Facial Exercises for a Youthful Appearance

Can They Really Make a Difference?

The controversy surrounding facial exercises for improving your youthful appearance continues. Some argue for it and some against.

But what is the real truth? Can you really make a positive difference by exercising your facial muscles?

Those who argue against the practice say that such exercises can lead to stretched skin and more wrinkles. They argue that the less stretching and pulling on the skin you do, the less likely you will get wrinkles.

Those in favor of it point out that skin tone and youthful appearance is partly based on muscle tone and good circulation to the area. Because exercise supports both of these, it's a good idea to do exercises for your face if you want to look young and healthy.

So Who's Right?

Of course, both sides have valid points. And, by paying attention to the concerns of the 'anti-exercise' point of view, you can successfully do exercises that will improve your appearance and create a more youthful look.

Here's How...

We'll offer some very specific facial exercises for different areas. First, look at the advantages that doing these exercises gives you:

• You Improve Your Muscle Tone - Like any muscle in your body, facial muscles get stronger and more toned with use. And, because these muscles provide the underlying support for your skin, you will notice a real improvement in how you look.


• You Increase Circulation to Your Face - More blood flow means better luster and skin tone as well as improved facial color. Think 'rosy cheeked youth.'


• The Price Is Right - Doing these exercises daily costs you nothing.

The Exercises

Because each of us has different areas of concern, you can find the exercises for each area on it's own page. For convenience we've divided them into 3 categories:

• Upper Face


• Lower Face


• Neck and Throat