How to exercise facial muscles?

Hello everybody!

Today I’ll show you how to exercise facial muscles to tighten your face. Doing facial exercises, or facial yoga is a natural way to make your face look younger by firming muscles and reducing wrinkles. A workout regimen is an excellent way to tone your muscles, lose inches, and control skin from sagging.

These are also good exercises to do if you have a muscle problem on your face, creating stronger muscles for a toned and more confident look. There are approximately 50 muscles in your face, and exercising them has the added benefit of helping eye strain and releasing neck and facial tension. Putting some work into your facial muscles can help give you a more attractive face to show the world.

You can do these exercises either sitting or standing, whichever is more comfortable for you. Do these exercises when you are alone so people will not make fun of you. You may want to do them in front of a mirror, at least at first, to help you see what you are doing.

Tips!

Apply these face exercise before you go to sleep every day, it doesn’t have to be all of the exercises just choose one or two.
Make sure you put some sunscreen when you go outside, the sun can easily damage your skin if you aren’t careful and contributes to giving your face a more aging look.
Wash your face regularly to remove impurities and keep your skin clear.
If your skin is too dry to move, moisturize your skin and make it easier to massage.
Just make sure you wash your hands before beginning the workout. Touching your face can add oils and dirt that cause breakouts.

Exercising your forehead and eyes

#1 Pull on your forehead with your index finger

Put your index fingers just above each of your eyes.
Pull down on your eyes while trying to raise your eyebrows.
Repeat 10 times to help firm your forehead.

#2 Push your forehead with your hands

Place each of your palms on the sides of your forehead, the bottom of each palm resting on your eyebrows. Your palms should be holding the skin firmly in place.
Raise your eyebrow muscles, like you are surprised, then lower them, like you are angry.
Raise and lower 10 times, then raise and hold for 30 seconds. Lower and hold for 30 seconds, then repeat the up and down against 10 more times.

#3 Do brow lifts

Using two fingers in a peace sign, and place your fingernails over each eyebrow.
Gently push that skin down with your fingers, then push your brows up and down.
Repeat the up and down motion with your brows 10 times.
Do 3 sets of 10, take a short rest, then do another 3 sets of 10.

#4 Stretch your eyelids

Sit down and close your eyes.
With your lids relaxed, use your index fingers to lift up your eyebrows. While lifting, keep your eyes closed to stretch your eyelids as far as possible.
Hold this position for 10 seconds, then relax and repeat 10 times.

#5 Do an eye squeeze

Pull your lips downward so that your facial muscles tighten, then pull your lips to one side.
Squeeze one eye shut for one second, then repeat 10 times, holding your lips to the side. Then do the other eye.
Do 3 sets of 10 for each eye, take a short rest, then do another 3 sets of 10.

Exercising your mouth

#1 Exercise by smiling

Slowly begin to smile by stretching the corner of your mouth laterally, lips still together.
After that, turn your mouth upward to expose your upper teeth.
Smile as widely as you can, displaying your teeth.
Once you have reached that point, slowly relax your mouth, bringing the smile back to the starting point.
Stop at several stages on this expansion of your smile, and hold that position for 10 seconds.

#2 Apply pressure to your smile

Make a full smile, and use your fingers to hold it in place by putting pressure on each corner.
Close your lips halfway, then fully, using your fingers to resist the movement.
Hold each position for 10 seconds.

#3 Do a facelift exercise

Open your mouth slightly and flare your nostrils. Wrinkle up your nose as far as possible, then slowly draw your upper lip as high as you can, and hold for 10 seconds.
Leave your mouth slightly open, and place one finger under the eye on the cheekbone. Curl your upper lip slowly upward, keeping finger pressure on your face. Hold for 10 seconds, then slowly return to the original position.

#4 Do a lip exercise

Open your mouth slightly, making sure your upper and lower lips are relaxed.
Bring your lower lip forward until it makes contact with your upper lip.
Bring your upper and lower lips inward to your mouth. Exert pressure, then relax.

#5 Do a mandibular strengthening exercise

Keep your mouth, especially your teeth and lips, slightly closed.
Separate your teeth as much as you can without opening your lips.
Bring your mandible forward slowly. Go as far as you can, stretching your lower lip upward, and hold for 5 seconds.
Slowly return your jaw, lips, then teeth back to their original position.

#6 Suck on your finger

Put your finger in your mouth, and suck on it as hard as possible.
While doing that, slowly removing it from your mouth.
Repeat 10 times.

#7 Squeeze your lips

Place your palms on your face, with the outer edge on your laugh lines and the bottom edges on the top of the jawline. Use your whole palm to put pressure on your face.
Use your lip muscles (not your hands) to push your lips together and hold for 20 seconds. Then, push your palms up toward your nose and hold for 10 seconds.
Repeat the exercise 3 times.

Trust me, you will see the results quickly if you do these exercises properly and regularly.

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