Exercising your facial muscles may help you to tighten your skin and reduce wrinkles when done daily. There are several different types of movements that you can do that can tone and tighten the muscles in your forehead, cheeks, chin and neck and give you a more youthful, vibrant appearance.
Forehead
To tighten the skin and muscles on your forehead simply place the tips of your index and middle fingers just above your eyes. As you gently pull your eyes down with your fingers raise your eyebrows as high as you can. Hold this facial expression for 5 seconds and release. Repeat this exercise 10 times at least once a day to optimize your results.
Cheeks
If you have a "chubby" appearance to your cheeks doing simple exercises that work this area of the face may have some effect in reducing the fullness. To preform this cheek exercise start with your fingers on the apples of your cheeks. Apply firm downward pressure as you smile as wide as you can. This is a resistance exercise which can tighten and tone the muscles in your cheeks if done daily. Hold this position for 5 seconds and release back to the starting position. Repeat this movement 10 more times.
Chin
If you have a problem with a double chin it is due to fat deposits in this area of your face. To assist you with this problem sometimes doing chin exercises alone is not enough. Incorporating healthy eating patterns into a light facial exercise routine can help you to not only tone the muscles but reduce the amount of fat that is deposited in this area. To begin your chin exercise tilt your head back as far as is comfortable. You should feel a gentle stretch in your neck. Hold this position for 5 seconds and release. Repeat 10 times.
Neck
You may notice that as you age the skin in your neck loosens and sags. This is caused by loss of muscle tone and elasticity in your skin. Sometimes doing simple exercises can help you to gain some muscle mass which fills out and tightens the skin. One exercise begins by tilting your head back until you are looking straight at the ceiling. Raise your chin slightly until you feel a stretch. Push your bottom lip out and up, imagining that you are trying to touch your nose. Hold this position for 5 seconds and release. Repeat 10 times.
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