Face exercisesFeel better, look youngerA page devoted to face exercises on a site geared to healthy exercise? Why not? While face exercises don’t specifically improve health, following a smart exercise program will improve your facial appearance.
So, we want to improve skin appearance & do something like face lift exercise. 1) For skin health, many factors contribute to youthfulness. Smoking, diet & stress are just 3 factors in how well your skin defends itself against Father Time. Our focus is on effects of exercise on the skin in the face & neck area. Before discussing benefits of exercise on facial appearance here is a link to our sister site’s page on the need for healthy water intake for good looking skin. Click for information on
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Best selling author, Dr. Perricone essentially touted a strategy for making you look younger which was really the same strategy for keeping healthy. Certainly, exercise is one of the most important prongs of a health plan & it too improves facial skin appearance. There are many reasons for this but the best one is that exercise improves blood quality & cardiovascular health. The improvement occurring in your blood & major systems like heart & lungs will effect your skin. Healthy blood will reach your face, removing impurities & building healthy skin. The benefits of exercise include improving your blood quality & cardiovascular system. The best way to do that is with aerobic & interval exercise. For more on aerobic & interval fitness:
Aerobic exercise program
Also, don’t discount the effects of exercise that is gentle & consistent like a good walking program. Face exercises are not miracles. Miracles occur instantaneously. That wont happen here. But if you give it from a few weeks to a few months (be patient) you should certainly see improvements in appearance. Do face exercises almost daily cutting back as you achieve goals to 3 - 4 times weekly. 2)For 40-somethings, & a lot is happening beneath the skin. Shifting collagen, accumulating fat deposits, loss of muscle tone. All contribute to droop & bloat that characterizes middle age. Many run for cosmetic surgery with, yeah let’s say it, mixed results. But the best thing you can do for those muscles is essentially face lift exercises like the ones outlines below. Now, while the clock can’t be reversed indefinitely you can certainly improve the droop & shifts that happen naturally as we age. Facial exercises targeted specifically to facial muscles should help to firm them up to more youthful proportions & better support the overlying skin. There are 10 groups of muscles that make up the face and scalp, on the forehead, the cheeks, around the eyes, within the chin, around the lips & in the neck. Also toning the muscles in your face will give your face smoother skin, a natural lift, a younger look, and an overall brighter appearance. Below are a series of exercises for the facial area that will improve the muscles beneath skin. You may also consult our page on snoring exercises because they too improve facial appearance.
Face Exercises for Neck & Throat
* Sit straight and lean your head towards back. Look at the ceiling, keeping your lips closed and after that, start a chewing movement. You will experience that muscles in your neck and throat area are working. Repeat this facial exercise 20 times. * Sit straight and lean your head towards back. Look at the ceiling while keeping your lips closed and relaxed. Begin puckering your lips jointly in a kiss and stretch the kiss, as if you are trying to kiss the ceiling. Keep your lips in the same position for 10 counts. Relax and return your head in the same position. Repeat this face lift exercise 5 times. Face Exercises for Eyes* Sit straight up. Eyes closed and relaxed. Lift eyebrows while trying to stretch your eyelids down as far as possible. Stay in this position for 5 counts. Relax and repeat facial exercise 5 times.* Sit straight. Eyes open, look ahead. Look up and then down keeping your head still. Repeat 10 times. Then look left and right in the same way. Repeat 10 times. Face Exercises for Forehead* Do an exaggerated frown. Bring your eyebrows over your eyes while pulling the eyebrows toward each other. Then lift your eyebrows as high as possible opening your eyes as wide as possible. Repeat facial exercise 5 times.* Sit straight facing forward and bring your eyebrows down over your eyes. Wrinkle up your nose while flaring your nostrils. Count to 10, relax. Repeat 5 times. Face Exercises for Lips & Mouth area* Sit straight facing forward. Pucker lips together. Lift puckered lips towards nose. Keep position for 5 counts. Relax & repeat facial exercise 5 times.* Bring lips into a puckered kiss. Relaxing the kiss, keeping lips closed, curl your lips into your mouth across your teeth. Hold position for 10 counts. Repeat 5 times. Face Exercises for Cheeks* Sit straight facing forward. Keep lips closed and relaxed. Using the cheek muscles, pucker and pout your lips. Hold position for 10 counts. Relax and repeat facial exercise 10 times.* Keeping lips closed, smile in a relaxed manner. Suck in your cheeks towards and on to your jaws. Hold position for 10 counts. Relax and repeat 10 times. If you liked our page on face exercises & want to get our helpful info every month, subscribe to our free monthly newsletter: HEALTHY WORLD DIGEST You'll receive anywhere from 5 - 10 healthy “nuggets” of information to get you feeling & looking your best. Just fill in our brief eZine subscription form & start to take charge of your life easily, today, right now. We promise. Click 2 go from face exercises to home |
