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Crows Feet Exercises

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Crow’s feet are the crinkly lines that appear at the outer corners of the eyes. As the skin around the eyes is thinner than on other parts of the face, crow’s feet lines often appear as early as in the mid-20s. Avoiding smoky atmospheres and using sunscreen will surely help prevent crow’s feet, and crows feet exercises will help diminish them – even if they are quite deep.
Squinting is likely to make crow’s feet worse. You don’t have to be in bright sunlight to squint; you might be squinting without realizing when working at the computer or watching TV. If you find yourself frequently squinting, it may be a good idea to visit an optician to see if there is a problem with your eyesight. Bright sunshine squinting can usually easily rectified with a pair of good-quality sunglasses.

Crows Feet Exercises Instructions

The top facial exercise trainers recommend quite similar exercises to reduce crow’s feet. Deborah Crowley from Flex Effect, and Carolyn Cleaves from Carolyn’s Facial Fitness, both recommend exercises that involve covering the lines with your fingers and pulling them toward the hairline, while squeezing your eyes tightly shut. The following video shows Carolyn Cleaves from Carolyn’s Facial Fitness demonstrating this effective crow’s feet exercise.

An alternative simple exercise to reduce crow’s feet is to place the sides of your index fingers on the outer corners of your eyes and quickly open and close your eyes, around 30 to 60 times. As you do this, your fingers will move with the muscles toward the center of your face. Don’t try to stop this, the added weight of your fingers is enough to build the orbicularis occuli, which is a muscle that encircles the entire eye. Do these crows feet exercises at least once a day for maximum results.
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Facial Exercises for Jowls

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One of the most aging aspects of advancing years is the appearance of hamster-like pouches, commonly known as Facial Exercises for Jowlsjowls, which sag from the jawline.
A plastic surgeon will generally perform a face lift to improve the appearance of sagging jowls. Luckily, this is not the only option, and there are several facial exercises for jowls that are effective. If you pull the skin tight around your temples, you will see this decreases the baggy jowls, therefore it is important to exercise the whole face, and not just the jawline, if drooping jowls are a problem for you.
As well as practicing facial exercise for jowls regularly, be sure to also practice exercises to lift the cheeks, as this will automatically raise the jowls, as a good part of the face “hangs” of the cheeks. Double chin and neck exercises will also improve the appearance of saggy jowls.

Facial Exercises for Jowls Instructions

Protrude Your Jaw

Deborah Crowley’s FlexEffect Facial Resistance Training provides a number of exercises to tighten the jawline; this one involves protruding the jaw.
Push your lower jaw forward, and place three fingers on the front, at the tip of your chin. Attempt to return your jaw to it’s regular position by pushing it back with your fingers. Resist the attempt by pushing back with your jaw muscles. Repeat the exercise by moving your lower jaw to the left. Place three fingers on the right side of your jaw and attempt to push the jaw back to a central position. Repeat on the other side. Deborah Crowley suggests starting with as many reps as feel comfortable, and building up.

Ceiling Chew

The ceiling chew can be performed sitting or standing. Tilt your head backward and look up at the ceiling. Pretend to chew, or genuinely chew a piece of gum. You should feel the muscles working beneath your chin. Continue chewing for around 20 seconds, or longer, if it feels comfortable. This workout will help tighten a lose jawline and reduce a double chin.

Jaw and Chin Toner

This exercise forms part of the Faceworks fitness program. It is designed to tone a double chin and firm the jawline, which will help diminish the appearance of sagging jowls.
Tilt your head back, as in the previous exercise, and look up at the ceiling. Push your lower jaw forward so you can feel the muscles and skin stretch, but not to the point you feel discomfort. If you have any pain beneath your ears, you have extended your jaw too far, and should retract it a little. Hold this position for a count of 10 seconds, concentrating on the tightening beneath your chin. Slowly lower your head three inches, then gradually raise it again. Move you head up and down 20 times, looking straight ahead without moving to either side.

Tongue Exercise

Facial Exercises for JowlsThe tongue exercise is from Reinhold’s Benz’s “Five-Minute Face-Lift.” Benz’s book contains several short toning facial exercises for jowls which help to firm the jawline and reduce sagging jowls.
To perform the tongue exercise, stick your tongue out as far as possible; as though you want to touch the tip of your chin. Hold the pose, until you begin to feel the muscle burning at the back of the tongue and underneath your chin. Relax, and repeat five times.

FlexEffect by Deborah Crowley

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Deborah Crowley, creator of FlexEffect, was a professional bodybuilder who became aware her face was showing signs of aging when she was aged Do Facial Exercises Work?about 30. Not happy with what she was seeing in the mirror, Deborah reasoned if she could keep her body young and supple by building and training the muscles, she should be able to apply the same principals to the muscles of the face.
The photo on the left shows Deb at the age of 56. For more amazing photos, see the “Before and After” pictures on Deb’s website. (Link will open in a new tab).
Deborah practiced isometric exercises for a while, which are strength training exercises that do not increase muscle length while performing the exercise. Isometric exercises feature predominantly in the book “Face Lifting by Exercise For Women & Men Over Twenty-One” by Senta Maria Runge, which is mistakenly considered by many to be the first book written on facial exercising. Although she noticed improvement, Deborah was more familiar with strength resistance training, and decided to devise her own program of facial resistance training. This was the beginning of Flexeffect® Facial Resistance Training by Deborah Crowley.
In 2010, Deborah updated her program and launched FlexEffect Facialbuilding 3rd Edition, which had been eagerly awaited for by exisitng users of FlexEffect, as it includes two completely new anti-aging techniques. These are Jolting® for correcting facial bone atrophy and Cross Stretching® to help replace elastin and collagen.

The FlexEffect Program

The FlexEffect program consists of a 275 page book, a DVD, a training log and a CD. The book covers absolutely everything you need to know about facial exercise, an has an interesting forward by Mark E. McGovern M.D.,FACC, FACP. It is always welcome to read positive views concerning exercising the face from respected members of the medical profession, as so many involved in the cosmetic surgery field are quick to deny that facial exercises are extremely beneficial in keeping the face looking young.
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As well as describing in detail 30 exercises that target specific regions of the face, the FlexEffect book also contains comprehensive information on the two most recent facial toning methods that Deborah has devised; Jolting® and Cross Stretching®.
In addition, you will learn which supplements you should be taking for maximum cell renewal, and which topical agents you must use to achieve the best results possible.
This is probably the most complete facial exercise program on the market, and the only one that offers immediate customer support via a forum manned by Deb, her daughters, Claudia and Audrea, and several other certified FlexEffect trainers. This is invaluable, because as your training progresses and changes begin to be visible, you are very likely to have questions that you did not consider when starting out.
In the DVD, Deborah and her daughter Audrea demonstrate the correct way to perform FlexEffect exercises. The DVD provides a total of 49 resistance facial exercises targeting individual areas of the face and neck. The CD has a selection of two routines you can follow along to; one lasting for 20 minutes, and the other a 12-minute session for those that are in a hurry.
Last but not least, you are provided with a training log. This makes it easy to build up your own routine and track your progress. Furthermore, you will be able to easily see which areas you may be neglecting and therefore focus on those particular exercises.

FlexEffect Training Certification

As well as offering her FlexEffect program, Deborah also provides the opportunity to become An FIA Certified Trainer. There are several levels of certification which involve self-training for a specific time and the participation in a facial muscle knowledge forum.
Admirably, Deb is a facial exercise “guru” who has done much to promote the credibility of exercising the face by interviewing respected medical professionals and also funding a small study to prove the effectiveness of facial muscle training.
The Flex Effect website shows Deb’s photos, and at the age of 62, her appearance is quite remarkable. Through facial resistance training Deb looks at least 15 years younger. On the FlexEffect site, you can also see before and after pictures of others who have reversed signs of aging with the FlexEffect facial exercise program.
Additionally, Deborah has a YouTube channel that provides factual information about how facial exercises work. Click here for Deb’s YouTube channel.
To learn more about the FlexEffect program, visit Deb’s website.