Whether it is from sun damage, lifestyle choices or simply the natural passage of time, our faces often give away our age through sagging skin and wrinkles. Over time, your skin loses its elasticity and begins to sag and loosen, but with exercise you can help reverse this process. Talk to your doctor before beginning any of these exercises in order to determine whether your facial condition is the result of a more serious medical problem.
Forehead Tightening Exercise
The website AntiAgingSkinCareGuide.com says this exercise can be a way to alleviate annoying forehead wrinkles. Begin by putting two fingers on your forehead slightly above your eyebrows. Pull down the skin of your forehead using your fingers and lift your eyebrows while using your fingers to create resistance to the eyebrow lift. The website recommends that you perform thirty repetitions of this exercise per set and do three sets a day.
Jowl Tightening Exercise
Press your fingertips along those lines that appear along the outside of your nostrils and your mouth. Hold your fingers there and smile as wide as possible while pressing down with your fingers. Hold this contraction for about 5 seconds and then relax. Repeat 30 times, the website FacialExercisesGuide.com recommends.
Full Face Tightening Exercise
This exercise is recommended on the facial exercise page at TheBeautyTips.com as a way to tighten the skin on your face. It is performed by opening your mouth as wide as you can while simultaneously opening your eyes as wide as possible. Hold this position for several seconds and then return to the relaxed position. According to the website you should repeat this exercise 5 times while looking straight ahead and repeat it 5 times each with your head turned to the left and right. You may find it effective to look into a mirror when performing this exercise.
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