Facefitness is a natural method for young skin without injections and expensive cosmetic procedures. Exercise strengthens the facial muscles and thus firms the skin around the eyes, forehead, cheeks and chin. Regularly performed, they can give surprising results - reduce wrinkles, improve the contours of the face, and eliminate puffiness under the eyes. See what facial gymnastics is all about and try out 8 examples of exercises.
Contents:
- Facial gymnastics - what is it?
- Facial gymnastics - effects
- Facial gymnastics - how to exercise?
- Facial gymnastics - example exercises
Facial gymnastics( facefitness ) includes exercises to strengthen the muscles around the forehead, eyes, cheeks and chin. Usually we are not aware that their condition has a huge impact on our appearance. We train the abdomen, arms and buttocks to make the skin look thin and plump, but we forget that the facial muscles work in the same way - the stronger they are, the more elastic, firm and radiant the complexion is. That is why every woman who wants to keep her youthful appearance for many years should include facial gymnastics in her training plan. 7 minutes a day is enough to extend your youth for at least several years.
Facefitness - what is it?
Regularity is the most important thing in facial gymnastics - permanent results can be obtained first by exercising every day, and then 3 times a week.
Facial gymnastics has long been very popular in the West. No wonder, since facefitness instructors usually look at least 10 years younger than they really are. They owe their radiant appearance to exercises that involve tightening and relaxing various parts of the facial muscles. Usually, this involves making weird faces or pinching or grabbing certain parts of the skin with your fingers.
Regularly performed facial gymnastics stimulates the production of collagen, which is a protein responsible for skin elasticity, the proper level of skin hydration and regeneration of damaged cells. In addition, facefitness improves the skin's blood supply, thanks to which it becomes better oxygenated and nourished. That's allmakes the face age more slowly.
Facefitness - effects
The first effects of facial gymnastics can be seen after about 4 weeks of systematic exercise. In order for the result to last, it must be repeated constantly and combined with appropriate care based on regular exfoliation and moisturizing of the skin. The effects will appear even faster if we add a daily facial firming massage to the exercises.
The effects of facial gymnastics include:
- smoothing wrinkles on the forehead, around the eyes and lips;
- smoothing the nasolabial furrows;
- lifting drooping cheeks;
- reducing the double chin;
- reduction of dark circles and puffiness under the eyes;
- improvement of the overall condition of the skin, which becomes smoother, more elastic and better supplied with blood.
Moreover, facefitness makes the general expression of the face change - the corners of the lips and eyes are raised, eyebrows and cheeks are raised, the skin becomes a he althy color. As a result of daily exercise, the signs of tension and fatigue disappear, the face seems more cheerful and relaxed.
Facefitness - how to exercise?
Repeat the following exercises 10 times each - no more, as your facial muscles can easily be overtrained. Training should be carried out daily for about 7 minutes, and after a month - when the muscles are already getting stronger - it is enough to repeat it prophylactically 3 times a week.
Before exercising, thoroughly remove your makeup and wash your hands. This is necessary because gymnastics requires you to touch your face, which can contaminate your face and cause breakouts. After exercising, apply oil or nourishing cream to your skin and give your muscles a massage that will relax your muscles.
Sample facefitness exercises:
Facefitness - warm-up
As before every training session, you should also warm up before exercising your facial muscles. Begin by lightly tapping the entire face with your fingertips, starting from the forehead, through the cheeks, chin, nose and forehead again. Then, use your index finger and thumb to gently pinch the skin (but make sure not to stretch it or pinch it between your fingers). Spend about 1.5 minutes warming up.
Facefitness - exercise for forehead wrinkles
Place your index fingers above your eyebrows. Lightly press the skin with your fingers and at the same time raise your eyebrows as if you are making a surprised face. Pressing down on your fingers, resist the rising eyebrows to feel the tension. Take turns raising and lowering eyebrows 10 times.
Facefitness -lion's wrinkle between the eyebrows exercise
Place the bottom of your hand between your eyebrows and the top (fingers) on top of your head. Firmly press the bottom of the hand against the space between the eyebrows - this is one repetition. Remember not to take your hand away from your head, while exercising, it should be fully close to your forehead.
Face fitness - exercise for wrinkles around the eyes (1)
With your middle fingers, very gently pull the skin at the outer corner towards the temples. Squint your eyes, but don't close them completely. Relax and squint again. Repeat 10 times.
Face fitness - exercise for wrinkles around the eyes (2)
Place your index and middle fingers about 0.5 centimeters under the eyes (closer to the outer corner of the eye). Very gently pull the skin down. Squint your eyes, but don't close them completely. Take turns relaxing and squinting 10 times.
Face fitness - exercise for nasolabial folds
Close your mouth and place your tongue over your front teeth. Hold for 5 seconds with your lips pressed tightly together. Relax and repeat the exercise. Do a total of 10 repetitions.
See also: Lip augmentation exercises
Facefitness - exercise for smoker's wrinkles and lip augmentation
Put your lips together and suck them in between your teeth. Hold for 5 seconds and relax. Repeat 10 times.
Facefitness - exercise for the other chin (1)
Straighten your hand and place it under your chin (palm facing down). Press the back of your hand against your chin and at the same time open your mouth saying "O". Repeat 10 times.
Face fitness - exercise for the second chin (2)
Put your head forward as if you want to lengthen your neck. At the same time, extend the lower jaw, positioning the lower teeth in front of the upper ones. Hold for 5 seconds and retract the head and lower jaw. Do 10 repetitions.