Simple but Effective Facial Exercises
One way of having fresh and young looking skin the natural and inexpensive way is to do facial exercises. Soon as you've started the exercises, you have to ensure that you can do it everyday until the time that you get used to it and then you can start scheduling it thrice a week.
There are different exercises that you can do for each part of the face to keep facial muscles supple and young looking.
Eye Exercises
Working on your PC and too much TV can stress out the eyes. Some exercise you can do to relax the eye muscles is to simply sit upright and close your eyes. While your eyes are closed, look down as far as you can. Then open your eyes and this time; look as far away as possible. And then lift your brows slowly and keep it that way for as long as you are comfortable.
Exercise for the Cheeks
The cheeks are part of the face which is easily noticed. You have to keep them relaxed and practice exercises which will help avoid them from sagging. An exercise you can do is to close your lips in a relaxed manner and slowly make a pout. This exercise should be repeated ten times. Smiling exercise is another effective way to firm up the cheeks. Just smile and then count to five before you relax back.
Exercising the Forehead
Wrinkles are first noticed in the forehead and this is why it is important that you give a lot of attention to this part of your face when doing exercises. You can relax your forehead muscles simply by sitting in an upright position and bringing your brows down. Then wrinkle your nose ten times - do five sets of this exercise. You can also lie on back and stare up the ceiling, then while staring, lift up your eyebrows. This can be done in sets of ten as well.
Exercising the lips
An exercise which can be done for the lips is simply pucker up and bring the corners of the mouth together and then count to five before you relax back. Repeat this five times. You can also close your lips and curl your lips into your mouth, hold it in and count to ten.
Facial exercises are inexpensive and non-evasive way of achieving younger looking face and an improved appearance. You don't have to spend on surgeries and cosmetics to prevent aging and wrinkles.
Simply by doing these exercises, you'll get stimulated face muscles, firmer skin and prevent any signs of aging anytime soon.
Jen Hopkins has worked in the anti wrinkle skin care industry for years. She maintains websites about face exercise, and how to get rid of double chin. If you want to contact her, you can use the contact form at one of her sites.
Published June 15th, 2010
Filed in Health
