What Causes Nasolabial Lines?
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Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:30 am

Hi!! My understanding is, as you age, the skin’s supply of collagen and elastin, the proteins that give skin its structural support and elasticity, decrease. As skin thins with age, it also sags. Loss of fat in the cheeks causes the skin over the cheeks to droop and can deepen those lines further. Facial exercises can lift, smooth and tighten the n/l fold line area of the face with the correct combination of exercises.
First of all, a deep wrinkle is caused by skin adhering to underlying tissue. Whenever the muscle contracts, the skin is pulled down, creating a valley. It takes years of "unconscious", repetitive movement over and over again to create this valley we call a wrinkle. This is what you see as that line forms from the corner of the nose to the mouth. Now, because the muscles in the face go through the skin, allowing us to show facial expressions, when you build and tone the muscles of the face, you bring the skin up with this newly “tightened” muscle. The correct combination of facial exercises can release the stuck down skin, lift-up and build the cheeks and literally diminish and erase the n/l fold lines while sculpting a beautiful shape to the whole face and neck. Furthermore, the skin will also appear “thicker” as the skin and muscles tone and build.

Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:20 am

TheresaMary wrote:

Thats simply a still from the interview, and thanks for mentioning it, but you can quite clearly see that Carolyn does have NLs still in place so I'm not sure that she is qualified to tell others how to get rid of them if she's still got them is she? I wish I was more technical and could do things with photos, as I'd highlight them, but just want to put the link here so people can see:

http://www.carolynsfacialfitness.com/today-show-clip

Likewise as this thread is specifically about NLs I'd like to just ask to see if any of Deb, Carolyn or anyone else actually has any proof that they can be gotten rid of entirely - as none of the before or afters on any of the sites I've looked at shows the removal of these, and as Carolyn has said already these are caused by the skin adhereing to the muscles, so maybe for NLs to be treated it needs to not have facial exercises but skin treatments?

Actually when I was talking about photos, what I was referring to re no recent ones was this page:

http://www.carolynsfacialfitness.com/pictures-of-carolyn

And in all the photos you can see she has NLs quite clearly to me - there is a large indentation or line underneath the cheeks themselves

newera wrote:

To avoid confusion, I should add that the YouTube video I mentioned is an interview with Carolyn on Australia's 'Today' show, on 12/07/09. It's on the 'In the Media' section of the CFF website. HTH.

Hi again, TheresaMary,

I was just about to write again, but you beat me to it - because I saw where there was a confusion about the photos of Carolyn. There are two sets of photos on the website, but the set that I was talking about is in the 'Pictures of Carolyn' section, in the 'About Carolyn' bit on the left side of the web page. Sorry, that's a bit of a mouthful but I hope it's clear what I mean. The latest photo there is from December 2009. The NLs that are so clear to you in the photos aren't clear to me - I just see the shadow that naturally shows underneath a smile. I see it in photos of my grandchildren, aged from 4 to 16. I'm looking at them now.

Also, the 'Today' show clip isn't just a still - it's a question-and-answer interview with Carolyn, with her demonstrating some of the exercises as well. Just click on the Play arrow in the centre and it will play. HTH.

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