Facial exercises for a younger look
Let me ask you a question that is as old as the human civilization itself. What is it that makes a face look beautiful? The most accurate answer is a face with no flab and smooth toned skin. Regular facial exercises will keep your face looking fit in the long term.
Face thinning and toning exercises improve the blood flow to your skin cells with the necessary nutrients. A healthy blood flow stimulates skin cell regeneration and prevents wrinkles. The second question would then be, which exercises are these?
Let’s take you through a holistic set of facial exercises that take care of almost every part of your face and most importantly your skin. Read on!
Benefits of Facial Exercises
- Increases blood circulation.
- Firms and tightens the facial skin.
- Reduces the appearance of wrinkles.
- Strengthens the muscles in your face.
Needless to say, all these lead to you looking younger, much younger than your real age. Try these and see for yourself!
Facial exercises to make you look younger
Fish Face Exercise
Benefits : Fish face tones and stretches your cheek muscles. It makes your cheeks less flabby and your face sleek.
- Suck your lips and cheeks in forming a fish face.
- By holding that face pose, try to smile. You will feel a burn in your cheeks and jaw. Hold this pose for 10-15 seconds and then relax.
- Repeat this facial exercise 10 to 15 times
Cheek Uplift Exercise
Benefits : Cheek Uplifts are the best exercises for your cheekbones as they help in reducing the fat in them and toning your face to make it look younger.
- Smile as wide as you can
- Place the index and middle finger of both hands on both cheeks.
- Now with the help of your fingers, lift your cheeks towards your eyes.
- Hold for 5 seconds
- Complete 10-15 sets
Jaw Stretch Exercise
Benefits: This neck firming exercise will help in tightening your jawline which will prevent fine lines and trim up any unwanted fat in the jaw.
- Pucker your lips to one side until you feel a stretch in your cheek.
- Turn your head to that side and lift up at a 45 degrees angle.
- Hold it for 3 seconds to feel the stretch in your neck.
- Repeat once, and then switch to the other side.
V: Eye Exercise for Anti Aging
Benefits : It is good for Drooping eyelids, crow’s feet, eye bags and puffiness.
- Press both middle fingers together at the inner corner of the eyebrows, then with the index fingers, apply pressure to the outer corners of the eyebrows.
- Look to the ceiling, and raise the lower eyelids upwards to make a strong squint, and then relax.
- Repeat six more times.
Tongue stretch Exercise
Benefits: This will help to strengthen and range of motion of your jaw, cheeks and tongue.
- Look straight ahead, stick your tongue out as far as you can.
- Lift your tongue upwards towards your nose.
- Hold for 10 seconds and release.
- Repeat this 10-15 times.
Temple Lift Exercise
Benefits: It helps to smooth out any sagging skin and folds near your eyes.
- Lift one arm up over your head, placing fingertips on your temples.
- Position your ring finger on the corner of the eyebrow.
- Press down to lift and then drop your head towards your shoulder.
- Hold this pose for a few seconds.
- Repeat on the other side.
- Both sides combinedly make one set.
- Complete 7-8 sets
Here are some tips for doing Facial Exercises
- While performing a facial exercise, ensure your hands are clean before touching your face.
- Never try to pull or tug on the skin aggressively as this may accentuate wrinkles.
- Be patient and give it time to show results so be regular for at least 2 weeks. It ain’t gonna happen overnight.
- You may start with a single exercise or you may choose to do a combination of facial exercises. However, whichever set you start with, continue with the same set for 2 weeks at least.
Perform these exercises and do let us know the results you get in our comment section below.
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