Tighten Those Facial Muscles!

My mom used to say that in order to determine a person's age, look at their neck and throat. There is nothing nice or pretty about a crepey looking neck or throat with loose skin hanging around. These exercises will help relieve and prevent a double chin, loose skin on the neck and throat area and will also assist in toning these muscles.

Some people might think that a double chin is simply excess weight manifesting itself - but guess what - it also is the result of loose skin and terrible muscle tone.

Spend a few minutes each day doing these exercises...you'll see the difference in a few weeks. Remember, flabby muscles didn't happen overnight.

I do these in the morning usually in bed....before doing any facial exercise you should apply some lubricant to the area around the muscles being exercised. I make a quick trip to the bathroom and put lotion or water on my face, then back to bed!

I tend(ed) to have droopy eyelids, these exercises have tightened up those muscles. This exercise is easy. It's done by just winking one eye at a time, and holding the wink for a second, and then repeating the movement. This exercise will definitely not eliminate the fine lines under your eyes but it will make them less noticeable. I do about 30 reps.

My favorite exercise, and most relaxing one is: Press your fingers onto your temple area and slightly pull them back. This puts tension on the muscles that surround the eyes, and it also prevents lines around the eyes from forming as you do the exercise. With your fingers giving resistance to the muscles around your eyes, close your eyes tightly. You will feel these muscles working strongly as you hold the contraction perhaps a second or even more . Do as many repetitions as you feel comfortable with. I usually do three sets of twenty reps.

Another one that I like, (and can do anywhere) is simply raising the eyebrows. Look straight ahead and raise your eyebrows. It will definitely help to Smooth Frown Lines

Again, this is the easiest exercise you can do. Practice this one every time you're stopped at a traffic light or while your sitting at your computer...(I'm doing them right now)

This exercise will get rid of any bagginess around the lower eyelids and will may get rid of any hooded upper eyelids too. But improvement will take time. Don't believe those optimistic statements about rejuvenation in a few weeks. Muscles and skin take time to respond.

This will tighten the muscles in the neck area getting rid of the infamous "turkey wattle". You can do this either sitting of standing...just tilt your head back, press your tongue into the roof of your mouth. This tightens up all the muscles at the front of your neck. Now bring your chin down toward your neck while still holding the tongue against the roof of your mouth. That's all there is to it. Again do it about 20 times.

I am 71 but look like I'm in my early 60's