Facial Exercise to Reduce Sagging - Studies?
asked 1 year ago by 325092anon in Sweden
Latest answer by Carmen Kavali, MD
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Tags: exercise, science, study
I'm confused. Many people swear that facial exercises have made a difference for them & I would think that resistence training would tighten the facial muscles & therefore reduce some sagging, even if it doesn't tighten the skin itself or replace fat. Most dermatologists etc claim that such exercises are useless, as no studies have proven their validity. But I haven't been able to find any articles in dermatological/cosmetic science journals reporting on it at all. Does anyone know any sources?
4 answers to Facial Exercise to Reduce Sagging - Studies?
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Facial exercises and snake oil
They pretty much belong in the same category of items designed to part a person from her money. If they worked, we would all be singing their praises and incorporating them into our practices. But they don't, and you won't likely find any randomized, controlled studies stating that they don't because it seems sort of obvious, doesn't it? Who would invest resources into such a study only to confirm what we already really knew?
Carmen Kavali, MD
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon
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The Jim Carrey Facial Muscles Exercises for Facial Tightening does NOT really Work
Regarding: "Facial Exercise - Studies?
I'm confused. Many people swear that facial exercises have made a difference for them & I would think that resistence training would tighten the facial muscles & therefore reduce some sagging, even if it doesn't tighten the skin itself or replace fat. Most dermatologists etc claim that such exercises are useless, as no studies have proven their validity. But I haven't been able to find any articles in...
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Facial exercises should do nothing but make wrinkles
It makes no anatomical sense to do facial muscle exercises to lift sagging skin. These will probably only make you have more wrinkles from overaction of the muscles.
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Studies for Facial Exercises
I am unaware of any studies that conclusively demonstrate efficacy of facial exercises. Facial muscles contain thousands of high twitch muscle fibers with a very high muscle fiber to nerve ending ratio, allowing for our unique and rapid facial expressions. We move our facial muscles thousands of time a day without even thinking about it; adding a series of exercises is unlikely, even in theory, to add any benefit in allaying the aging process.
