subject: A Secret Trick Called Facial Exercises [print this page] A good way to maintain a very healthy and very young appearance is by the performance of certain face fitness techniques. Facial muscles are only attached to the skin that is on top of them, rather than bone (like skeletal muscles.) Aging causes these muscles to lose some elasticity, which causes skin sagging and increases wrinkles.
Dedication and up most commitment are an important part of this, and the results will not occur immediately; you are going to have to really work to get results. That said, lines (especially fine lines) and sagging will be reduced eventually, and your muscle tone will be improved.
Doing facial exercises is important for old people and young people; it doesn't matter how old you are, your face is always going to age and you should always be doing some sort of exercise to combat it. Such exercise can reduce overall puffiness and eye discoloration and increase the face's general glow.
But when you are doing these exercises, you have to really understand the muscles in your face and how these muscles control our faces. They work together in concert which makes us smile, frown, scowl and create countless other expressions.
One of the best ways to keep your face from getting wrinkles is by going through certain facial exercises every day. It doesn't take much time; in ten minutes a day, you can perform the exercises that will keep your skin maintained. You can perform these anywhere and anytime you desire.
Facial exercises can be broken down into working these different muscles sets separately and together. Before starting any facial exercises, it's important to lubricate the skin lightly with oil or water. To improve muscle tone around the eyes, a simple set of exercises should be performed. This simple exercise is done by partially winking the eye and holding it for a second. There is no need to exaggerate this notion or to scrunch the eye up. Perform fifty of these winks with each eye each day.
Strengthening mouth muscles can be done through stretching. Put your fingers inside corners of the mouth and stretch. The point of this is not to bend your mouth out of shape, but to tighten the muscles surrounding the mouth by creating pressure against the fingers. Stretch the mouth just about a fourth of an inch.
Neck muscles can lose a great deal of tone over time. To tighten those muscles, tilt your head back slightly, somewhere between twenty and thirty degrees. During the process of tilting you head back, press your tongue against the roof of your mouth. You should feel tension just under your chin and in your neck muscles. To complete the exercise, tilt your chin back down leaving your tongue against the top of your mouth. Repeat this motion twenty to thirty times each day and you will see tighter tone in your neck muscles.
Taking care of your face is important. As we age, we can take on a haggard look as wrinkles and sagging appear. If you want to avoid these signs of aging, you can add these facial exercises plus others to your daily schedule.
by: Jen Hopkins
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