I Did Face Yoga Every Day for a Few Weeks, and Now I See Why It’s Worth It

Many fashion magazines and television experts advise us to do yoga for the face. They claim that by doing the exercises every day, we can achieve an effect similar to going to a plastic surgeon. I decided to see for myself if it works as they say it does. The result was astonishing.

What the experts promise us.

Many instructors emphasize that solely engaging in these exercises will not address all the changes. A proper regimen, a nutritious diet, and an active lifestyle are also imperative. Nevertheless, small-scale studies conducted in this domain have demonstrated that women who consistently practiced facial yoga observed favorable alterations in their appearance after a few months and expressed satisfaction with the outcomes.

Similar to numerous other women, I feel somewhat self-conscious about my rounded, oval face, the presence of crow’s feet, and laugh lines. Consequently, I have decided to explore whether a series of specialized exercises could assist me in combating these age-related transformations.

Get rid of bags under our eyes and crow’s feet.

This technique was supposed to help me get rid of bags under my eyes and crow’s feet. Spread your index and middle fingers out in a “V” shape. Then lightly press the middle fingers against the area just above the bridge of your nose, while pressing the index fingers against the corners of the eyes on the outer side of the eyebrows.

Once you’ve assumed this position, look up, while tensing the lower eyelids. Holding this position will likely make you blink, tensing the muscles around your eyes. After several blinks, relax your eyelids. Repeat the exercise a few more times.

Then, close your eyes and continue blinking while holding this position. Once you’ve repeated this step a few times, relax and take a deep breath. This exercise was quite easy, but the frequent blinking made my eyes hurt.

Reducing wrinkles from laughing.

This exercise helps to reduce laugh lines, tighten the cheeks, and define better the chin line. Press your lips tightly against your teeth, so you’re lightly biting down on them. Then open your mouth in an “O” shape.

After that, stretch your lips out in a smile. This took me some effort. Repeat these two positions a number of times, alternating between the “O” shape and the smile.

Then, put your index finger on your chin and, pressing it down slightly, begin to open and close your mouth. This move reminded me of the fishies from a popular children’s toy, which you had to catch with a magnet attached to a fishing rod.

Holding this position, slowly tilt your head back until you’re looking straight up at the ceiling. Hold, and return to the starting position, repeating the move a few more times.

I had no particular difficulty with this exercise, but my housemates couldn’t stop laughing at my expressions. So, in the future, I decided to practice my face yoga away from prying eyes, especially children’s ones.

Smoothing out forehead wrinkles.

The following exercise was supposed to partially smooth out the forehead wrinkles and increase blood circulation in that area. This is probably the easiest and most pleasant exercise. Lightly press the fingertips of both your hands against the centre of your forehead.

Use gentle strokes to slowly massage the forehead away from the center and towards the temples. If folds of skin are gathering under your fingers, try using less pressure.

Smoothing out the wrinkles under our eyes.

This exercise is designed to reduce bags and wrinkles under the eyes, as well as strengthen the lower face muscles. Press your index fingers against your nose about midway, just at the start of the bone.

Pull the lower jaw downwards, tensing the cheeks. Raise your eyes, so you’re looking up at the ceiling, and start blinking frequently. Then, relax your face for a few seconds, and repeat. I didn’t feel like the movements themselves caused any discomfort, but my eyes did get tired quite quickly.

Strengthening neck and chin muscles.

Use this exercise to strengthen your neck and chin muscles. Tilt your head back slightly, and stretch your neck. Place your fingers under the chin, and gently massage your neck in a downward motion.

Then, press your fingers just above your collarbones, and stretch your neck as much as possible, tensing the muscles and raising the chin. Hold this position for a few seconds. You’re supposed to repeat this exercise a few times, but after the second try, I noticed a terrible pain in the back of my head. Needless to say, I did not carry on with this exercise.

Reducing eye puffiness.

If you want to reduce eye puffiness and improve blood circulation in that area, you can try the following exercise. Place the pads of your ring fingers under your eyebrows, on the inner side. Then, gently tap your fingers towards the outer side.

Press your fingers against the temples for a few seconds, and continue tapping just under the eyes, above your cheekbones, and towards the nose. It’s worth spending about 30 seconds on this exercise.

Strengthening cheek muscles.

The following exercise is supposed to strengthen your cheek muscles. For this one, try to smile, while closing your lips tightly, without showing your teeth at all. Pucker your lips up, like you’re making a duck face. Then, raise the corners of your mouth. This step, I must admit, I wasn’t very good at. I felt like I was doing it right, but it turns out, all I managed to pull was a straight face.

Then, press your index fingers up to the edges of your mouth, and gradually lift them toward your cheekbones and temples. I had to feel the tension in my cheek muscles here. You’re supposed to “anchor” your fingers at the top of your cheeks and hold the position for 20 seconds. After 3 repetitions, both my cheeks and lips were sore.

Strengthening muscles around the temple area.

This exercise is meant to strengthen the muscles around the temple area. This one was the one I had the most trouble with. Put your fingers on your temples and clench your teeth, lifting your chin. Then, you’re supposed to pull your ears back, all the while clenching your teeth tightly. Neither of these was going to happen for me, but some finger muscles did tense.

To improve blood circulation.

The final two exercises are supposed to improve blood circulation. They also help some people to relax and fall asleep more quickly.

Place your index finger on your forehead, between your eyebrows. Pressing gently, make a few circular movements in a clockwise direction, then repeat in the opposite direction.

To help relax the facial muscles, use three fingers to gently pinch your chin, cheeks, cheekbones and ears along the profile line. This sensation was quite pleasant, but my cheeks did not become any less sore.

My result of the experiment.

Initially, face yoga had no discernible impact on my appearance. I observed that my cheeks and cheekbones would experience a burning sensation and discomfort for a few hours following each session, prompting me to abstain from smiling or making other facial expressions.

Nevertheless, after 2 weeks, a noticeable transformation occurred in my facial appearance, and my profile became more pronounced. However, as I discovered, some individuals should exercise caution. Exercising these facial muscles can lead to the deepening of wrinkles, primarily because many of them originate from frequent changes in our expressions when we smile and frown.

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