Your face is the first thing that starts showing the signs of aging. As you age, the production of collagen reduces and our skin loses its natural elasticity causing your face to look droopy. This is a good time to introduce an anti-aging cream into your beauty routine. However, just like your body needs to exercise and remain active to stay healthy, doing some simple face exercises everyday can take years off your face, giving you a toned look and healthy, glowing skin.
Unlike regular workout sessions, these exercises do not require going to the gym, they are so simple that these can be done while sitting on your desk at work. These facial exercises will stimulate collagen production to give you smoother looking toned skin. According to experts, these exercises show results in two to four months and if you continue doing them, you can delay the signs of aging for a long time.
To get you started, here are 7 easy facial exercises that will make you look younger in no time!
- 1. Fish face
- 2. Giraffe neck
- 3. Forehead repair
- 4. Lift them brows
- 5. Sculpted cheeks
- 6. Neck and jaw firmer
- 7. Chew a gum
1. Fish face
This facial exercise is aimed at plumping up the lower part of your face. Tone and tighten your jaw and chin by doing this exercise for 5 minutes each day. Aptly named fish face, you may look like a pouting fish while doing this one, so you might want to do it at home. Or if you don’t really care what people think, you’re free to do it wherever you want!
Step 1: Open your mouth and suck your cheeks in as much as possible. The shape of your lips should look like the figure eight.
Step 2: Hold this position for at least 10 seconds and then release it.
Step 3: Repeat it 20 times in a span of three minutes.
2. Giraffe neck
Your face and neck both will benefit from the giraffe exercise. It focuses on the neck and helps tighten loose skin, reducing double chin while helping disappear fine lines and wrinkles. This facial exercise is considered to be one of the most effective one in giving your face a toned look.
Step 1: You can do this exercise while sitting or standing. Start by looking up and stretching your neck.
Step 2: Now try to push your tongue against the roof of your mouth.
Step 3: Another way to do this exercise is by pulling the skin on your neck downwards using your index fingers.
Step 4: Stretch and hold this position for 25 seconds.
Step 5: Rest and repeat a few more times.
3. Forehead repair
Whether you frown a lot or not, wrinkles on the forehead are common and we all want smoother looking skin. Even if you don’t have any fine lines on your forehead you can still do this exercise to prevent wrinkles from appearing. The forehead repair facial exercise will make this possible, here’s how…
Step 1: Place your index finger above your eyelid, just below your eyebrows.
Step 2: Now raise your eyebrows as you normally would while pulling down the skin with your index fingers so as to stretch the skin.
Step 3: Rest and repeat this exercise 10 times at a time.
4. Lift them brows
Your eyebrows start to lose elasticity and firmness as you age. Once your brows start to sag your face will look dull and pale. However, you can avoid this by doing the brow lifting exercise. Take a few years off your face by doing this easy facial exercise every day.
Step 1: Using three fingertips of each hand press under your eyebrows so as to force them open.
Step 2: Now try to frown your eyebrows down on your fingertips.
Step 3: Hold this position and breathe deeply.
Step 4: Tightly close your eyes and roll your eyeballs upwards.
Step 5: Hold tight for 20 seconds. Keep breathing deeply.
Step 6: Relax and repeat three more times.
5. Sculpted cheeks
Worried about laugh lines near your mouth and pouches on your face? Fret not, for we have found the right facial exercise to address this problem! It will give you toned, firm and healthy-looking skin if practiced regularly. Reduce sagging and wrinkles with just this one exercise!
Step 1: Keep your head straight and then smile. Make the smile as wide as possible without opening your mouth.
Step 2: Now wrinkle up your nose, this will contract the cheek muscles.
Step 3: Hold this position for five seconds and then relax your face again.
Step 4: Repeat this exercise 10 more
6. Neck and jaw firmer
Notice the difference in your skin’s luminosity and firmness after practicing this exercise for a few months. The neck and jaw firming facial exercise is designed to firm up and tone the neck and jaw area. Say goodbye to sagging skin without any cosmetic procedures or painful injections.
Step 1: Keep your mouth open and fold the lower lip inwards, hold tightly.
Step 2: Now extend your lower jaw outwards and then upwards so as to close your mouth.
Step 3: Tilt your head backwards and open and close the lower jaw at least 10 times.
Step 4: On the last round keep the lower jaw extended and hold the position for 20 seconds before resting.
Step 5: Repeat the whole sequence three times.
7. Chew a gum
This seems like the easiest thing to do, well guess what it is! However, you need to do it in moderation. Chewing gum is a form of facial exercise that helps fight signs of aging. It keeps your facial muscles steady and active which leads to firm skin and toned facial muscles. What’s more, it helps in smoothening out the skin. If you’re concerned about your health opt for sugar-free gums, this won’t cause dental or health problems yet get the work done. You will often find models chewing gums off duty as other than working out at the gym, this exercise keeps the skin on their face and neck toned and firm.
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Written by Sanya Hamdani on 2nd Apr 2020
Sanya Hamdani is a skincare enthusiast and lipstick hoarder, she truly believes no two red lipsticks look exactly alike. With a Master's degree in Communication & Journalism and 5+ years of digital writing experience up her sleeve, Sanya has some of the biggest beauty experts in the country on her speed dial. When she's not swatching products or writing about the latest trends in beauty, you will find her watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S. or cooking up a storm in the kitchen.