の姿勢や、噛みグセなどに影響を受けて眉の高さが変化してしまう事があります。耳の高さは、原因の多くは利き目、噛みグセ、噛み締めなどから、耳の高さの左右差を生むと言われています。眉の高さや目の高さ、ほお骨の高さの歪みは、頬杖も影響します。人間の頭の重さは、体重の約10％と言われています。つまり体重50kgの人の場合、頭の重さは約5kg。頬杖をついて片手でその重みを支えると、顔の片側だけに強い力が加わり、眉の高さや目の高さ、ほお骨の高さなどに歪みが生じる原因となります。顔だけでなく、足を組んで座ると骨盤が歪みやすくなりますが、顔の歪みにも影響を与える可能性があります。右足を上にして足を組むと、身体は左側に傾きます。そして、バランスを取るために頭の重心は右側へ傾けるようになり、同時に肩や首が不自然に傾き、その影響で顔にもひずみが生まれやすくなります。常にショルダーバッグを右肩にかけると、重みを支えようとして右肩が上がります。そして、頭はバランスを取るために右側に傾きます。この状態が長く続けば、顔にも歪みが生まれることもあります。起きているばかりが原因ではなく、寝ているときも、顔の歪みは生じます。人間は眠っている間にも、寝返りを打つことで、起きている間に歪んだ背骨や骨盤を元の位置に修正しています。しかし、精神的なストレスや、飲酒などで、固まって寝てしまい、寝返りをしないで同じ姿勢のまま朝を迎えると、背骨や骨盤に無理がかかり歪み、その影響で、顔にも歪みがでることがあります。顔の歪みや、非対称を改善するには、顔そのものだけでなく、心、体、精神の根幹からバランスを整え、 左右非対称の生活習慣をやめることです。鍼灸では、左右のバランスが均等になるように、筋をゆるめていくことや、皮膚に微細な傷を鍼でつけることで、皮膚を収縮させることで、非対称の歪みを改善させていくことができます。

The main causes of facial distortion, other than disease, are aging and lifestyle. Repetitive daily actions, such as cheekbones, chewing with one back tooth, etc., can put a strain on the face and cause distortion. There are various types of facial distortion, ranging from those that can be seen in the mirror to those that are noticed when people point them out to you. If you have a habit of chewing with only one of your back teeth when eating, it is said that lines are more likely to appear on the side where you do not chew. If the lines appear on only one side of the mouth, or if they are different in thickness, length, or depth on either side, a facial distortion or asymmetry is created. If the corners of the mouth, or the two ends of the mouth, are angled differently on the left and right sides, distortion and asymmetry of the face are likely to occur. As for asymmetry in the size and position of the eyes, the eyes, like the hands, have a dominant eye. We often use our dominant eye when looking at a computer or smartphone screen. If you use your dominant eye for long hours every day at work or in your private life, only the facial muscles of the dominant eye develop and the face becomes distorted, and even the size of the left and right eyes may become different. Eyebrow height can also be affected by sleeping posture and chewing habits. Ear height is said to be caused mostly by dominant eye, biting, and chewing habits, which can result in left-right differences in ear height. Distortions in brow height, eye height, and cheekbone height can also affect cheekbones. The weight of the human head is said to be about 10% of the body weight. If a person weighs 50 kg, the weight of the head is about 5 kg, and if the person supports the head with one hand while sitting on the cheekbones, a strong force is applied to only one side of the face, causing distortion of the height of the eyebrows, eyes, and cheekbones. In addition to the face, sitting with crossed legs can easily distort the pelvis, which can also affect facial distortion. When the legs are crossed with the right leg on top, the body tilts to the left. The center of gravity of the head will then be tilted to the right side to maintain balance, and at the same time, the shoulders and neck will be unnaturally tilted, which can easily cause distortion of the face as well. If a shoulder bag is always worn on the right shoulder, the right shoulder will rise to support the weight. The head then tilts to the right side to maintain balance. If this condition continues for a long time, distortion can also occur in the face. Facial distortion occurs not only when we are awake, but also when we are sleeping. Even while sleeping, humans correct the spine and pelvis that have been distorted during waking hours by turning over in their sleep. However, if a person sleeps stiffly due to mental stress or alcohol consumption, and then comes up in the morning in the same posture without turning over, the spine and pelvis may be overstrained and distorted, and this may cause distortion of the face as well. In order to improve facial distortion and asymmetry, it is necessary to improve the balance not only of the face itself, but also of the mind, body, and spirit from the very core, and to stop the asymmetrical lifestyle. Acupuncture and moxibustion can improve asymmetrical distortion by loosening the muscles and contracting the skin by applying needles to minute wounds on the skin so that the left and right sides of the face are evenly balanced.