The face is covered with muscles . Like any other muscle in the body, the facial muscles can also be toned.
Facial gymnastics takes care of firming the muscles of the face, with the obvious benefits on skin tone and shape.
Facial gymnastics also have beneficial effects on the quality of the skin, allowing the bloodstream to nourish it more.
Just a few minutes in front of the mirror and, once you are familiar with the movements to be performed, you can exercise your muscles in any situation.
Facial gymnastics for the upper part of the face
The muscles of the upper part of the face, called the upper third, consist of the muscles of the forehead and the eyes .
Exercising these muscles with facial gymnastics allows you to stretch your forehead and temples, the area between the eyebrows and around the eyes, as well as deflate the eyelids and counteract the fall of the upper eyelid .
The exercises of this muscular segment are performed in front of the mirror, exercising the individual muscles as indicated, and also using the fingertips to stretch the folds of the skin that will inevitably come to form.
Facial gymnastics for the forehead
This exercise makes the part between the eyebrow arches more tense, relaxing it and dissolving any tension.
In front of the mirror, with the eyes straight and the cervical spine aligned, the upper part of the skull is fixed with the look, contracting the muscles of the forehead and also moving the muscles of the scalp . It is performed correctly when the ears are pulled backwards.
Trying to keep your neck, shoulders, and other facial muscles relaxed. This exercise keeps the forehead muscles firm and smooth.
Facial gymnastics for the region between the eyebrows
In front of the mirror we try to wrinkle the eyebrows as much as possible, moving the muscles as if we wanted to make the eyebrows join each other.
During this exercise it is necessary to hold the part between the taut eyebrows, using the fingertips, to avoid skin marks.
Facial gymnastics for the eyes
This sequence of 3 exercises allows you to firm the muscles around the eyes, deflating and supporting the eyelids, and attenuating the wrinkles around the eyes and the so-called "crow's feet".
- In front of the mirror, the eyelids open and close a dozen times, gradually increasing the pressure of the eyelids on each other, trying not to squeeze the area around the eyes.
- Then the eyelids open wide, moving the muscles as if one wanted to touch the eyebrows with the eyelashes. If done correctly you will see the white of the upper part of the eye. Open the eyelids as wide as possible and hold the position for about 20 seconds, increasing the time from time to time.
- Finally relax the upper eyelid and try to lift the lower one as much as possible.
Also in this exercise it is necessary to avoid squinting and forming expression marks on the outer side of the eyes; if you don't succeed, use the fingertips of your hands to keep the part taut and avoid the formation of marks.
Hold the position like the previous one.
At the end of the exercises, close and relax your eyes.
Facial gymnastics for temples and "crow's feet"
With this exercise of facial gymnastics the part of the muscles is tightened and stretched to the outer corner of the eye, where expression lines and crow's feet are most commonly formed.
In front of the mirror with the hands resting on temples tempted to die as much as possible this muscle and the lateral and high part of the musculature of the skull.
It is a thin and lateral muscle, whose movement is rarely known. This exercise may seem difficult the first few times, but as it is repeated, you will acquire greater sensitivity and mastery of the movement. And the results will be very obvious.
