How to tighten the oval of the face at home: correction and skin tightening without surgery [Vichy experts’ opinion]

Speaking about how and with what procedures you can tighten the oval of the face at home, one cannot but recall the popular face fitness that has earned the love of women all over the world. For noticeable and sustainable results, you need to do it regularly, preferably after training with a professional trainer. It makes sense to start facelift exercises at home after 30 or even earlier.

We invite you to learn more about face fitness at the intensive anti-aging marathon #superdose-elasticity with international face fitness expert Elena Karkukli and dermatologist Natalya Lapatina. In the meantime, get used to stretching the top of your head up when sitting or standing. This simple practice is the basis of face fitness, which allows not only to stretch the spine, correct posture and strengthen muscles, but also tighten the skin in problem areas, including along the chin line.

• Rethink care. Now you need cosmetics with antioxidants, hydrofixers and SPF filters. For women who observe the appearance of creases on the skin, a decrease in its elasticity and firmness, we recommend ranges LiftActiv and LiftActiv Supreme. The latter, by the way, is directed just to increase elasticity and prevent ptosis, although it is not limited to this alone. You will find anti-aging actives such as rhamnose, HEPES and antioxidants (including vitamin C) in the products of these ranges.
• Follow the drinking regime. Dehydrated skin loses elasticity faster, but excess moisture is also undesirable. To avoid morning swelling, try not to drink water 2-3 hours before bedtime.
• Get enough sleep. This advice is universal and relevant both at 36 and at 63.
• Effective ingredients in cosmetics. After 30, the ideal base for care will be products with complexes of substances with proven anti-aging activity.

• Switch to mindful eating. Choose foods with antioxidants (fruits, vegetables) and healthy fatty acids. Eliminate sugar as much as possible, or at least reduce it in your diet.
• Discover the latest advances in anti-aging cosmetology. For moisturizing, nourishing and elasticity of the skin after 40 years, Vichy laboratories have developed a special line Neovadiol with pro-xylan, HEPES, hyaluronic acid and Hydrovance compound for deep restoration of the skin layers and compensation of cellular regeneration processes slowing down at this age.
• Lead an active lifestyle. This will improve microcirculation, speed up metabolism and have a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin.

• Hormonal background. Ask your endocrinologist about modern medical methods to improve your hormonal status, and at the same time your skin condition.
• Food. Find a suitable diet that includes low glycemic foods, oily fish and seafood, greens and colorful vegetables.
• Anti-aging care. Choose a daily complex skin care with hyaluronic acid, nourishing oils and the most active anti-aging ingredients – peptides, sugar derivatives, antioxidants and energy stimulants. Gamma can restore density to the skin, and clear contours to the face Vichy Neovadiol, a compensating complex for skin care during menopause.
• Facial exercises. Regularly do gymnastics to tighten the muscles of the face. It’s never too late to start facelifting under the supervision of experts in the field.

• Daily hydration. Remember to drink clean water and moisturize your skin every day with the right texture. Light fluids and gels are suitable for oily and combined, saturated creams with ceramides are suitable for dry. Serums with a high content of hyaluronic acid will complement the care of any skin type.
• Sun protection. As we already know, ultraviolet radiation is one of the main factors of aging. Choose a comfortable day cream with SPF and use it anytime and anywhere – on vacation, in the city, at any time of the year.
• The first anti-aging cosmetics. Its task is to slow down age-related changes at the formation stage. How gamma works Slow .ge based on antioxidants (baicalin, ginkgo biloba, resveratrol), Bifidus probiotic and Vichy volcanic thermal water for youthful skin, improving its relief and strengthening the protective barrier that blocks aggressive environmental factors. The compositions of the daily products of the range (cream and fluid) contain sunscreen complexes.

• Homemade masks, unlike pharmacy cosmetics, can cause allergies. Using natural ingredients in their pure form is more likely to lead to a dermatologist’s office than to the expected result.
• Manufacturers formulate cosmetics in such a way that their active substances are easily absorbed by the skin and penetrate into the deep layers of the dermis. Home cosmetics do not have such mechanisms.
• Pure coconut, olive and other natural oils have been proven to dry out the skin and clog pores.
• Making homemade masks takes time, and they are stored for only two to three days.
• Homemade masks are inconvenient to use. They are absorbed for a long time, unlike dermatological cosmetics, and, as a rule, require rinsing. During this time, they slightly moisturize and nourish the outer layer of the skin, but the effect will be short-lived.