Your face has muscles too just like any other part of the body. But unlike other skeletal muscles the facial muscles are directly attached to skin above them. So essentially when your facial muscles lose their elasticity and toning the skin attached to them starts sagging.
You cannot defy age. Wrinkles will appear as you age along. What you can do is ensure there is no premature sagging or wrinkling of your skin. Facial exercises, for clear skin, can help you achieve this quite easily and harmlessly.
If you are persistent with the facial exercises you will see improve skin tone with a reduction in wrinkles and crows feet. It will also improve your facial appearance by toning up your cheek muscles, chin and neckline.
There are three muscle groups that you need work on to ensure a toned face.
- The muscles around your eyes
- The muscles around your cheek bones and mouth
- Neckline and chin muscles
Here are some simple facial exercises that really work which you can do on daily basis to ensure proper toning of your facial muscles. Make sure you wash your hands thoroughly and moisten your face before performing these exercises.
Exercise one
This is for your eye muscles. It helps minimize crow’s feet around your eyes and provides a nice brow lift. The idea is to work your upper and lower eyelids together.
A nice illustration is provided in the following youtube video: eye muscle exercise video
Exercise two
This exercise works great to tone up the muscles around your cheek bones and remove the sagging lines around your mouth. Your cheeks will look more full and toned if you practice this work out regularly.
The idea is to open your mouth slightly wide and smile with your lips inverted inside your mouth and lift your face upwards. Maintain the position for 10 seconds and relax. Repeat at least 10 times.
You can get a better idea by watching this youtube video: cheek and mouth muscle toning
Exercise three
You can make your neck look more shapely and tone up your chin muscles with this workout. Perform close to 10 repetitions of this exercise holding each position for 5 seconds.
It’s difficult to illustrate this exercise in words so you can understand it better by watching the this video on youtube: Neck and chin toning
Other simple exercises you can perform on your facial muscles are as below. These facial exercises work wonders to avoid wrinkles and sagging prematurely.
- Rub your hands together to generate heat. Place your hands flat on your face and give it a taunt massage using circular movements.
- Using your hands stretch your face back to the ears. Your lips should feel stretched flat. Now blow out air in a manner that vibrates your lips (blowing a strawberry).
- Stretch your face up completely (without using your hands) by opening your mouth fully wide, opening your eyes wide, sticking your tongue out fully and raising your eye brows. Relax back to normal after 5 seconds.
If you work on your facial muscles regularly they will stay toned and taut giving your face a beautiful structure while minimizing your wrinkles. The improved blood flow would help your face look more pink and radiant.
Botox and artificial face lifts are expensive and unnatural solutions which are better left alone. Facial exercises help keep your facial skin healthy, clear and elastic naturally for long.
If you are disciplined in performing these exercises at least 4-5 times a week, you will see visible results in a span of a month. You can document the results by keeping a record of your facial appearance (using a video preferably). When you see the results it will motivate you to stick to the exercise regime.