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Facial Exercises Cultivate A Healthy And Youthful Face

by Jen Hopkins

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.

One way to maintain a healthful and young looking face is by doing face exercises. By allocating as little as ten minutes a day to regular face exercises, skin tone can be maintained and wrinkles resisted. These face exercises can be done at anytime during the day and don't require any special equipment or going to a gym.

An effective facial exercise program does require dedication and commitment, though. It is important to remember when you start a facial exercise program that results will not appear overnight, but fine lines and sagging can be reduced over time. The other added benefit is that these exercises will improve overall muscle tone in the face.

Facial exercises are not just for older people, but should be considered by younger people as well. Doing regular exercises can help reduce puffiness and discoloration around the eyes and provide the face with tone and general over all healthy glow.

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.

To improve the muscles around the mouth requires a little stretching. You gently insert your fingers at the corners of your mouth and pull. The key to this exercise is not to stretch your mouth out, but to constrict the facial muscles around the mouth, creating a small amount of tension against the fingers. Only extend your mouth about a quarter of an inch.

One thing that can lose a lot of tone is your neck muscles. One good way to tighten these muscles it to tilt your head back anywhere from twenty to about thirty degrees. When you do this, press your tongue to the top of your mouth cavity. If you are doing it right you will feel tension in the area under your chin. After that, tilt your chin down and keep your tongue on top of your mouth. Do this 20 to 30 times and you will eventually see a tighter neck muscle tone.

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.

Jen Hopkins has worked in the anti wrinkle skin care industry for years. She maintains websites about face exercise, and facial exercise. If you want to contact her, you can use the contact form at one of her sites.

Published December 8th, 2009

Filed in Health