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The Significance of a Chin Crease
An Aquired Chin Crease Indicates Compromised Energy according to Chinese Face Reading
If your chin sports a horizontal wrinkle, then it’s time to conserve your energy and reduce unnecessary activity. Historically such lines were observed on the elderly or people who had squandered their root vitality, and so it’s aptly termed a “retirement line.” (Unless, that is, you were born with an upturned chin that forms a crease; these characteristics may indicate a stubborn streak as the phrase “stick your chin out” suggests.)
Today acquired (versus hereditary) creases are becoming increasingly common among people well under retirement age. In the two photos immediately below, we can see the start of a chin wrinkle in the 35-year-old woman’s chin on the left and a more defined crease in the 61-year-old woman’s face on the right.
What my chin-crease clients have in common is that various dietary and lifestyle challenges have affected their root (or in Chinese terms, kidney) energy.
Topping the list of such insults are caffeine and other stimulants, drugs, overwork, stress, sedentary lifestyle (or extreme exercise), overall poor diet or a raw foods diet. Note: consuming excessive raw, frozen or cold foods is especially challenging to adrenal and kidney function.
Just being a senior doesn’t bestow a retirement line. Here’s a recent octogenarian client who doesn’t have a horizontal chin crease. She still travels and is a semi-retired counselor. 
So what to do if your mirror reveals a line forming on your chin? You’d best learn to love it for the only way to “erase” it is with a Botox injection. While that may assuage your vanity, it will do nothing to boost your energy. Or use that crease as a wake-up call to better conserve your overall core kidney energy so that you might live a full and active life for years to come. Here are some basic guidelines to rebuild your energy:
- Enjoy a diet of freshly prepared whole foods
- Avoid stimulants, drugs and toxins
- Get adequate rest (ideally retire by 10 p.m.)
- Exercise; qigong and tai chi specifically rebuild core energy
Excellent foods to strengthen core energy include root vegetables, seaweed, bone stock, meat, and beans. So if your otherwise perfect chin displays a crease, not to worry. Rather, value it as a reminder not to drive yourself so hard. Find ways to decrease your responsibilities and cultivate more relaxation. Now that’s not a bad prescription!
For more Face Reading details, see the blog or click here for a few paragraphs on how I learned this fascinating art.
I love my chin crease! I didn’t even realize that most people did not have one until my daughter pointed out that my son has the same one. Now I have been researching and noticing that it is not common. I love being unique and yes I am strong in my convictions as is my son.
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Yes! Rejoice in your individual features and the fascinating stories they tell. Wouldn’t it be boring if no one had a chin crease or if all of our features were cosmetically “perfect.”
I found this website after seeing a picture of an elderly Bertrand Russell who has a significant horizontal crease going above his chin. It almost looks like someone has scored his chin with a knife.
What a crease Russel has! Thanks for mentioning this, Hanna. If you look at his photos as a young man, the crease was only an inch wide. Indeed faces and how they change is fascinating.
I have a slight clef chin and a crease just above my chin near my mouth since birth. My mom told me it was a birth defect. Some guy asked me if the line was a scar on my chin. I don’t think it looks bad at all, in fact, I think I am pretty. I have light blue eyes! But I have always felt that everyone that sees me thinks I am very ugly. I am not fat or too short or anything, but I feel my mouth and chin are deformed ha. Oh well, no money for fixing it probably due to the sight of it.
Lily, how wonderful that you delight in your perfect chin. Rest there. We can’t really know what others think, and trying to imagine or guess what they’re thinking is crazy making! Please continue to enjoy your one-of-a-kind beauty.
I’m 16 and I have chin crease. How I remove it? Help.
When congenital it reflects a pronounced chin which denotes gumption. Be proud of it and all of who you are.
I was born with a chin crease. It looks like the photo to the right.
my 10 month old baby has a horizontal wrinkle on his chin!he’s also got a dimple in the bottom;he gets it from his dad.his chin is just like tht & he doesn’t like it so he grew a goatee;I hope my son won’t be self conscious about it but he’s really beautiful.a quarter black with green eyes & a really nice skin tone
He sounds gorgeous and has every reason to be proud of his chin crease. When you’re born with it, it shows pluck!
I’m a girl and I’m 15 years old. My chin crease has been a problem for me for a long time. I’ve had it since I can remember. Is there any way to get rid of it? Why have I got it? My mum and nana has it too! Thanks
Jess…your chin crease is obviously just perfect and probably an indicator that you’re a gal with spunk who is willing to stand up for what’s right rather than being a push-over. Be proud of all that you are. When a chin crease develops in adulthood, that indicates an energy deficiency.
I have had a chin crease since I was a child. I had always thought this was something you were born with, coincidentally amongst family and friends we call it a ‘chinkle’ (chin-wrinkle). Very interesting to read your post about face reading as I too have been studying a lot of ‘traditional’ medicine and diagnosis since living in Korea, were face reading is also a common practice.. Although I was born with this physical trait I dp feel it has slightly deepened as I’ve grown older. Thanks for sharing and curious to know if anyone else out there was simply born with a horizontal ‘chinkle’!
You’re not alone. People born with upturned chins and subsequent “chinkles” have gumption. Flaunt it!
As to its becoming deeper over the years, flesh tends to lose tone as we age and that might explain the deeper crease. But take an inventory of your overall kidney energy to determine if there’s also some energy deficiency..
Thank you for the information! I am in the process of getting my doctorate in Natural Health. I have touched on many forms of reading the body. Lip reading is one I have heard of but never learned anything about it. So, Thank you again for the information. Very interesting!
What if you were born with a chin crease? What does that mean? Thanks!
I’ve never seen a baby with a chin crease.Did you have one as an infant? If so, would you be willing to send and share the photo?
Perhaps you had a dimple or vertical cleft? They have a completely different meaning than the horizontal crease exemplified by the first two photos in this blog.
I have had a chin crease since I was born and I was wandering why because i am the only one in my family with one?
There’s more than genetics that determine your appearances. Enjoy that crease! What else to do?
this will help our qigong class
face reading is very accurate!