| Staggering amounts of money are spent daily on | | | | fillers that plump up the skin where there is |
| cosmetics and skin care products that promise to | | | | creasing or a sunken appearance. Some |
| lift, firm and tighten our faces. How many of us | | | | injectables paralyze the muscles, relaxing the skin |
| use a product for just a few weeks before | | | | so wrinkles are less apparent. These expensive |
| purchasing yet another product? Do we jump | | | | fillers are being injected at an alarming rate and |
| from item to item because we really don’t | | | | the patients seeking treatments are younger than |
| see a visible improvement and we feel | | | | ever. Even though these fillers may temporarily |
| disappointed in the results? | | | | ease the look of aging, the results will not last and |
| The ads are so compelling and we want to | | | | will need to be repeated many, many times over |
| believe that we can look younger and healthier | | | | a lifetime. These fillers only mask aging and the |
| just by topically applying the latest and greatest | | | | user will continue to experience sagging facial |
| discovery. Maybe that will happen one day but for | | | | muscles. |
| most of us, using certain skincare items and | | | | So what is the secret to stop an aging face? |
| cosmetic aids has not been helpful in the | | | | It’s exercise – Facial Exercise. Just |
| long-term because Mother Nature continues to | | | | like the body responds to Pilates, weight training, |
| tromp across our faces causing us to look older. | | | | sit ups, etc., your face will look younger and |
| When we look at our faces in a mirror, if | | | | healthier with exercise. |
| we’re over 40, the aging we see | | | | Just any old exercise won’t do; isometric |
| isn’t usually about wrinkles. The aging we | | | | and resistance type exercises work for your face |
| see is looseness in our skin; maybe we see tired, | | | | just like exercise works for the body. Facial |
| sagging eyelids developing or a deepening nose to | | | | muscles need exercise; the motions and |
| mouth fold or line. Our jaw probably isn’t | | | | movements we make daily aren’t |
| quite as distinguished as it was a few years back | | | | considered exercise because there is no |
| as it slides downward into the neck. Maybe this | | | | resistance. No matter if you’re singing, |
| face is beginning to resemble your older relatives. | | | | yawning or yelling; these movements |
| Is your face puffy and would you like to see it | | | | aren’t sufficient to create a younger |
| have more contours? No skin care or cosmetic | | | | looking face. The reason is that facial muscles |
| product that can do that. Even dieting cannot | | | | attach to bone on one end and the other end of |
| produce the firm, toned, youthful face you | | | | the muscle weaves over and under other |
| remember in your 20’s; in fact, dieting | | | | muscles. It is only when special anchoring |
| alone may deplete the fat underneath the skin | | | | techniques are applied that a contraction can be |
| making you look older than your years. | | | | caused in the muscle or muscle group; this |
| There are several avenues to address a droopy | | | | contracting motion then allows the muscles to |
| face but only one solution. | | | | become fuller, plumper and more youthfully |
| Many men and women seek plastic surgery to | | | | positioned. This action lifts the face. |
| help correct signs of aging. Facelifts, eye lifts, and | | | | Imagine applying these techniques for a few |
| brow lifts are prevalent but they are only a | | | | weeks and looking 10-15 years younger without |
| temporary solution. The risk involved to | | | | invasive or costly procedures. You create the look |
| one’s health and bank account is dreadful. | | | | of a face lift and save a ton of money with no |
| Infection, loss of sensation, slow healing time and | | | | risk to your health or your savings. You can keep |
| unexpected outcomes are just a few potential | | | | the aging process in abeyance, feel revitalized, and |
| complications one can experience from surgical | | | | look healthier and younger just by exercising your |
| procedures. | | | | face a few minutes each day. |
| Another temporary avenue available is injected | | | | |