Face fitness: exercise instead of plastic surgery

The new buzzword face-fitness is increasingly appearing on the pages of women's magazines. The innovative direction is based on exercises and facial massage, which can smooth out wrinkles, sharpen the oval of the face, remove puffiness and visually rejuvenate. This technique is also called face yoga, face building and face shaping. Whatever the procedure is called , the results make you exclaim in surprise: "Wow!".

Find out which face fitness exercises will help you look younger and not even think about plastic surgery and beauty shots.

• Why wrinkles and swellings of the face appear
• Face fitness muscle relaxation exercises
• What you need to know before starting face fitness
• At at what age can you start yoga for the face

Why wrinkles and swellings of the face appear

The biggest misconception is that the muscles of the face become weak and flabby       the skin sags, bags, wrinkles and swellings appear. In fact, everything is due to muscle hypertonicity. They are too often in  high tension, and this deforms the skin.

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There are about 100 muscles on the     of           ) Most of  — chewing and mimic. It is they who are involved in the formation of the oval of the face. The muscles of the head are motionless, but they are responsible for "fullness" faces. Therefore, if they are in good shape, your face will swell.

Face fitness exercises to relax muscles

Before correcting your face, you need to relax your muscles as much as possible. To do this, use massage and exercises.

Relaxing the nasolabial part

Close your teeth, but make sure they are not tightly clenched. Take a cap or wine cork with your lips. Hold with lips only for 20-30 seconds. The small size of the object is important so that wrinkles do not appear above and below the lips. This exercise relaxes the lower part of the face and over time makes the lips plumper and sexy.

2 exercises for forehead muscles

1. Place your hand on your forehead as if taking your temperature. Don't press too hard on the forehead. The bottom line of the hand should be located above the eyebrows. Then raise your eyebrows as if you're surprised. You need to perform this exercise twice a day at least 20 times.

2. Place two fingers over the bridge of your nose between your eyebrows. Move your fingers along the line of the eyebrows to the side of the temples. Do not press your fingers tightly against your face so as not to stretch the skin.

Relaxing the cheeks and  periphery of the face

Spread your fingers a little, place them on the middle of the face along the nose up to the chin. The index and middle fingers are above the lips, the ring and little fingers — under the lower lip and on the chin. Move your hands from the center to the temples and ears, gently rising up. During this massage, you can use a face cream.

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What is important to know before starting face fitness

Before you start any exercises, you need to understand a little about human physiology. Any facial gym coach first of all talks about blood circulation.

If you have problems with the cervical region, salt deposits or blockage of blood vessels, then you must first get rid of everything. This is necessary so that the blood in sufficient volumes flows to the muscles of the face and head. Otherwise, all exercises and massages will be ineffective, and in some cases, will give the opposite effect — the skin will sag and the number of wrinkles will increase.

In parallel with Facebook building, pay attention to your posture. Warm up with a special gymnastic roller. It will help stimulate blood flow to the head. This means that all the muscles of the face and head will receive enough oxygen from blood and will be able to function properly.

At at what age can you start yoga for the face

There are no categorical age limits, but it has been proven that after 30 years, the skin begins to regenerate more slowly, metabolism and other important physiological processes slow down, and this negatively affects the skin. Therefore, the optimal age — starting from 30 years.

If you are under 30 years old, but you want and love to take care of yourself, start with the basics: with relaxing techniques. And do do use exercises with lifting effect.

The best option — take a consultation with an experienced face-building coach. It will help to figure out which areas should be worked harder, and which should not be involved at all.

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