Facial Exercises: Bring Your Fitness Routine All The Way Up To Your Face

When your body becomes out of shape, you exercise and diet, right? And some take the more aggressive route of turning to invasive surgeries such as tummy tucks and liposuction. When our skin begins to age, it basically becomes out of shape and needs some toning. So why do we first turn to Botox and plastic surgery in order to firm and tighten the face without exploring less-invasive options? Facial muscles atrophy the same way any muscles do. Try facial exercises daily to tighten, tone, and strengthen your facial muscles.

It’s actually possible to exercise your facial muscles, just like you would your body. A facial contouring massage is a perfect alternative to a facelift as it deeply penetrates your 55-60 facial muscles, helping to improve circulation, reducing stress and, yes, tighten, tone and lift your face.

Arcona Studio in Los Angeles offers Facial Contouring treatments to tons of celebrity clients like Madonna, Diane Lane, and Sarah Jessica Parker, in lieu of plastic surgery. Like exercise for your body, this treatment does not promise overnight results. It is a cumulative process of toning and tightening the muscles in the face until they are so strong that they defy gravity. It’s needle and scalpel-free maintenance that will become just as important and integral to your overall health routine as drinking enough water and yoga.

Aside from facial massage, and speaking of yoga, you can also learn facial exercises known as face or facial yoga. Practitioners swear by the simple yet effective daily exercises such as the “Baby Bird”, “Smiling Fish Face”, and of course, “Buddha” face poses. Fumiko Takatsu shares in her best-selling book, The Ultimate Guide to the Face Yoga Method: Take Five Years Off Your Face, that you can target the areas you struggle with most to combat the effects of gravity and time. Give it a try. It likely will become your new favorite way to care for yourself, and a welcome contribution to your beauty habits.