Facial exercises are for crazy people?

Aryanna 8 May 2013

I had bell palsey 20 years ago> The left side of my face dropped, more so my left eyebrow was hanging on my eye lid ! I did a research and really did Facercise by Carole Maggio and FlexEffect by Deborah Crowley. Facial exercises do work, big time ! My eyebrows are really high, actually i am 45 years old and today at the gym my new trainer thought i am 25... and actually i do look embarrassingly young for my age. People, wake up, do exercise for your face and body with the correct frequency, intensity, duration and type of exercise and you will see the amazing results. Eat healthy, eat well for muscle tone, of the body and face, do breathing exercises and learn how to develop one of the most important skills for your life: the ability to motivate yourself to do your practice no matter what. Good health, fit body and glowing face can be achieved not only in the absence of crises in life but despite those. Be aware of the emotions, habits and negative influences that pull you down. I have seen my friends' faces negatively changed by repetitive use of botox, it paralyzes the muscle ! There are exercises for the frontalis, occipitalis and temporalis muscles of the skull that made a tremendous, extraordinary change in my skin tone and face, as well as in the state of my hair. I am the witness, i did not read it in books or internet, have faith and practice, better said, make time for practice.

naturallybeautifulat50 7 May 2013

I used to do facial exercises without a product and it made a bit of difference, but then I found this thing called the envisage facial exerciser and it's worked miracles for my face. I'm buying one for each of my sisters now and recommend it to everyone. It's not invasive like facelifts or botox and way less expensive, I highly recommend it.

fitand50 6 May 2013

Hi nadia, totally agree with your post,i watched a documentary two yrs ago following a model who was also a tv presenter, on a month to try and gey down to a size zero, i believe thats a size 4 in America.She was given 4 ready meals a day in advance, and also she had to train roughly and hr a day. Within a week she was tired,lack of energy, skin was blotchy,and here mood had gone down dramatically......week two and three more of the same.However a week four and if memory serves she was invited to a lab for some food forenzics on what she was actually eating.Even i was shocked as the scientist stuck wallpaper on a fake screen using a bulking agent from the food she had been eating on the crash diet ready meal plan. Further more she was watching the scientist crush up DUCK FEATHERS, into a fine powder....."whats that for" she asked him,.........believe it or not that was also a bulking agent used in some ready meals,even i was disgusted with that trick being used......Duck feathers,.....well the food industry is there to make a profit i guess, so when you are buying 5 ready micro meals for a fiver, be it £5 or $5,just think about what you are actually getting for that.....And remember the manufacturers will be making a profit also, after the cost of the plant site, production and distribution,so it makes you think when it says 100% chicken, or beef or whatever on the packet, people have no idea what they are consuming do they. We really do put a lot of trust into the powers that be in what we eat....DONT... Mad cow disease was a prime example of what tricks can do to to the food chain.......money talks im afraid, sorry this is off topic also here....jk England

fitand50 5 May 2013

The educational side of fitness, be it general, or facial, is actually very poor in 2013.We still have the majority of people doing crash dieting as a way of losing body fat,....did you notice that i said body fat and not body weight here.....this is because people in the main still think that they have to lose body weight,...this industry known as the diet industry has been going for decades focusing on the single crash diet scenarios.... This is miss information and its incredible that the legal side of such practices are still allowed to be in full flow, but hey thats another topic, but the two are so related to facial training, as with any form of training the muscles, its time, and knowledge.And of course the willpower to want to succeed.

nadiahoney 5 May 2013

fitand50, I do agree that too many people do stupid crash diets despite my pleading with them and telling them what will happen (nothing good), but the info is out there, it's just that people get desperate and have little patience. It's true, I have a friend with a medical degree who is crash dieting right at this moment who knows it's a dumb way to go, but who just wants instant results (even though it will be more muscle and water loss than fat loss.) Most people may know that crash dieting is "wrong," but do it anyway. I hate the diet industry and I truly wish they would be sued for all the utter crap I see on the shelves. I think it's disgusting that Kim Kardashian, Anna Nicole Smith, and many other celebs have made a living and then some off of ridiculous pills with little or no health benefits. These celebs who claim to have lost weight from whatever snake oil they are promoting go and get lipo or full body lifts (in the case of Anna Nicole Smith) and do illegal drugs such as speed, to lose the weight or drop sizes. None of this should be legal but it is. Why people are allowed to sell such crap I don't know, but about a year ago I was at Walmart in the bandaid isle and a man asked me if I thought some pills on those shelves were worth buying. I begged him to never consider them again and then showed him the list of ingredients on the one he was considering. I can't believe people don't even read the lists on these bottles. Then I showed him the bottle of green tea supplements in the vitamin section for five bucks. And pure green tea is even less (the tea bag kind, for example.) How much were the stupid diet pills full of crap and one decent ingredient, the green tea? Twenty five bucks for two weeks. Unbelievable.

fitand50 4 May 2013

rob...very well said, the positive posters are either all liars, and dont possess a mirror,or are actually getting some results...

LisaV 5 May 2013

Facial exercises do work, but people are reluctant because they've been bombarded with advertisments on cosmetic surgery and cosmetics as the only way to stay young. People also expect instant results, wich is not the case with facial exercising.

fitand50 4 May 2013

You could however go the other way in approaching the facial exercises theory, and do the following... Smoke constantly 40 per day, drink 5 pints of beer or a bottle or two of strong wine per day, Eat as much junk food as is possible, Take no exercise whatso ever, not even a walk, And just drink sodas and juices rich in hi processed sugar... Having done this for a month you should then......monitor before and after photos regarding..... Your facial skin tone.including how mottled it could appear,.... your eyes sparkle, or a lessening in that area of whiteness..... hair strength weakening with brittleness ..... Blotchy ness appearing on the skin facially and bodily,... Poor circulation and being breathless, Higher or lower blood pressure,... Muscle weakening and possible soreness, aches and strains,and skin sagging facially and on the body, Lack or stamina.......and a down turn in your overall mood ..daily... Reasons to not do the above are clear to see, yet we do such things in our lives and some actually live this way 100% of the time, and its a choice to do so on there part.Ask them to do the reverse and its a lifestyle change that simply does not sit well after yrs of doing the above.........Some where in the middle are the general public who may try certain schemes and fitness endeavors and simply duck and dive after just a few sessions, because its like too much hard work....... If you have one person out of 100 people stating that healthy ways work and they can prove it via photos, and or making a new career out of this, then does that say its purely a miracle?..... what if two people make it work?......more than a coincidense then yes? So why dont more people do this, and why do so many get differing results? We have talked about this before xmas and some of us went into the how to do facial workouts in detail so no need to go over it, just re read the posts there, december time i think.... My point here is very important i think....if you do believe that diet has no baring on facial workouts then chose tha bizaar eating plan ive listed above, along with the other lifestyle choices, for a month only,...then see what food and lifestyle can do against you here, and maybe it will click that facial working out is not about one particular thing, but several factors in a certain order, that have to happen for the best results.... Too many people just pull there faces to bits, and expect a holy miracle to happen within a week,....it will not happen like that,,,......the same as the gym in a lot of ways, it is a steady progress, providing you have actually done some research and learned HOW TO ,in the first place.The majority of gym goers fail miserably to gain anything, simply because they have not taken any time whatso ever to learn if what they are doing is right to start with. Sorry for the long post folks, but ignorance on this subject and flippant comments in the thread that are 100% incorrect needed to be addressed here......do facial exercises work.....YES, IF DONE CORRECTLY, WITH DIET,AND THE RIGHT STRESS ON THE MUSCLE, WITH CORRECT TENSION, AND DONE AT THE CORRECT FREQUENCY per week....GO FOR IT....jay..

Robyn7074 4 May 2013

so so true!! If others don't want this little nugget of wisdom, their choice...they can stay stubborn and frustrated and look that way too. It is always about choice. A lot of us are just sharing a plan that helped changed us, we get nothing out of it, take it or leave it...choice.

VILLE331 5 May 2013

I agree.

fitand50 2 May 2013

PS regards it being a genes scenario,i really wish you could have seen my parents,you would simply dismiss that as soon as you saw them vs me, as it was a reason for me not to be like them.........keep the faith people .......and stick with it.....it works over time.......im nearly 49 and i proved it to myself.........dont give up.............

fitand50 2 May 2013

In the theory of face vs body being different, can we get one thing straight, yes they are different,in that muscle tissue is attached directly to the skin on the face, and onto the bone via the rest of the body.So what effect does this have on muscle strengthening, and or exercising?....... Well not as much as you think,a muscle is a muscle no matter if its attached to your face,your backside,or a greyhounds thigh.Sorry to be blunt here,but it needs to be said.Muscles sag, be it on your face or body, and are responsible for lifting limbs, and bones in effect........ so some peoples theory is to let it alone and leave it be and i say thats fine, then do that,......but have a bit of education on the subject before you say its pointless, and does not work, and its genes and age related over lifestyle and doing a bit......sorry i could not disagree more... As stated before i train hard, and eat for the end result, 90 plus % percent in the gym do not, and 90plus% fail to achieve there goals in the gym, what make you think that the face is any different?.......it is not different, people do not do whats needed 90% plus of the time, and then complain it does not work,,,its my age,,my genes,,,,etc etc... One question just posted was "why is it not mainstream if it works"..........very easy to answer that,people generally will go for pills, potions, and the quick fix remedies any day of the week over spending hours lifting a muscle group, and folks we know this to be true. Why are diets of all types still the rage?......MONEY....facial exercises takes effort and time and most will bow out after a few tries,the dieting industry as an example thrives and grows each and every yr?......people do not want to exercise in the main,its not popular in 2013,hence the obesity epidemic in europe,is it different for facial exercising....NO ...it simply is a unique way of curing a problem, so long as you do it correctly that is......

Robyn7074 2 May 2013

ummm....I love you. :)

Robyn7074 8 May 2013

Thanks for that! No offense though, but I doubt yours is he only way to face exercise...otherwise you are just another trendy fad making a buck. There are plenty of ways to do them, and free. Many of us here have experienced success, all it takes is getting to know the muscles of your own face!

fitand50 2 May 2013

Its really frustrating to here some people say nothing but negative things regards any for of exercise......................

Robyn7074 2 May 2013

I know, but just ignore them...there will always be haters in the world...think of exercise (for faces too) as a litttle special secret for those open minded enough to try...and to the rest, their loss! :)

Nicwill7 24 Apr 2013

Mar2020 and honeybee, could you be so kind to let me know which facial exercise program you use? xo

VILLE331 24 Apr 2013

If you scroll down, you will find a post by HoneyBun listing several of the exercises that she does and how to do them. They are exercises that she says she found on the internet for free....just a little fyi. Good luck!

VILLE331 24 Apr 2013

**Sorry that would be listed by "HoneyBee"

mar2020 9 Mar 2013

I've done these exercises for ten years. I am now 64 years old. People do not believe my age. Some think I'm 40, including my Doctors. The exercises work, but you must stick with them, eat right, and drink your water.

morevaradjhingan 3 Mar 2013

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VILLE331 2 Dec 2012

Just a note of thanks to HoneyBee, Fitand50 and all of You who share your knowledge & experiences about exercise of the face & body, as well as diet & supplements for optimum health. Wishing each & everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

somy 1 Dec 2012

dear honeybee and fitand50 thanks a lot for your posts. I just was submitting my lenthy reply that for some reason the page disappeared and i couldnt send my post. since ive got some problem which my keyboard i cant retype what i had explained but long story short, I am agreeing with the curroption in food industry and i am so amased by the information you passed on about the muscle repair John. now i will eat the amino asid food groups with a right reason and based on a good plan. thank u both for your kind words about my loss. I am doing my best to get my health recovered any way possible and like what you said honeybee, im sure my mother will be happy this way, so i got a good reason. I had explained in detail about the problem areas which i feel i need my musles to be relocated there. but to be brief again, i want to focus on my forehead( with the fear of getting more visible vertical lines between my eyebrows and more uneven fat on top my my eyebrows which i actually feel it when i tough it with my fingers. it seems as if the fat under my skin is moving toward the middle of my two eyebrows creating a kind of hollow area in the middle of my forehead!) i am not sure if every ones forehead age differently or not. but i am sure 2 years ago, i did not have a forehead with such structure and ive just gone to my 29 years. i also feel that my smile lines are more visible than before which i feel it is due to decrease in elasticity of my muscles. i actually sometime pull up my face with my hands and create fuller cheeks that way whic shows my muscles need to be relocated and need gaining firmness. i really am not sure about some programms on you tube and unlike you John, i am not confident in developing my own excercises. what i wanted to ask you is that, would it be ok i asked for the best excercises you can suggest for these two areas i have problem with? i know u might not have any problem in these two areas and therefore it hasent been the case of study for you, but in case you have some advice, i would appriciate.

fitand50 13 Dec 2012

Hi somy, so sorry for the delay in replying,broken laptop does nothing these days for communication......regards your bumps on the forehead, i do believe the GP is the best advice there,it could be just a simple thyroid problem, but you must get it checked out from base one, and that is the GP, he will advise on that.We almost for sure all age differently in different areas,and the face would be no different,however this i feel can be also due to how much body fat you are carrying, because like any other area the face carries a certain amount there just like anywhere else. I do feel that today we can become very obsessed with being totally line free, and i do not feel that it is altogether the most attractive way long term.Having at least a slight laugh line is not a bad thing. how many times have you seen a plane jane kind of teenager turn into a stunner 20years on,male or female that is,and its not because they are totally line free, but because they are in good nick throughout, and it is reflected in there face.............. Everybody in the modern era is a bit obsessed with being wrinkle free and line free, and blemish free, when in reality it can be the odd fine line and wrinkle that makes a person so much more attractive.....any how thats just my view.Premature aging is the key thing to stop, not natural aging..... The brow pinches and pull out as per Alison Heaths program are good ive found,but are only in moderation i would suggest as they are harsh.Im not being sexist here by any means but smile lines can be very appealing,so have a good think before you get rid of those ,ha. The problems that you see somy may not be what everybody else sees, and whilst you can manipulate a muscle upwards over the long term, as much as you can just let it sag and pay a fortune if you listen to the surgeons of the world,maybe seeing any differences is effecting you more than you think.You cannot stop the aging process, but you can accept it and go with it, and shock the world at how dam good you look for whatever age you are. Your facial structure will change every single day,and thats fact,as we age bones become less dense,muscles sag downwards,skin becomes less elastic,eyes droop,jowls appear,etc etc,but the great news is you can almost slow it to a stop compared to other people who do nothing, so the choice is there.I can only go off what ive witnessed with doing my own program for my eye droop problem, and after only 8 sessions im extremely delighted. Having said this ive put in the time on the area and not over strained it, total last time was 10mins of tension holds.......so if you put it another way instead of doing ten second holds and release times say 3 times per eye, last time i did 90 second holds times 4 times for one procedure and 60 seconds times 4 for a second exercise,followed by some other types of exercise. As a result of the last few weeks i can now do the exercise from starting at 20 seconds ish, to now 90 seconds holding the tension on, and that tells me that the muscle is stronger now.My total tension time after 8 sessions i worked out at just over 120 minutes, so if that does not lift a muscle then at this point i would be posting very differently, but it has and is working, my brow has lifted so much , the droop is virtually gone........ As i have said before i believe its the full program of exercise and correct diet and rest, and not doing them every day that will bring rewards over those that take the one plan method, of just doing the facial training only, and hoping that they are doing enough for the recovery to happen by way of a miracle. TO ONE AND ALL, MERRY XMAS AND KEEP THE FAITH............

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