Facial Exercise

With advancing age our skin looses its elasticity. The skin around our eyes and chin starts to sag. How do you maintain a youthful appearance? Regular facial exercise keeps those fine lines from appearing and helps you to retain that youthful look. Facial exercises are also used to treat certain medical conditions, pertaining to the facial area.

 

Benefits of facial exercise

• Regular exercise helps to tone the muscles, improves elasticity and thereby prevents the skin from sagging.
• It improves blood circulation and relieves the tension of facial muscles.
• Exercising the face muscles is recommended by medical partitioner to treat patients suffering from TMJ. This is a faulty movement of a facial joint that results in headaches, pain and other discomforts.
• It can also be used for reducing excess fat in the face.
• You can do it at home standing in front of your mirror.

Types of facial exercise

• There are special exercises for taking care of double chin problems.
• Cheek exercises help to reduce the excess fat and also tones the muscles, preventing them from sagging.
• For toning the areas around the eyes, there are special eye exercises.
• Specific exercises for your forehead relaxes you and keeps the fine lines from appearing. There are exercises designed to treat headaches as well.

Facial exercise tips

• It is suggested that you consult a professional expert before starting any exercises.
• Remember to take breaks between any two forms of exercise.
• There is no instant cure, only regular practice shows effective results.