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Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:25 am  |
Does anyone know of any good facial exercises for the whole face?
Free would be great, but I don’t mind paying of its good.
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havana8
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Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:48 pm |
| SummerSone wrote: |
Does anyone know of any good facial exercises for the whole face?
Free would be great, but I don’t mind paying of its good.
Suggestions? |
Hi SummerS
I’ve only tried a few programs but have to say FlexEffect has my vote. BTW they also have an online workshop staffed with trainers that do a great job of helping you with your training, an aspect I find extremely helpful. Most will agree it’s an excellent program. HTH  |
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agathatefora
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Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:34 pm |
The link havana8 provided is a great resource.
But I think still the best facial exercise there is (not to mention the easiest) is - SMILING AND LAUGHING.
Laughing for one moves about 50 facial muscles. Plus the benefits that it has for your respiratory and circulatory system!  |
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Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:35 pm |
| agathatefora wrote: |
The link havana8 provided is a great resource.
But I think still the best facial exercise there is (not to mention the easiest) is - SMILING AND LAUGHING.
Laughing for one moves about 50 facial muscles. Plus the benefits that it has for your respiratory and circulatory system! |
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Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:31 am |
I wish that was true for me, if all I had to do was laugh and smile, but I think that this too can cause problems (think laugh lines etc) but I'd much rather have them to worry over than sagging.
Whilst it moves 50 muscles, it doesn't tone or strengthen them. However on tv last night on a news cast I saw a thing about laughing yoga which looked quite odd at first but they were saying that it had many benefits such as calming the nervous system etc so I think that its definitely something in there.
| agathatefora wrote: |
The link havana8 provided is a great resource.
But I think still the best facial exercise there is (not to mention the easiest) is - SMILING AND LAUGHING.
Laughing for one moves about 50 facial muscles. Plus the benefits that it has for your respiratory and circulatory system! |
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Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:59 am |
| I saw this thread title and thought it was from a crazy stage mom looking for facial exercises her young children could start on, lol! |
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Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:45 pm |
Me too.
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| I saw this thread title and thought it was from a crazy stage mom looking for facial exercises her young children could start on, lol! |
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:04 am |
I disagree that smiling and laughing doesnt tone muscles.
Whilst facial exercises may be better for toning as they are more concentrated, i stll think that any movement of muscles will tone to some extent.
I dont think its any coincidence that happy people who love to laugh and are positive usually look younger too. |
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:28 am |
Sorry thats my mistake. What I meant is that smiling isn't going to increase the muscle size in the same way facial exercises can/will. For most people (and I include myself in this) when you start out usually tone isn't the goal, but reversal of sag etc. That was my challenge when I hit my 50th birthday and I know for a fact that toning exercises didn't cut it at all.
I'm not sure all facial exercises would label themselves as toning, in fact it seems they're more keen to say otherwise, but if your youngish (below 30) then toning may be fine. Even in the pros often say they started out with toning exercises and they work, so there's something in it, but if your above 40, I'm sorry but I think you need all the help you can get and just toning isn't going to cut it in my experience.
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I disagree that smiling and laughing doesnt tone muscles.
Whilst facial exercises may be better for toning as they are more concentrated, i stll think that any movement of muscles will tone to some extent.
I dont think its any coincidence that happy people who love to laugh and are positive usually look younger too. |
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:48 am |
| TheresaMary - has facial exercises made a noticeable difference for you in terms of lifting or plumping? Or is it more of a preventative measure as in stop more sagging etc? |
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:32 am |
It most certainly has made a huge difference over the years I've done them, and to be honest I wish I had done them sooner as I might have been able to avoid a lot of the issues i've had for sure.
I got into them because I had lost weight as had got quite chunky, was 50 years old and didn't recognise the woman look at me in the mirror. I had a friend who was the same age who had started doing them, and so that was the inspiration and I've kept them up for well over 10 years now. I do mix and match, but as you'll see on here a lot of us do that. I definitely know I've got lift in places that I never expected and my nl's went after doing the Flexeffect cross stretching, which is funny as they were never much of an issue for me but there you go.
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| TheresaMary - has facial exercises made a noticeable difference for you in terms of lifting or plumping? Or is it more of a preventative measure as in stop more sagging etc? |
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