Creams, serums, make-up and plastic surgery:we do a lot for beautiful, full skin. That could be a little less. The very best face sculpting tool is free and always at hand.
While commercials like to make you believe otherwise, a healthy and glowing face doesn't have to be expensive and complicated. Sometimes you are literally in control, such as with the wellness trend face yoga. Face yoga (or facial yoga) is like a massage and a trip to the gym in one, but for your face. Moreover, you only need one kind of tool, which is also completely free:your fingers.
Natural facelift
Facial exercises have been a well-kept beauty secret among celebs for years, but now face yoga is becoming increasingly popular. For example, Meghan Markle swears by the facial exercises of skin expert Nichola Joss, which she says make her face much more shapely. Joss uses massage techniques where she even massages the inside of the cheeks.
The basics of face yoga
Now that sounds quite intense, but the basics of facial yoga are simple. You make repetitive movements with your fingers over the skin of your face, which activates and strengthens the muscles. You also do this by making different facial expressions. With this combination you boost your blood circulation, stimulate the removal of waste products and reduce muscle tension. Fine lines are less visible and your skin is tighter and more radiant. Your sculpt so your face, just like you train your body with fitness.
Ancient Technique
Face yoga didn't just come out of the blue. In Asia, a scraping technique has been used for centuries to detoxify the skin and make it tighter and more supple. This method, which uses a flat stone called 'gua sha', is also gaining popularity. You can now simply buy a gua sha at the drugstore, namely. During the facial exercises with the gua sha, you 'scrape' the stone in different directions across your face, just like you would with your fingers.
Three years younger
It has been scientifically researched that facial exercises work. In 2018, researchers at Northwestern University had a group of women between the ages of 40 and 65 do face yoga for 20 weeks. For the first eight weeks, the participants “trained” for thirty minutes every day, then every other day. The result? The ladies found themselves looking up to three years younger. The cheeks, in particular, showed noticeably plumper and firmer skin, dermatologists agreed.
So you can say that face yoga is worth a try, provided you keep doing it consistently and for a longer period of time.
