Face Exercise :
| Correcting Flabbiness Under Chin | |||||||
| Step 1 | Lift chin slightly upward. | ||||||
| Step 2 | With flat point of index and middle fingers press against indentation (hollow) formed by the two upper nodules of the larynx located at the curve from chin to neck. Do not be concerned in the beginning as to the precise location of pressure which you will discover through practice. Regard finger pressure as the resistance against the working muscles. | ||||||
| Step 3 | Now press your back teeth firmly together * and while maintaining this position. | ||||||
| Step 4 | Press the tip of your tongue against the inside of lower front teeth (gum line) increasing pressure with the tip of tongue ** in 10 or more gradual and definite steps (Count to 10). | ||||||
| Step 5 | Hold end position of pressure for 6 seconds (count slowly to six). | ||||||
| Step 6 | Release muscle work for 10 gradual steps (count to 10). | ||||||
| Step 7 | Remove finger resistance. | ||||||
Repeat 4 more times.
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If you have those circles under your eyes, frowning and squinting left tracks on your face then here are a few face exercises that will help you look great and beautiful. By following these few exercises religiously you will have a young and dazzling look without going for surgery or face-lift. Let us begin with forehead. This exercise should be done 10 times daily to the count of six at a time.
Forehead :
1. Join your fingers together with your thumbs folded in and place your fingers near your temples i.e., where your scalp meets your head. Push straight up and hold and then, raise your eyebrows, hold for six counts and release.
Benefits: This face exercise removes the lines above the brow. It targets the muscles of the forehead and the muscles at the back of your head.
2. First, place the middle fingertip of each hand in the centre of each eyebrow. Pull the eyebrows apart or outwards, and at the same time try to frown. Hold for six counts. The next step is totally the reverse exercise. Place the middle fingertip of each hand in the centre of each eyebrow; push brows together or inward and at the same time raise eyebrows and hold.
Benefits: This face exercise helps remove the mark on your forehead and the area between the eyebrows. This face exercise targets the muscles right above the brow area.
Eyes :
1. Place the three centre fingers of each hand underneath the eye, pull down, and try to close your eyes. Hold for six counts and release.
Benefits: This face exercise eliminates puffiness as it targets the muscles under the eyes.
2. Place the ring and middle fingers of each hand at the outer corners of eyes. Pull the corner of the eyes toward the hairline and hold. At the same time, squeeze eyes shut; hold for six counts and then release.
Benefits: This face exercise helps remove the wrinkles around the eyes.
Cheeks :
1. Put your head back. Take your three centre fingers, place them on the apples of the cheeks and push down. At the same time, raise your cheeks as hard as you can by smiling.
Benefits: This exercise targets the muscles of the cheeks.
2. Put your thumb in your mouth right in the centre of the cheek and push. At the same time, bring the cheek back towards the teeth against your thumb. Hold for six counts and then repeat on the other side.
Benefits: This face exercise will fill out the cheek hollows, firm the face and lift.
Mouth :
1. Take your middle fingers and pull down on either side of your lower lip thus exposing your teeth. At the same time try to mope.
Benefits: This exercise tones the muscles around the lip area.
Chin :
1. Take your three centre fingers, pull the chin down and at the same time curl the lower lip over the bottom teeth.
Benefits: This face exercise tones the muscles of the chin.
Here's a sample exercise for the double chin, an area that seems to bag around on us as we age no matter what our body weight. It's called the Tongue Press:
Purpose: Firms the Area Under the Chin
Place your thumb pads, one in front of the other, resting under the chin, fingers resting against the jawbone.
As you press the tongue against the roof of the mouth, press and slide your thumbs, alternately, from front
(directly under the chin) to back (to where the under chin meets the neck), making a rhythm of one thumb
slide for every tongue press.
* Repeat 40 times
Feel the muscle work as you slide your thumbs against the underneath part of your chin.
Try this exercise twice a day for two weeks and you'll start to see the double chin area firming up.
Double Chin
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To decrease a double chin and eventually take it away, lie
on your back on a flat surface. Raise your head, slowly, and touch your chin to your chest. Slowly return your head back to the ground. Repeat this chin to chest exercise 10 times, and work up to 50 a day once the muscles are stronger.
Sagging Jowls
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To help tighten up cheeks and neck that sag, pull
your bottom lip over your top lip and smile. Tilt your chin slightly upwards until you can feel it pulling on your neck. Hold this position for a 10 count, and repeat 5 times. Once you are accustomed to this exercise, try repeating the exercise 10 times per day, once in the morning and once at night.
Crows Feet
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This simple exercise is easy to do at night while applying face and eye cream. Close your eyes tightly and slide thumbs from the corners of your eyes towards your temples. Rest your other fingers on the top of your head. Do this exercise 10 times in the morning and at night for best results.
Upper Eyelid
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As age sets in, the upper eyelid often tends to fall and sag. To firm the upper eyelid, place your index fingers just under your eyebrows. Push your fingers up while closing your eye and stretching your eyelid down. Repeat this several times a day.
Facial Stretch
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This exercise can be used to tone the whole face. Open your mouth as wide as you can and stick your tongue out as far as you can. Open your eyes wide, and hold this position for a count of 10. Repeat 5 times for a full cycle. Be careful not to take this position too quickly to avoid jaw discomfort.
"Carolyn's Facial Fitness Program"
I will be
sixty years old soon. "I've been doing the face
exercises for almost ten years now and to my
astonishment I still have youth jumps. That is,
in the first two years of face exercising, every
three months or so, all of a sudden you look a
bit younger than you did before," explains
Carolyn. "Somehow my face and jowls are
just a little bit younger looking than before.
So, I'm looking younger as I grow older."
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"Neck Firmer"
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Tighten and firms the neck.
Grasp with a wide-open,
hand, under the chin.
Tilt the chin towards the
ceiling feeling the stretch in your neck.
Slide your open hand
down to your collarbone
and Hold, while counting
to ten. Repeat 5 times
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"Upper Eyelid Stretch"
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Firms Upper Eyelid
Push up with the index finger, just under the brow, while closing the eye and stretching the upper eyelid down. Hold for ten and repeat 5 times.
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Crows Feet"
Alleviates lines
Squeeze the eyes shut and Slide your thumbs from the corners of your eyes towards the temples. Fingers rest gently on top of your head. Repeat 10 times.
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Push up with the index finger, just under the brow, while closing the eye and stretching the upper eyelid down. Hold for ten and repeat 5 times.
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Purpose: Firms the Area Under the Chin
Place your thumb pads, one in front of
Place your thumb pads, one in front of
the other, resting under the chin, fingers resting
against the jawbone.
As you press the tongue against the roof of the
mouth, press and slide your thumbs,
alternately, from front (directly under the chin) to back (to where the under chin meets the neck), making a rhythm of one thumb slide for every tongue press.
* Repeat 40 times
Feel the muscle work as you slide your thumbs
against the underneath part of your chin.
Try this exercise twice a day for two
Try this exercise twice a day for two
weeks and you'll start to see the double chin
area firming up.
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Place the Index finger from each hand in both
corners of the mouth. While pulling the
corners of your mouth down with your fingers, draw your lower lip into a pout and hold for a count of 5. You may
also feel a strong pull in the neck.
* Repeat 10 times
* Repeat 10 times
Next, lay down on the floor or the bed. Lift
your head about half an inch off the floor with
each pout and hold for a count of 5.
Lying down will help to make this exercise
extra effective. You have gravity giving a
helping hand!
Try this exercise twice a day, especially if you
have strong "pouches" or deep lines in the
corners of your mouth.
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Grasp with a wide-open,
hand, under the chin.
Tilt the chin towards the
ceiling feeling the stretch
in your neck.
hand, under the chin.
Tilt the chin towards the
ceiling feeling the stretch
in your neck.
The news that will be of interest to many women, is that by devoting just ten minutes a day to a few simple facial exercises can make you look more youthful, more beautiful and more healthy! In fact, these exercises can be performed anywhere, although it might cause a few odd stares if you carry them out in public! This is not just a question of vanity. Strangers initially judge us by our faces, unfair as that may seem. During interviews, for example, your face is under constant scrutiny and it stands to reason that if you feel confident about the way you look, you will exude an aura of confidence.
(Carolyn's Facial Fitness)
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