Your eyes are the windows to your soul and as you begin to age, so do your eyes. To erase the signs of aging around your eyes, facial exercises may help. They can help reduce sagging skin around the eyes and develop stronger upper and lower eyelids. They aid in reducing puffiness and relax eye tension.
Experts
Carole Maggio is the owner and developer of of Facercise and has produced books and CDs that describe her facial exercises. She has worked with actors and actresses and has her own studio where she conducts group and private facial exercise lessons. Coreena Ong is a Chinese herbalist specialist and owner of Vitasence. She also is the author of "Nature's Spa-DIY Beauty Treatments" and "Nature's Treats: Recipes for Wellness." Ong has developed her own facial exercises that are commonly used in Chinese medicine.
Carole Maggio's Eye Enhancer
Place your middle finger up high in between your eyebrows. Place your index fingers, lightly, at your outer eye corners. Squint up with the lower eyelid strong. Squint and release. Repeat the squint and release 10 times total. On the last squint, hold the squint and shut your eyes tight. Hold the eyes shut for 40 seconds.
Carole Maggio's Lower Eyelid Strengthener
Place your middle fingers in the inside corner of your eyes and place your index finger on the outer corner of your eyes. Squint up with your lower eyelid strong. Squint and release 10 times. On the 10th time, hold the lower eyelid squint for 40 seconds.
Coreena Ong's Eye Relaxing Exercise
Rub you palms together until they feel warm. Place your palms gently over your eye area. Hold your palms over your eyes for as long as you like or until your eye area feels relaxed. This simple eye exercise helps relax your entire eye area. It reduces eye puffiness, soothes tension and helps relieve headaches, states Ong.
Coreena Ong's Close and Release Exercise
Open your eyes wide. Grab the skin of the corner of your eyes. Use your thumb and index finger to hold the skin. Pull the skin tight and make sure that it is fully anchored between your fingers. Close your eyes very tightly together and then release. Hold eyes shut only for a few seconds. Repeat the close and release exercise 20 times. This eye exercise strengthens you orbicularis oculi muscle and it will flatten undereye bags.
Coreena Ong's Upper Eyelid Exercise
The upper eyelid is controlled by the levator palpebral and is very important in preventing droopy upper eyelids, says Ong. Use your thumb and index finger to grab the skin on your upper eyelids very gently. Pull the skin together. Then try to open your eyes as wide as you can and the close. Ong explains that in the beginning it may be difficult to fully open your eyes all the way, but to continue to try. Soon you will be able to open your eyelids all the way. She purports it is similar to weight lifting for your upper eyelids.
References
- Carole Maggio Facercises
- Coreena Ong
- Carole Maggio Facercise; Carole Maggio; 2002
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