An exercise routine is a great way to tone your muscles, lose weight, and keep your skin from sagging. Doing facial exercises or facial yoga, is a natural way to make your face look younger by toning muscles and reducing wrinkles. It's also a good exercise to do if you have facial muscle problems, creating stronger muscles for a toned and confident facial appearance. There are about 50 muscles in the face and exercising them has the added benefit of helping with tired eyes and releasing tension in the neck and face. Doing facial muscle exercises can create a more attractive face to show the world.
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Part 1 of 3: Training the Forehead and Eyes
Step 1. Press the forehead with the index finger
Using your fingers, you can press down on your forehead so that raising your eyebrows can strengthen that part of your face. This can help even out the lines on the forehead.
- Place your index finger over each eye.
- Press your eyes while trying to raise your eyebrows.
- Repeat 10 times to help tighten the forehead.
Step 2. Press your forehead with your hands
This simple exercise uses your palms to both tighten and flex your eyebrows. Doing this exercise will help produce fine lines on the forehead.
- Place each palm on the sides of the forehead, the bottom of each palm against the eyebrows. The palms should touch the skin steadily.
- Raise your brow muscles, as if you are surprised, then lower them, as if you are angry.
- Lift and lower 10 times, then raise and hold for 30 seconds. Lower and hold for 30 seconds, then repeat raising and lowering the eyebrows 10 more times.
Step 3. Do the eyebrow lifting exercise
Using your fingers and eyebrows, you can work the muscles on your forehead. A little pressure is enough to provide strength for a good workout.
- Using two fingers to form a peace sign, place the nails on each eyebrow.
- Gently press the skin with your fingers, then press the eyebrows up and down.
- Repeat the movement up and down on the eyebrows 10 times.
- Do 3 sets of 10 each, pause, then do 3 more sets of 10 each.
Step 4. Stretch the eyelids
The eyelids are muscles that are easy to train and don't require a lot of strength. Using your fingers can help stretch, remove wrinkles, and make your eyelids stronger.
- Sit down and close your eyes.
- With your eyelids relaxed, use your index finger to raise 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.
Step 5. Do the eye squeeze exercise
Exercise the eyelids further by squeezing the eyes closed with a slight stretching force from the mouth. Because it uses a variety of muscles, this exercise can help stretch the entire face, not just the eyes.
- Pull your lips down so that your facial muscles tighten, then pull your lips to one side.
- Squeeze an eye closed for 1 second, then repeat 10 times, keeping lips to one side. Then do it with the other eye.
- Do 3 sets of 10 times for each eye, rest for a while, then do 3 sets of 10 times each.
Step 6. Stretch your face while holding your eyes
This will help build the muscles around your eyelids to make your eyes appear brighter. Use your fingers to force the basic movement of opening and closing your eyes.
- Make a C shape for the eye using your thumb and forefinger. Make sure your index finger is over your eyebrow and your thumb is on your cheek.
- Close your eyes and squeeze your closed eyelids slowly at the same time. Release tension without opening your eyes.
- Repeat squeezing and relaxing the eyelids 25 times.
Part 2 of 3: Train the Mouth
Step 1. Practice smiling
One of the easiest ways to strengthen your smile is to practice smiling. In this exercise, you will move your mouth in a full smile position, in various positions. This will give you better control over your face and smile ability.
- Start smiling slowly by stretching the corners of your mouth to the side, with your lips still.
- After that, move your mouth up to reveal your upper teeth.
- Smile as wide as you can, showing your teeth.
- When you reach this position, slowly relax your mouth, bringing the smile back to the starting position.
- Stop at several levels widening your smile and hold that position for 10 seconds.
Step 2. Apply stress to the smile
Similar to the last exercise, this exercise uses different levels of the smile to work the muscles of the face. Here, the fingers will provide extra strength to work the muscles around the mouth.
- Smile fully and use your fingers to hold it in by pressing each corner of your mouth.
- Close your lips halfway, then fully, using your fingers to hold the movement.
- Hold each position for 10 seconds.
Step 3. Do face lifting exercises
This exercise trains the muscles on the upper lip so as not to relax and keeps the contours of the lips strong. Doing it right will create a stronger smile that shows the upper teeth.
- Open your mouth slightly and expand your nose. Pinch your nose as far as you can, then pull your upper lip as high as you can and hold it for 10 seconds.
- Open your mouth slightly and place one finger under your eye on your cheekbone. Gently purse your upper lip, keeping your fingers pressed against your face. Hold for 10 seconds, then slowly return to the starting position.
Step 4. Do lip exercises
This is a simple exercise that will help increase blood flow to the lips. This will make this soft part of the face healthier and brighter, and the color will be more natural.
- Open your mouth slightly, ensuring that the upper and lower lips are relaxed.
- Bring the lower lip forward until it touches the upper lip.
- Point your upper and lower lips into your mouth. Apply pressure, then relax.
Step 5. Perform lower jaw strengthening exercises
This exercise works the lower jaw, and is an important part of smiling, talking, and chewing, as well as everything the mouth does. Exercises like this will help prevent the formation of a double chin and aging of the lower part of the face.
- Keep the mouth, especially the teeth and lips, slightly closed.
- Separate the teeth as far as possible without opening the lips.
- Bring your lower jaw forward slowly. Go as far as possible, stretching your lower lip forward and holding it for 5 seconds.
- Slowly return your jaw, lips and teeth to the starting position.
Step 6. Perform OO-EE movements on the mouth
Moving your mouth to produce simple sounds can help target your lips, as well as the muscles between your upper lip and nose. This is a simple exercise that only requires exaggerated facial movements while making sounds.
- Open your mouth, then purse your lips so that the teeth are separated and not visible.
- Say “OO”, using exaggerated movements to purse your lips.
- Change the sound to “EE”, again using exaggerated movements to stretch the lips into a more precise shape. You can also replace “EE” with “AH” for a slightly different exercise.
- Repeat 10 times between “OO” and “EE” then repeat 3 sets.
Step 7. Suck finger
Use the natural pressure of the sucking motion to tighten the lips. By releasing your fingers at the same time, you can provide additional strength to move again.
- Put your finger in your mouth and suck as hard as you can.
- While doing this, slowly remove your finger from your mouth.
- Repeat 10 times.
Step 8. Press your cheeks while smiling
This will strengthen the cheek muscles. Make sure that your head is turned back when doing this exercise.
- Press the cheek with three fingers in the middle.
- While pressing, smile as hard as you can to push your fingers back.
Step 9. Pull your cheeks up
This exercise can even out laugh lines and fine lines under the eyes. The hands will be used for this exercise, by stretching the muscles in the face and skin.
- Place your palms firmly on your cheeks.
- Pull the corners of the lips toward the temples so that the upper teeth and gums are visible.
- Hold this position for 30 seconds, release, then repeat 3 times.
Step 10. Squeeze the lips
This exercise will help tighten the lip muscles. Again, the hands will work by squeezing the face against the mouth and nose.
- Place your palms on your face, with the outer edges on the laugh line and the bottom edges on the top of the jawline. Use your entire palm to press down on your face.
- Use your lip muscles (not your hands) to push on your lips and hold for 20 seconds. Then push your palms towards your nose and hold for 10 seconds.
- Repeat this exercise 3 times.
Part 3 of 3: Taking Care of the Face
Step 1. Smile as often as possible
Along with specific exercises, smiling regularly can help keep the muscles strong, as well as not seem awkward when doing this exercise. In addition, smiling often can make you more relaxed, confident, and help reduce everyday stress.
Step 2. Keep your face clean
Wash your face regularly to remove dirt and keep your face clean. Also, use skin care products when washing your face, such as simple cleansers, moisturizers, and retinoids. This routine should be kept to a minimum, because too many products used can destroy the properties of each other.
Step 3. Eat well for strong skin
Part of facial exercises is to help tighten skin to make it look stronger and younger. To help improve the condition of facial skin, you need to adjust your diet well. Eat foods rich in vitamins A and C, as well as omega 3 fatty acids. This diet will help keep the skin clean and strengthen facial muscles.
- Some foods that are good for the face are dark fruit and leafy vegetables such as carrots, apricots, spinach, tomatoes, blueberries, nuts, lentils, fatty fish such as salmon and mackerel, garlic, and dark chocolate. In general, foods that are healthy for you are also healthy for your face and skin.
- Foods rich in refined or refined carbohydrates and unhealthy fats will age your skin, so be careful what you eat.
Step 4. Protect your face from the sun
The sun's rays can damage the skin if you are not careful and make your face look older. Avoid being outside during the hot hours of the day (10am to 2pm), wear clothing that covers the body, and apply sunscreen.
Tips
- Wash your hands before starting to work your facial muscles. Touching your face can add oil and dirt that causes acne.
- You can do this exercise sitting or standing, whichever is more comfortable for you. You need to do it in front of a mirror, at least to begin with, to help see what is being done.
