Double chin. The selfie enemy. The unflattering angle nemesis. For years, I obsessed over mine. Angled my chin up in photos, avoided certain profiles, and generally felt self-conscious about that little bit of extra padding under my jawline. Then, I decided to try something counterintuitive. I stopped hiding it.
I started taking photos from all angles, double chin and all. I stopped editing it out. I just…let it be. And as I looked at those unfiltered photos, something shifted. The double chin stopped being the only thing I saw. I started to notice other things – my smile, my eyes, my overall expression. And guess what? The double chin wasn’t that bad. Actually, it was pretty…normal.
Stopping the double chin obsession wasn’t about suddenly loving it (though, body neutrality is always a good goal!). It was about accepting reality, challenging unrealistic beauty standards, and realizing that a double chin is a perfectly normal human feature. My double chin stopped being a source of anxiety and became just…part of my face. And honestly, it’s really not worth obsessing over. Your face is beautiful, double chin and all. Smile, relax, and stop worrying about angles.