Contents
- Anti-aging gymnastics for the face
- Preparation and recommendations
- Popular face and neck exercises
- Care after anti-aging gymnastics
- Anti-aging products
- Day cream for all skin types with a lifting effect Rénergie Multi-Lift, Lancôme
- Firming cream with a lifting effect for dry skin Blue Therapy Red Algae, Biotherm
- Firming cream for normal and dry skin against signs of aging at different stages of formation Slow Age, Vichy
- Night Serum Revitalift Laser, L’Oreal Paris
- Compensating complex, day care cream for normal and combination skin during menopause Neovadiol, Vichy
- Safety measures
Are you afraid of radical beauty interventions like injections and plastic surgery? There is an easy way to keep the skin and facial muscles in good shape. We are talking about face fitness – rejuvenating gymnastics for the face. You will notice the positive effect of regular exercise very quickly.
Anti-aging gymnastics for the face
With age, the muscles of the face and neck become deformed. The proportions of the face are changing in front and in profile – as a result, the appearance changes. The volume of tissues in the area of the lips and cheeks decreases, the eyelids and corners of the mouth fall.
Gymnastics for the face and neck turns back the clock and gives a noticeable effect of rejuvenation.
Improves posture and, consequently, the relief of the skin of the neck.
Helps to strengthen the muscular frame.
Reduces gravitational ptosis.
As a result of exercise, the skin is smoothed, tightened and becomes denser, looks younger, fresher and more radiant.
Preparation and recommendations
Before starting classes, the skin must be prepared in a special way.
Do not start doing face fitness without first consulting with a specialist. Wrong movements can harm the skin, and the body as a whole. Usually consultants tell in detail how to start preparing for facial exercises.
Clear your skin
Get your hair out of your face
If you have long hair or bangs, put it under a special bandage or scarf. The face should be as open as possible.
Apply cream or oil
It is important that the product has a liquid sliding texture.
Warm up your skin
Walk over the face with the pads of your fingers – stroking movements. Feel your skin.
Try to do the exercises gently and smoothly
Move along the massage lines, which will provide lifting and minimize potential stretching of the skin.
A few more tips for optimal results:
do exercises in front of a mirror;
make sure that in the process of exposure to the face, creases and folds do not form;
do not press too hard on the face and do not stretch the skin;
exercise regularly.
Pain and discomfort during gymnastics only speak of one thing – you are doing something wrong.
Popular face and neck exercises
A set of exercises is performed once a day in full or 2-3 times in parts.
For forehead wrinkles
Fix your forehead with your palms.
Pull the muscles of the forehead slightly to the side with your fingers in such a way as to smooth out the wrinkles between the eyebrows.
Slowly lift your eyebrows up (wrinkle your forehead), while resisting with your hands, directing the skin down.
Relax your forehead and arms.
Repeat 20 times. At the end, stay in static for 20 seconds.
After the exercise, relax the muscles of the forehead, stroking it from the bottom up.
Against nasolabial folds
With your palms, fix the lips, nasolabial folds, cheeks and chin.
Press your lips to your teeth with your wrists.
Puff out your cheeks while pressing down on them with your palms.
Then deflate your cheeks and relax your hands without removing them from your face.
Perform 20-30 times.
Stay static for 10 seconds and do 2-3 more sets with short breaks.
So that the cheeks do not sag
Place your palms on your mouth, lightly grabbing your cheeks.
Fix lips, nasolabial folds and chin with your fingers.
Inflate and deflate your cheeks until you feel slightly tired for 20-30 seconds. Breathe through your nose. Roll the air from the mouth to the cheeks.
Make sure that the lips are pressed against the teeth and that there is no air between the lips and teeth.
Facial exercises help to restore the lost oval, as a result, the face looks younger.
For a clear oval face
Sit or stand up straight with your back straight.
Stretch your neck up, keep your head straight, look forward. Then turn your head to the side.
Slightly lift the chin and slightly push the lower jaw forward. Feel how pleasantly stretched the muscles of the side of the neck and chin.
Pat your chin with your palm for about 20 seconds.
Turn your head to the other side and repeat. Make sure that there is no tension in the chin area.
Against brow wrinkles
Slowly, with a slight effort, move your fingers, smoothing the bridge of the nose from the base of the eyebrows to the sides. Do this for 30-60 seconds.
This exercise helps to gradually get rid of the habit of frowning and reduces the visibility of wrinkles on the bridge of the nose.
For eyelid skin lifting
Exercises for the eyelids will help strengthen the muscles and restore their tone, and therefore significantly improve the condition of the skin.
Fix the forehead with the palms, placing the base of the palms under the eyebrows.
Slightly pull your forehead and eyebrows up by 2-3 mm with your palms.
Move your gaze down.
Blink slowly and forcefully 20 times.
Then freeze for 20 seconds and repeat the whole cycle 2 more times.
During the exercise, you need to feel a slight movement of the muscles under the palms.
Against flabbiness of the skin of the neck
Raise your chin a little.
With the palm of your hand, gently stroke the front surface of the neck from the bottom up to the neck-chin angle.
Perform three to five light strokes without massaging the chin area.
Care after anti-aging gymnastics
What is recommended to do after each workout?
Stroke your head around the entire perimeter from top to bottom to restore lymph outflow. Repeat 5 times.
With the edges of the palms, massage the back and sides of the neck from top to bottom, without affecting the spine, for 20 seconds.
Massage the cervico-collar region, trapezius muscles with your fingers and palms for 10-20 seconds.
If you have begun to form a “withers”, massage it from the center to the periphery, without affecting the spine, for 20-30 seconds.
Be sure to clean your face of the cream or oil that was applied before the massage.
Anti-aging products
An integrated approach always gives a more noticeable result: choose cosmetics that complement face fitness, providing a comprehensive fight against aging.
Day cream for all skin types with a lifting effect Rénergie Multi-Lift, Lancôme
The formula includes cyathea extract, which promotes skin regeneration, and guanosine, to stimulate collagen production. The cream visibly improves the firmness and elasticity of the skin.
Firming cream with a lifting effect for dry skin Blue Therapy Red Algae, Biotherm
It is based on red algae extract, which has a remodeling effect, and a collagen peptide fraction, which is responsible for elasticity. With regular use of the product, the skin becomes more toned.
Firming cream for normal and dry skin against signs of aging at different stages of formation Slow Age, Vichy
The cream not only strengthens the skin, but also prevents aging, for which special thanks to antioxidants, probiotics and sunscreens.
Night Serum Revitalift Laser, L’Oreal Paris
Contains 0,2% pure retinol for fast results. In the morning, the skin is hydrated and smooth. And after 4 months of regular use of the serum, wrinkles are noticeably reduced.
Compensating complex, day care cream for normal and combination skin during menopause Neovadiol, Vichy
Safety measures
Fitness for the face is useful to everyone to one degree or another, however, it also has a number of contraindications.
Certain skin conditions (eg, eczema, warts, fungal infections).
Inflammation of the facial and trigeminal nerves.
Diseases of the lymphatic system.
Tumors.
Any disease in the acute stage.
Cerebral circulation disorders.
Cosmetic injections.