(Warning: Do not attempt in public spaces if youd like to retain a sense of dignity).
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Check out three facial exercises for women that will help lift and tighten your skin.
How Do Facial Exercises Work?
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Facial exercise works on your facial muscles to increase their strength, Lindh explains.
While you do them, youre actually helping to re-contour your face in a way.
As we age, the more collagen we lose, which results in sagging, drooping, and wrinkles.
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Muscle is muscle, Lindh says.
What Are the Benefits of Facial Exercises?
When you do facial exercises, youre contouring your face and shaping it up, she says.
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Doing them consistently will also increase blood circulation, and therefore increase your glow.
Others claim facial exercise can release tension, reduce lines, and rejuvenate skin.
Jackson notes, though, that what facial exercises willnotdo is thicken the skin.
She adds that there are no clinical trials that show a significant benefit of facial exercises.
Lindh says that doing these exercises will make your face feel tired at first, but thats normal.
Itll feel like youve been smiling all day.
Exercise 1: Fish Lips
1.
Suck in your cheeks like a fish, with your lips pursed.2.
With your lips still pursed, smile as hard as you might.
Hold for 10 seconds.4.
Do four reps once a day.
Exercise 2: Kiss Face
1.
Pout your lips like youre about to kiss someone.2.
Smile as hard as you could with your lips still pursed.
(ensure to keep your eyes relaxed.)3.
Hold for 10 seconds.4.
Exercise 3: The Whistler
Part One1.
Make an O with your lips, like youre going to whistle.2.
Smile as hard as you’re free to, with your lips still forward in the O shape.3.
Hold for 10 seconds.4.
Repeat steps one and two from Part One.2.
Pump your cheek muscles up and down 12 times with your lips still in an O shape.3.
How Long Does It Take to See Results?
Lindh swears that her natural, filler-free technique will plump up volume loss.
She recommends doing these three exercises all in a row every day.
I tell my model clients to do these exercises before they go on the runway, Lindh says.
It wakes your skin up instantly!
Thats why it’s crucial that you focus on relaxing your eyes, she says.
Relax everywhere else in your face, and just focus on the muscles on your cheeks.
It might take a few days, but youll notice which muscle youre supposed to be working.
Cleveland Clinic.What you’re gonna wanna know about aging skin.
Updated December 18, 2020.
