How to get rid of expression wrinkles around the eyes, on the forehead, near the mouth?

The benefits and effectiveness of gymnastics for the face

Gymnastics as a way of facial rejuvenation has become incredibly popular in recent years. This is the most progressive beauty trend, which arose as a healthy alternative to punitive cosmetology. After the world became overrun with “muckles” (faces pumped with fillers, Botoxed into a mask, unnaturally tense faces), it became obvious that beautiful is only natural. Millions of women “sculpt” their faces themselves, erasing wrinkles without injections or scalpels.

What idea has been imposed on us by cosmetologists for decades? Cosmetology is necessary for the beauty and youth of the face. In the West this has been happening for more than half a century, in Russia for about 20 years. Sufficient time to evaluate the real, destructive impact of surgical, injection and hardware techniques on appearance and health.

Yes, we are a little behind the Western view of the problem (we simply have less experience), but we will soon catch up. Many of our women have already realized that they can only rejuvenate their faces with their own hands.

Look at those who are on various “youth injections” - Botox, fillers, meso-cocktails - for at least five years. What happened to them? It’s the same thing everywhere: natural physiological mechanisms are disrupted. Vessels, muscles, skin have forgotten how to perform their functions. And now “the injections of youth” are their sentence for the rest of their lives.

• The capillaries have atrophied, the vessels have stuck together - the blood does not deliver the required amount of nutrients and oxygen to the skin and muscles.
• Some facial muscles spasmed, others atrophied, the configuration of the muscular system became abnormal - hence the wrinkles, folds, creases, nasolabial lips, drooping corners of the mouth, drooping eyelids, jowls, etc.
• The skin experiences a chronic nutritional deficiency - it coarsens, becomes dry, flabby, wrinkled, and sallow-gray.

Having made an injection in the face, another woman can no longer stop, gets hooked on the needle, wants to somehow smooth out the rapid aging, but only makes everything worse. She wanted a magical, instant transformation and got her “cheese in the trap” - a bloated, immobilized, old face with distorted features.

Gymnastics for the face is completely different. She:

• Safe.
  Naturally, obstacles to the full functioning of all tissues are eliminated, and rejuvenation mechanisms are activated.
• Effective.
  The causes of age-related changes are eliminated and long-term results are achieved.
• Convenient.
  You don’t depend on anyone, you don’t “work for a cosmetologist.” Spend 10-15 minutes a day on your face and do simple exercises.

"Botox"​

Photo: AiF / Eduard Kudryavitsky
What it gives: lifting the forehead and upper eyelids, relaxing the forehead, reducing wrinkles.

Starting position: fix the entire surface of the forehead, including the temples, with your palms, pressing them tightly to your forehead. Pull the frontalis muscle down and slightly to the sides with your fingers (1 mm), slowly raise your eyebrows up (as if you want to wrinkle your forehead), offering resistance with your hands. 20 times in dynamics, 20 sec. in statics. Do the exercise at a slow pace.

Why do you need facial exercises?

Facial gymnastics erases wrinkles in a few weeks.

But wrinkles are not the only age-related changes that occur to the face. And it is gymnastics that fights all the signs of aging.

What happens to your appearance over the years?

• The architecture of the face changes. The cheeks slide down and become the base of the triangle (“the triangle of youth” with its apex on the chin turns over). The picture is complemented by lowered eyebrows, drooping eyelids, and Pierrot’s smile (downturned corners of the lips).
• The terrain suffers. The skin becomes wrinkled and flabby.
• Color deteriorates. The skin of the face turns grey, spider veins and pigment spots appear.
• The face becomes swollen. Lymph flow is disrupted, and fluid is retained in facial tissues. Hence the swollen eyes, bags under the eyes and a puffy facial contour.

You can overcome all this with the help of facial gymnastics. It works on a deep level.

What happens to our face before and after gymnastics?

1. Blood
   Before gymnastics

   As we age, blood flow to the skin decreases. The vessels become narrower: the cells that line them from the inside are damaged, because of this, fewer substances necessary to relax the vascular wall are released, and the lumen is reduced. The tone of the arterioles increases, congestion occurs in the capillaries and venules. The number and size of blood vessels is reduced.

   We add to this the compression of blood vessels due to muscle clamps. And nutrients and oxygen do not reach the skin in the same, “young” quantities.

   After gymnastics

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   Blood flow and metabolism accelerate, microcirculation and cell nutrition improve.

2. Muscles
   Before gymnastics

   There are 57 muscles on the human face. Some of them are almost always tense, for example, the muscles of mastication, the orbicularis oris muscle, and the orbicularis oculi muscle. Others are almost always relaxed.

   A spasmed muscle (hypertonicity) is a shortened muscle. It pulls the skin and adjacent muscles along with it. This is how wrinkles appear on the forehead and bridge of the nose, “crow’s feet”, nasolabial lips, drooping corners of the lips, ptosis of the upper eyelids, pecking nose, floating oval of the face and other age-related changes.

   Another problem is weak muscles that are hypotonic. Under the influence of gravity, they are pulled down, facial tissues sag.

   After gymnastics

   Spasmed muscles relax, weak ones are strengthened, healthy tone and natural length are restored to each muscle, and the natural configuration of the muscular system is restored.

3. Leather
   Before gymnastics

   Due to an acute lack of cell nutrition, less collagen and elastin are produced - the main building materials of the skin, which are responsible for its youth. Their structure changes. The collagen fibers thin out and become more fibrous. Elastin fibers stick together.

   The matter is aggravated by the large amount of ultraviolet radiation that the face has absorbed throughout its life. Each time, the sun's rays destroy collagen fibers and lead to the accumulation of abnormal elastin.

   What's the result? The skin sags, becomes covered with wrinkles, becomes coarser, dries out, and turns gray.

   After gymnastics

   Thanks to the blood flowing to the tissues, the production of collagen and elastin is activated. The skin becomes more elastic, elastic, smooth, fresh, turgor and healthy color return.

4. Connective tissue
   Before gymnastics

   With age, connective tissue contains less hyaluronic acid and collagen elasticity decreases. The connective tissue becomes stiffer, less strong and less extensible.

   After gymnastics

   The elasticity of connective tissue increases.

5. Lymph
   Before gymnastics

   With age, the movement of lymph slows down, it stagnates on the face like a swamp, puffiness, bags under the eyes, and paint bags appear. The skin is forced to bear additional weight in the form of liquid, so it stretches more, becomes flabby, wrinkles and jowls intensify.

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   After gymnastics

   Let's remember what moves lymph. Muscular activity. We do exercises for the face, do lymphatic drainage massage - the muscles move, the lymph is drained. And along with her, all the problems that she caused go away.

Exercise No. 2: technique for the wings of the nose

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What gives:

very deeply works the muscles lying along the lateral surface of the nose; reduces puffiness under the eyes; smoothes the nasolacrimal groove; improves blood flow in the sinuses; visually enlarges the eyes; removes the “side” at the wing of the nose; corrects the shape of the nose by reducing swelling.

How much to do:

2-3 minutes in the morning and evening.

Drinking indications: skin diseases, especially in the acute stage, since there is a risk of infection entering the general lymphatic system.

ATTENTION!

Find a position in which the tension on the back of your neck is minimal: you may have to perform this technique with your elbows on your knees and your head tilted parallel to the floor. Find the optimal position experimentally.

Japanese gymnastics for wrinkles - what is it?

The effectiveness of gymnastics against wrinkles is proven by the centuries-old traditions of entire nations. And Japanese women are among the first to stand here. The whole world knows about their amazing youthfulness. Their skin remains smooth and porcelain for a long time. At menopause they look 30-35 years old.

One of the main secrets of their youth is Asahi’s self-massage of the face. It was known many centuries ago. Girls are taught it from a young age.

Unlike soft European facial massage, Asahi is performed with pressure, a smoother effect is applied only to areas with lymph nodes. The process involves not only the skin, but also the facial muscles and connective tissue. The face is recreated.

Japanese women are a wonderful example of women creating their own beauty and youth.

Anti-wrinkle cosmetics: creams, masks and serums

In addition to all of the above, one cannot fail to mention home care and salon treatments using highly active ingredients on the skin. Treatments include sequential application of creams, serums and masks combined with facial massage. The effect is stronger after superficial peeling or scrubbing. Ingredients with a lifting effect on the surface layers are used, as well as peptides (for example, argillerine) that have a relaxing effect on facial muscles, similar to Botox. The main thing in choosing a cream for facial wrinkles or a mask is to use professional products prescribed by a cosmetologist and their systemic use.

However, there are some nuances here too:

• the product must be purchased not in mass market stores (they are not active, they are suitable for everyone, but they solve individual problems and tasks)
• prescribed in a strictly defined dosage and at a certain time of year
• After using professional cosmetics, you always need sunscreen with a high protection factor
• A cream, serum or mask for facial wrinkles must be modern, i.e. include peptides, hyaluronic acid, growth factors, microelements, vitamins and have good penetrating ability.

In general, the best serum for expression wrinkles is the one that your doctor recommends, taking into account your personal characteristics.

Massage to keep facial skin toned

You can do facial massage and warm-up yourself, without the help of a specialist. Although the hands of a master, of course, will cope with the task better. A facial massage performed professionally can also work wonders; it gives: lifting, drainage, tones the tissues, and when performed using a special product with active ingredients, it adds the effects of nourishing and moisturizing the skin.

The main thing is to use a non-comedogenic product, then the procedure is not contraindicated for oily skin.

Basic rules of facial gymnastics for wrinkles

There are different views on what exercises the face needs.

Have you heard about Facebook building? This is pumping up facial muscles by analogy with bodybuilding. But the face is not the body. He doesn't need strength training. Moreover, face building harms the face. What better way to pump up muscles that have already shrunk from tension throughout our lives! While we laughed, frowned, wondered, squinted, chewed.

Pumping up the facial muscles can only accelerate age-related changes: wrinkles, creases, folds, nasolabial folds, etc. The subcutaneous fat layer will also become thinner, and it is very important for maintaining beauty.

To get rid of wrinkles, the muscles need to be relaxed and restored to their natural length. Therefore, the basis of work with the face should be self-massage.

Nothing will help your face like your hands. We knead, rub, press, pat. And wrinkles are smoothed out.

Self-massage is the simplest, most accessible and effective way to help your face. But remember a few rules.

1. Do self-massage regularly and systematically.
   Every day, spend 10-15 minutes on your face. Imagine that you started working out to burn fat on your butt and belly, and suddenly you took a break for a few days. What will happen? All efforts will go down the drain. It’s the same with the face, only even stricter. We work without holidays and weekends. About a month.

   If you stop doing the exercises after completing the course, after a few months everything will return to the state it was before you started the exercises. Do you want to maintain the effect for years? Do a maintenance complex at least 2 times a week.

2. We do self-massage taking into account the facial massage lines.
   This is necessary so as not to get the opposite effect - stretched and wrinkled skin.
3. We relax, not tense.
   The set of exercises should be based on relaxation techniques, not muscle tension.
4. Remember the safety precautions.
   There are not many of them. Massage should not be performed in case of skin damage, local inflammation, rashes, herpes, or dilated capillaries.

Prevention: proper diet, sleep, skin care

Before moving on to describing ways to eliminate wrinkles, it is worth saying a few words about how to prevent them from appearing longer. The secret lies in several points.

1. Proper sleep pattern

That is, at least 7-8 hours. There are those who need even more time to fully recover - this is individual.

2. Food

Try to include fruits, vegetables, nuts, cereals, and fatty fish in your diet. And minimize sweets and starchy foods. It is also important to drink the required amount of fluid daily - preferably water or green tea.

3. Regular physical activity and walks in the fresh air

We are not talking about striving for some unprecedented sports records. But moderate exercise a couple of times a week is a good prevention against premature wrinkles.

This may seem strange. It would seem, how, for example, are squats related to smooth skin around the eyes? But everything in our body is interconnected. A healthy, strong body has more reserves in order to maintain all organs and systems in good condition.

4. Skin care

Finally, don't forget about face creams that are suitable for your skin type. It is recommended that you start using them regularly during your teenage years. Remember that different creams are suitable for different age groups.

All of these measures will help you look and feel better. And we're not just talking about smooth and beautiful facial skin. Such things improve the tone of the body as a whole - and the hair looks more beautiful, and the weight is normalized, and menstruation occurs on time and without pain.

We strongly advise you to take care of yourself! All this is very easy to do even at home. However, if the problem has already arisen, “duck’s feet” have appeared around the eyes, noticeable horizontal wrinkles, nasolabial folds have deepened - here we are no longer talking about prevention. This requires treatment.

Preparing the skin and muscles of the face for exercise

The main thing is to choose the right set of exercises, which will be designed primarily to eliminate hypertonicity - the main problem of the facial muscles. And a bonus to this task should be the return of healthy tone to weakened muscles.

If you find such a complex, then no difficulties will arise.

No special preparation is needed. Is your face clean and without makeup? Are your hands clean? It's enough. For convenience, it is better to take your hair back.

You can begin.

Upper eyelid treatment

Photo: AiF / Eduard Kudryavitsky
What it gives: raising the upper eyelids.

Starting position: back and neck straight. Place your thumbs, as in the photo, under the orbital bone. Press on the points along the bone, moving your fingers from the center to the temples (about 4-5 points). Each point is worked out (massaged) for 2 seconds. 1–2 approaches. Do not move the skin.

How to do facial exercises against wrinkles at home

Try a few anti-wrinkle exercises from MelAnnett right now:

1. Removing the eyebrow area
2. Removing horizontal wrinkles on the forehead
3. Removing wrinkles around the eyes

Did you feel the blood rush to your face? The processes have begun.

If you do the exercises every day, then within half a month you will see the result in the mirror. After a month, he will become noticeable to others.

Also be sure to try vacuum self-massage using Beauty365 glass jars (sold in the online store www.beauty365.ru). They make blood and lymph flow through the vessels, as in youth, and erase wrinkles like an eraser.

Have you received a parcel with vacuum jars? Then turn on the video and repeat:

If you perform at least local self-massage of problem areas, you will already see changes. But for a more pronounced and lasting result, it is also necessary to work with the spine, neck, aponeurosis of the head, and other (non-target) facial muscles.

For what?

Participants in MelAnnett beauty marathons will answer this question without hesitation. The tangle of problems that leads to wrinkles on the face also stems from poor posture. This is where everything that leads to musculocutaneous deformities on the face begins. And you need to start unwinding this ball from the back.

• Relax the muscles of the back and shoulders, return them to their natural length and thereby remove obstacles to straightening the spine.
• Relieve muscle spasms in the cervical region, stretch the “muscle of youth” platysma and clear the way for blood flow to the face and lymph outflow.
• Restore mobility to the aponeurosis of the head (tendon helmet).
• Work on a variety of facial muscles. Even if it seems that they are not related to the area where wrinkles form, there will be some connection. The configuration of the entire muscular system of the face should be the way nature intended it, without distortions.

For example, what are wrinkles on the forehead and between the eyebrows

? They appeared due to spasms of the frontal, pyramidal and pride muscles. But the frontalis muscle works in tandem with the occipital muscle, and is also associated with the aponeurosis of the head and the temporal muscles. And in order to eliminate these spasms, you need to knead other areas: the neck muscles (occipital and trapezius), the masticatory muscle, the tendon helmet.

Eyes Wide Open

Photo: AiF / Eduard Kudryavitsky
What it gives: ​reducing eye drooping and improving vision.

Open your eyes wide, hold for 5 seconds, relax. Perform 5 sets of 5 seconds. ​

Look up, down, right, left 5 times in turn.​

Make 3 circular movements with your eyes clockwise and counterclockwise. ​Repeat the exercises with your eyes closed.

Next - “Kiss with the eyes”, which helps with sunken eyes.

Starting position: eyes closed. Retract your eyes, protrude your eyes - 10 times. ​After completing the exercises, you should notice that your vision has become clearer.

Review of post-workout facial care products

Did you do the exercises? Be sure to cleanse your skin of sweat and oil afterwards. Choose a gentle and natural product for this. For example, you can wipe your face with Beauty365 hydrosol, depending on your skin type it can be lavender, sage or mint. You can buy them at www.beauty365.ru.

We have activated microcirculation from the inside, and it's time to nourish the skin with beneficial substances from the outside. Use any natural creams, oils, balms for this - they contain a lot of vitamins and acids necessary for youthful skin.

You can look at the range of natural products at Beauty365. There are oils (coconut, camellia sasanqua), squalane (sugar cane), Verbena balm (hemp, coconut, pistachio, shea oils and oil extracts of calendula, carrot seeds). All of them perfectly moisturize, nourish and regenerate the skin. Go to www.beauty365.ru and choose. Read the product descriptions - there are products for very dry skin, for smoothing out facial wrinkles, and for whitening age spots. You will definitely find a suitable option.

Chemical peeling as a means of combating wrinkles

You are probably familiar with peeling. This is the removal of the upper layer of the epidermis with all the excess that has accumulated on it and indirect stimulation of the deeper layers. Particularly effective for removing age spots, acne, dead, excess dead skin cells.

It would seem, what does wrinkles have to do with it? The fact is that this very effective cleansing procedure simultaneously triggers natural regeneration processes. And the skin becomes more elastic - small wrinkles are smoothed out, and large ones become less noticeable. Therefore, peeling can also be called a means of combating age-related and facial imperfections.

Features of face building after blepharoplasty

Surgical intervention in the eye area of ​​a cosmetic nature is not a reason to refuse face-building in this area. Gymnastics is one of the necessary procedures that facilitate postoperative recovery after blepharoplasty.

Exercises will strengthen muscles, help remove excess fluid faster, and prevent stagnation. Puffiness, swelling, bruising, and the risk of postoperative complications are reduced.

Start training one day after surgery. A set of restorative activities will be recommended by the surgeon. You should not perform your usual exercise sessions unless they have been approved by your doctor. In the process of performing muscle movements, overexertion is unacceptable. Repeat the exercises no more than 5-6 times. Movements are carried out at a slow pace. Physiotherapy and massage according to indications can speed up the recovery process.

Massage for the skin around the eyes

After a set of exercises, you can do a light massage to consolidate the result. Massage helps get rid of crow's feet around the eyes. This procedure will only take a few minutes.

• Using your fingertips, lightly tap first on the upper eyelids, then on the lower ones.
• Place your index or middle fingers on the inner corners of your eyes. Slowly, lightly run your fingers along the upper eyelid, raising the eyebrow. Do several of these strokes.
• Then run your fingers along the lower eyelid, only now in the opposite direction - from the outer corner of the eye to the inner.

During the massage, do not apply strong pressure and make sure that the skin does not stretch. To improve the effect, pre-lubricate your skin with eye cream or light cosmetic oil.

Beneficial effect of training

It will not be possible to completely reverse the aging process with the help of face building, but it will be possible to significantly slow down the passage of time in external manifestations. Gymnastics can significantly reduce the number of wrinkles or delay their occurrence. In general, the following effects are achieved through Facebook building:

• muscle tone improves, which affects the smoothing of wrinkles;
• the flow of lymph and blood accelerates, activating all internal processes;
• metabolism in tissues is normalized, reducing swelling and “bruising”.

Regular gymnastics improves your appearance. The skin looks healthy, elastic, fresh. By doing face-building exercises, you can improve your vision, which depends on the condition of your muscles. By eliminating drooping eyelids, visual correction of the incision and width of the eyes is achieved. The look becomes more expressive.

Rules for performing massage

Massage involves four forms of influence:

1. Massaging the eyes with your palms.
2. Light stroking.
3. Vibrating movements.
4. Light kneading movements.

Before starting the exercises, you need to warm up your palms by rubbing them together , and then apply them with the inner surface to your eyes for a few seconds: the eyelids should be comfortable, and the touch should not feel cold .

Regardless of the chosen technique, all pressure and rubbing should be noticeable, but soft , so as not to damage the eyes or cause pain.

Important! Regardless of the recommendations of the authors of various methods, first of all you need to listen to your own feelings and stop exercises if you feel overworked.

Among the most popular methods are the Zhdanov technique, shiatsu massage, Taoist massage and classical. We will talk about some of them below.