Facial exercises are of great benefit to all people, young, adult and mature, to have a promote a smooth, youthful, anti-aging and ageless face and skin.
The appearance of your skin relies in part on the supportive facial muscles and in order for these facial muscles to be well toned they need to be firm yet plaint. Facial exercises will assist in achieving this. Like normal exercises, facial exercises need to be done regularly to achieve and get the full benefit from them.
Herewith some facial exercises for your eyes and your forehead that we feel you will find useful in your quest for a smooth ageless face, without any surgical facelift, and at no cost - totally free.
This page deals with facial exercises specifically for the areas of the eyes and forehead. These will help deal with baggy eyes, puffy eyes, droopy eyelids and wrinkles on your forehead.
Eyes are the windows to our soul, and they should be surrounded by firm, smooth, unlined skin and wrinkles, fine lines, character lines, crow's feet or laughter lines must be banished.
Instructions
Facial exercises should be done once a day, and this regimen can be continued for your entire life, or you could scale down to three times a week, after completing a month of daily exercises.
Some people report that minor spots or blemishes appear after starting facial exercises, and yes, it is normal.
The skin is once again stimulated to produce its natural oils and lubricants and these minor spots may appear when starting facial exercises, until the skin is functioning efficiently and correctly again. Skin cells get lazy and stagnate, but with proper exercises these cells are once again activated to work with renewed vigor.
Eye exercises |
# 1 | Gently tone the muscles of the eyes by pressing two fingers on each side of your head, at the temples, while opening and closing your eyes rapidly. Repeat 5 times. |
# 2 | Sit upright with your eyes closed and relaxed. While keeping your eyes closed the whole time, first look down and then look up as far as possible. Repeat the facial exercise 10 times. |
# 3 | Sit upright with your eyes closed and relaxed. Keep your eyes closed while lifting your eyebrows and stretching your eyelids down as far as possible. Keep in this position for 5 counts, relax and repeat 5 times. |
# 4 | Sit upright with your eyes relaxed and open. Lift your eyebrows while closing your top eyelids until about halfway closed, then open your eyelids wide until the white of your eye shows over your iris. |
# 5 | Sit upright looking straight ahead with your eyes open. Look up then down, while keeping your head still. Repeat 10 times. Then look left and right - repeat 10 times. |
Forehead exercises |
# 1 | Frown as much as possible and try to bring your eyebrows over your eyes while pulling the eyebrows toward one another. Then lift your eyebrows as far as possible while opening your eyes as far as possible. Repeat 5 times. |
# 2 | Lie on your bed facing the ceiling your head hanging over the edge. Lift your eyebrows as high as possible, with your eyes opening very wide. Relax and repeat 10 times. |
# 3 | Sit upright facing forward and while bringing your eyebrows down over your eyes, wrinkle your nose as far up as possible while flaring your nostrils. Keep for a count of 10, relax and repeat 5 times. |