If
you stroll around Barnes and Noble's beauty section you will find that
quite a few books have been published on facial exercises- everything
from how to lose your chicken neck to contradictory side that facial
exercises make aging lines appear worse! With all of the information
that these books provide, and the contradictory stance that they have,
how do you know what it right?
There
are 44 muscles in the face,
so it is not odd to believe that moving them and exercising them will
change your face to a degree. One book told instructed one to
push the
fingertips up and against the brow bone to lift the eye area. While
another promised how puckering up lips in an exaggerated kiss while
holding back the
skin at the corners of the mouth, would give you
fuller lips and better cheekbones.
ON
the other hand, there
were books that contradicted the former, not to exercise these
facial muscles , in
fact, it is the exercising of these muscles during everyday living that
has contributed to the little lines showing up in the first place.
These books revealed that repeated movement of my eyes over time are
the cause of crowfeet and laughing is what actually
causes laugh lines, SHOCKING!. The books called for as little
extra movement as possible.
So
how does one decide what is right? We say, try the exercises out- doctors
say that laugh lines and crowfeet our a result of the skin, not the
muscles, so actually exercising the muscles won't hurt (but they
suggest not pulling too hand on the skin), and may over time actually
make winkles appear less because the muscles underneath are stronger. We say smiling is the best exercise you can do!
