Japanese individuals are now paying professionals to teach them how to smile again after spending three years wearing masks as a result of Covid.
Japan has lifted pandemic restrictions, abolishing lingering border inspections last week and lifting mask bans in March.
Japan has lifted pandemic restrictions, abolishing lingering border inspections last week and lifting mask bans in March.
According to Mail Online, some people are still wearing their surgical masks outside, while others fear they’ve been wearing the mask for so long that they’ve lost how to grin.
Others are concerned that smiling now will not appear genuine, while others are simply concerned about revealing the world the lower half of their face again, according to the research.
Many people are looking to professionals to help them recapture their cheery faces.
‘Grin trainer’ Miho Kitano told the Japan Times: ‘I’ve heard from people who claim that even if they can remove their masks, they don’t want to display the bottom half of their faces, or that they don’t know how to grin anymore.
