Does Facial Flex Work?

Although the concept of exercising facial muscles in order to achieve a youthful look is compelling, there is no credible evidence to suggest efficacy.  We exercise our facial muscles thousands of times a day, yet the aging process still marches on.  Consider other ways to spend your money!

Our office specializes in non surgical face lift surgery. We utilize the Ultherapy regimen to tighten the lower face and neck.  Ultherapy has excellent longterm results. Raffy Karamanoukian MD FACS

As of this writing, there is no hard scientific evidence that that this type of activity achieves the end points that it purports to.  Please see an experienced, board certified doctor.  In fact, see a few of them.  They will have more specific advice.

Only two so-called studies exist on Facial-Flex. Both were written by the same authors, none of whom are doctors. The "studies" were written in 1992 and 1994 and apparently have never been replicated. They were not blinded studies. They were not published in plastic surgical journals. There is a lot to be skeptical of with such "research."
The changes that occur in the face with aging have nothing to due with a lack of exercise of the muscles in the face. Age-related changes are primarily due to deterioration of the structural components of skin (including elastin, collagen, and hyaluronic acid), which lead to sagging, and the loss of subcutaneous volume (such as fat). We correct these with surgery (to lift sagging) and with injectable fillers (to fill volume loss).
In fact, one well proven way to minimize wrinkles is to actually weaken the muscles of the face with agents such as Botox Cosmetic and Dysport. Building up muscle function is very likely the exact opposite of what a patient would want to do.
All the best,
--DCP

I have researched products similar to these as part of my training in aesthetic surgery. Your facial muscles get plenty of exercise in the course of daily life and this device is very unlikely to provide any positive benefit.
This device has been used by plastic surgeons in New York to stretch out the mouth for patients who have had reconstructive surgery and whose mouth openings are too small. This may be its only legitimate use.
Sorry!

I have never seen any evidence that Facial Flex helps improve aging or skin tightening.  Lasers such as Thermage, BBL, Fraxel, or eMatrix all serve to rejuvenate and make the skin look younger.  For the best results please consult a board certified dermatologist with a great deal of experience with Thermage and these other lasers.

Facial exercises can theoretically improve facial appearance however all the studies in peer reviewed literature that have been done up to this point have not shown exercises to be helpful. There are somethings that sometimes make sense but actually do not work. That is why we do studies and that is why any surgeon on here will probably not recommend it. 

Facial aging has little to do with the size and tone of facial and in the case of the Flex, the muscles around the mouth. Getting these muscles rubbed with special lotions, zapped with electric massagers, doing neck sit ups, or in your case puckering exercises will do NOTHING for facial aging.
These devices are just the latest is a long list of rejuvenation quack devices which preyed on the gullible practically since humans walked the face of the earth.
You have already wasted your money on it. It is up to you if you also want to needlessly waste your time.

The facial exercises machines and facial muscle stimulaters simply do nothing to rejuvenate your face. The facial muscles do not respond to exercises like the muscles of your body as facial muscles are not weight bearing muscles. 

Flexing the facial muscles will not help with soft tissue descent.  It is like when patients ask me if they work out their chest muscles will the breasts get bigger or be lifted.  It doesn't work.