Neck lift: features of the procedure and rehabilitation period

The human neck is a real heroine. How much does this finely organized worker have to endure, and all in order to hold her head (which is about 6 kg!), deliver blood to it and drive the lymph away from it through her lymphatic channels and nodes!

At the same time, we hardly take care of our neck, and we also ruin it with poor posture. By the age of 30, the skin of the neck can become flabby, and at 35-40 it can become covered with age-related wrinkles. And this is not to mention the fact that some women’s necks are ringed with transverse wrinkles (rings of Venus) from birth, or they appear very early, even in teenage girls.

Are you looking at a necklace of grooves and folds, deep creases or vertical cords on your neck? In just three weeks, a completely different reflection may appear in the mirror - with a young, smooth and toned neck.

Read how to achieve this.

Causes of wrinkles on the neck

Wrinkles on the neck are the result not only of age, but also of our negligent attitude towards ourselves. Compared to the face, we hardly do anything about the neck. Even if we take care of this area, we do it insufficiently and incorrectly, plus we underestimate the destructive influence of ultraviolet radiation.

And our main mistake is that we don’t pay attention to our posture. Wrinkles on the neck appear primarily from a crooked back.

Although, it would seem, we should tremble over our necks, like over royal porcelain. She is just as fragile and valuable. Look at her anatomy: the bones are only vertebrae, the muscles are not attached to the bone tissue, the skin is very delicate, and there are also vital vessels and arteries. How does it all work, and even hold a heavy head?!

It is not surprising that the impact of loads on such a vulnerable structure leads to early aging. The neck may become covered with a necklace of horizontal wrinkles, cords and folds, when the face has not yet been touched by age.

In general, wrinkles on the neck are an unusual phenomenon.

Look at babies, they already have wrinkles on their necks. These are the so-called “constrictions”. They are noticeably expressed because babies have a well-developed layer of subcutaneous fat. Then these folds straighten out, but the memory of them remains forever, and wrinkles form in their place. For some, infantile folds do not fall completely, but leave behind grooves - circles for life, the same rings of Venus.

Where do these horizontal wrinkles and folds on the neck come from? They form in places where the superficial fascia on the muscles is connected to the skin by fibrous bands. Fascia is a connective tissue sheath that covers muscles. On the neck, it does not look like a single sheet, but as if it is divided into zones by cord fibers, which attract the skin to the muscles a little stronger. In the place of greatest attraction, grooves and folds appear.

They begin to look like a flaw in appearance when they produce a “quilted” effect on the skin, acting as a border between the more convex areas of the neck. Excess lymph and adipose tissue aggravate the picture.

And now imagine that with such an anatomical predisposition to wrinkles, the neck also has other weak points: the skin and the muscle frame. We will also tell you more about them.

Hypertonicity of the muscles of the face and neck

First about the muscles. What happens to them?

We remember that the task of the muscles is to help the cervical spine support a heavy head. When the posture and statics of the neck are correct, the load is distributed evenly. But who in the modern world has preserved all the natural curves of the spine, and the neck remains in place without moving forward? Besides ballerinas and athletes?

We constantly pull our heads towards the computer, press our chin into our chests to look at smartphones, and walk with our eyes on the ground.

The neck is pushed forward - the weight of the head falls on the seventh cervical vertebra, and the entire natural configuration collapses. The neck shortens, its muscles spasm, the withers grow at the back (connective tissue that “ossifies” and is strengthened by stagnant lymph), the blood vessels are blocked (which means the delivery of nutrients and oxygen through the blood to the neck and face deteriorates).

Look at the anatomy of the neck muscles.

The main “muscle of youth” is platysma. This is a wide subcutaneous muscle that lines the anterior surface of the neck. Its main problem is that it is not attached to the bone tissue, that is, it does not receive additional support. The skin here holds together only due to the elasticity of the platysma, as well as due to its own elasticity. But these resources do not last long: the muscle spasms and shortens, the skin withers. And here they are: wrinkles and sagging neck.

The condition of platysma also depends on the healthy tone of the masticatory muscles, with which it is closely intertwined. If they are spasmodic (and this is the case in 9 out of 10 people), they overload the platysma and provoke the formation of cords in the neck.

The appearance of the neck is also reflected in the hypertonicity of its other muscles.

The muscles of the anterior part, which are located behind the platysma, spasmed - the hyoid bone began to descend and pull the skin behind it, transverse folds formed on the neck, and fat deposits appeared under the chin.

The lateral muscles of the neck spasmed - wrinkles and folds appeared on the side, lymph flow was disrupted, and this resulted in swelling, sagging skin, and increased wrinkles.

The trapezius muscle, which extends on the back of the neck from the upper back, is tightened - the reason for the withers to grow.

And we are only talking about neck defects.

Although spasms of the neck muscles are a problem that “climbs” higher. A pinched and stiffened platysma pulls the entire face down, especially the depressor muscles (the corners of the lips go down). And any cervical muscle in spasm leads to a disruption of the blood supply to the head and a deterioration in the outflow of lymph. Blood does not reach the face in the required volume, that is, the main condition of youth is crossed out. The result is all the known signs of aging: a “floating” facial contour, loose and dull skin, swelling, wrinkles, creases, ptosis (drooping) of tissues, nasolabial lips, jowls, double chin.

What about health? On the neck there is a whole network of nerve endings, vessels, the most important jugular veins, which are responsible for the blood supply to the head. If the configuration of the cervical spine is disturbed, this leads to cervical osteochondrosis and hyperlordosis, headaches, blurred vision, poor health, etc.

Mesotherapy and biorevitalization

These methods involve injections of special drugs.

Oxygen biorevitalization : a drug is injected into problem areas to fill wrinkles and voids. The skin becomes even and smooth. And receives additional nutrition.

The session lasts from half an hour to an hour and a half.

Rehabilitation takes a week.

The result is noticeable immediately. But it will fully manifest itself when the swelling and bruising go away.

Age – from 30 years.

Mesotherapy is a similar procedure. Hyaluronic acid and vitamins are used for injections.

Age – from 30 years.

How age-related skin changes affect the neck and décolleté

Now about the features of the skin.

In the neck and décolleté area it is thin, delicate and sensitive. Its structure resembles the skin around the eyes.

What distinguishes the skin of the neck and décolleté:

• A very small number of sebaceous glands that produce sebum.
  This means that the skin is almost devoid of the first skin barrier, which protects against external damaging influences and helps retain moisture inside.
• Almost complete absence of fat in the neck area
  (there is a little more of it in the décolleté area, but it disappears over the years). This leads to sagging and laxity.
• Deficiency of melanocytes in the epidermis.
  These cells produce the pigment melanin, which protects against the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation. If there is little pigment, the skin is more susceptible to photoaging.
• Reduced level of distribution of the calcium gradient, on which skin regeneration depends.
  Because of this, the integument becomes thinner, covered with wrinkles and creases.

There are also more blood vessels in the neck and décolleté area, so it is susceptible to the appearance of age-related red spots and hyperpigmentation.

By bowing our heads all the time, we constantly load not only the muscles, but also the skin. Wrinkles are formed on it, which become deeper over time, and the breakdown of elastin and collagen fibers intensifies.

What do a tense neck pressed into the shoulders and poorly saturated with blood, withering skin add up to?

Loose skin (“turkey neck”), wrinkles, rings of Venus.

Main risk factors

Let's summarize.

The appearance of wrinkles on the neck is provoked by:

1. Poor posture and neck statics
2. Sun
3. Lack of proper care

And the first problem is the main one. Curvature of the spine is the scourge of the modern world. A world of people bent over gadgets. Have you heard of such a thing as a tech neck? If you constantly look at your computer and smartphone screen, you have it. Wrinkles and sagging have either already appeared or will appear soon.

Also, the appearance of wrinkles on the neck is caused by incorrect posture during sleep (chin pressed to the chest), the habit of slouching, walking with a bowed head and other manifestations of poor posture.

Prevention of neck folds

Do you want to keep your neck youthful for as long as possible?

The main advice is to watch your posture and don’t drop your head (in the literal sense of the word: the crown and tailbone should be on the same line).

How we achieve this:

• We position the computer monitor so that you do not need to bend over to it.
• We don’t bow our heads to the smartphone, but raise it to eye level.
• We don’t put a tablet or laptop on our laps – we work at a table, or, as a last resort, we come up with a footrest (pillow, books) for the gadget.
• We read while sitting, not lying down, so as not to create an excessive bend in the cervical spine.
• We pay attention to our posture when we sit at the computer, when we rest, when we walk. The angle between the chin and neck is 90˚.

And don’t forget about the base necessary to prolong the youth of the skin on any part of the body: minimal and protected insolation, proper nutrition, sufficient drinking, rest, mental calm, etc.

Professional techniques

Just a spoiler. Most salon techniques:

• Ineffective.
  They may briefly create the appearance of rejuvenation, but from the inside the body will rapidly age. The causes of age-related changes will not be eliminated, but will worsen. When the effect of the procedure subsides, the skin on the neck will become even more flabby and wrinkled.
• Dangerous.
  Any invasive intervention (associated with penetration through the membranes of the body) is a traumatic procedure. Threat to skin, muscles, blood vessels, nerve endings. The tissues run the risk of becoming infected, becoming inflamed, festering, and dying. You need to be doubly careful with the neck, because it carries the head and provides blood supply to the brain.

What techniques do cosmetologists use to remove wrinkles on the neck:

1. Injections
   Most often this is hyaluronic filler (contour plastic, that is, filling the skin with gel). Sometimes - Botox (muscle paralysis). Less popular (provides a weak effect) is mesotherapy - multiple punctures of the neck with needles and the formation of fibrous compactions due to numerous injuries.
2. Hardware techniques
   Mainly laser and radio waves are used. They create high temperatures in the dermis, causing internal burns to the tissue.
3. Thread lifting
   There are many different options for threads: absorbable and not, with and without notches. To install some, you need to make incisions, while others do not (the mesothreads are inserted using guide needles). The essence of thread lifting is the artificial creation of a framework for tightening and smoothing the skin. Even if the threads dissolve and in their place a “reinforcement” is formed from the patient’s own fibrous tissue, this is also a forced reaction to invasion and injury.
4. Surgery
   Plastic surgery is the most radical method.

Thread lifting

Thread lifting is suitable for older women with severe ptosis.

The procedure involves introducing threads under the skin to create a frame for the correct shape of the neck.

The threads become overgrown with tissue within 2 months. Then they dissolve naturally, leaving behind a beautiful tightened neck line.

The duration of the procedure is from one and a half hours.

Age – after 40 years.

The result lasts from 2 to 6 years.

The rehabilitation period is characterized by a number of simple restrictions:

• do not make sudden movements,
• avoid the sun,
• do not visit solariums, baths, swimming pools,
• don't massage
• don't make masks.

Plastic surgery

If wrinkles on the neck are accompanied by sagging skin, it comes to the scalpel.

A surgical neck lift is a major operation. Surgeon:

• removes fat (liposuction),
• moves the platysma: peels it off and lifts it upward or “pulls it”, connecting its upper edges and bringing the lower ones closer together (platysmoplasty),
• cuts off “extra” skin (cervicoplasty).

This is the most dangerous type of invasive intervention, with a high risk of complications.

What are the indications for lifting?

The correction improves its appearance, tightens the skin and underlying muscles, and improves the contour of the lower jaw line. This surgery is often performed in combination with liposuction, a facelift, or a midface lift, but can be performed separately.

When will plastic surgery help?

• Overhanging turkey neck, overhanging excess loose skin and fat in the anterior region
• Thick neck with excess fatty tissue
• Absence of a youthful, distinct jaw line
• Excess skin and wrinkles

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Features of neck rejuvenation at different ages

Depending on the patient’s age, cosmetologists offer different options for “rejuvenating” the neck.

As a rule, they introduce young women to hardware cosmetology from the age of 25.

At the age of 30-35, fillers and Botox begin to be injected. “Rejuvenating” sessions turn into “rejuvenating” courses. You have to visit a cosmetologist more often than a manicurist.

After 45-50 years, an exhausted woman who has rapidly aged from all these endless “injections of youth” is offered a surgical lift as her only salvation.

This scenario is not a thriller plot, but a modern reality. Don't fall into the trap of “punitive” cosmetology!

Neck brace

A method such as a neck brace is also not credible. This is an elastic bandage that is worn around the neck and chin. Its task is to tighten the skin in these areas and make the oval of the face clear. You need to wear it while sleeping, and the manufacturers promise the effect after 1-3 months.

All the “benefits” of such a bandage rest on the controversial statement that while wearing it, gravity ceases to act on the tissue, the skin and muscles remember this state and tighten.

You already have a good understanding of age-related changes in the neck, right? Do you believe that tightening it can solve the problem of aging?

It will probably only get worse. The blood supply to the tissues will be disrupted - the skin will begin to wither and stretch even more, rather than recover. Additional pressure will be put on the muscles - their hypertonicity will increase, and they will pull the skin along with them.

Safe rejuvenation techniques

How then can you remove wrinkles on your neck?

The only effective and safe option is natural rejuvenation. This is the only way to eliminate the internal causes of wrinkles on the neck. Let's deal with the reasons - smooth out the skin.

What is the main source of youth in our neck? Blood, which supplies cells with nutrients and oxygen. Not even the most expensive “cocktail” in a cosmetologist’s syringe can compare with what our own bloodstream is capable of.

Let's help blood flow through the vessels, as in youth, and launch the natural mechanisms of skin rejuvenation: the synthesis of collagen and elastin will increase, regeneration will accelerate, and protective properties will increase.

And do you also remember about posture and its effect on the youth of the neck? A healthy spine with correct physiological curves is the basis on which neck rejuvenation should be built.

Therefore, we are moving in two main directions.

1. We work on posture - we unload the cervical spine, return the neck to its place, remove obstacles to healthy blood flow and lymphatic drainage.
2. We do self-massage and exercises for the neck - we relieve spasms from the neck muscles, stretch out the platysma, and restore firmness and elasticity to the skin.

Congenital wrinkles will be difficult to completely remove, but they will definitely decrease. The acquired ones lend themselves well to natural rejuvenation techniques and are smoothed out.

Ingredients that cosmetics for neck wrinkles should contain

Gymnastics and self-massage for the neck must be supplemented with cosmetic care.

You should take care of your neck as carefully as your face. Cleanse, moisturize, nourish, protect.

The cosmetics industry, of course, invents the most incredible highly specialized products to attract customers and has long invented such a niche as creams for the neck and décolleté. In fact, there is no need for such funds.

For the neck and décolleté area, you can use any day or night face cream.

Natural oils, squalane, and balms are especially useful - they are suitable for caring for any area of ​​the face and body and have an anti-aging effect. They contain a large amount of vitamins and fatty acids, which increase skin elasticity.

They nourish, help retain moisture in the dermis, fight free radicals (antioxidant action), promote regeneration, and protect against external destructive actions. Everything necessary is created to help the skin smooth out with the help of exercises and self-massage.

Also apply any creams or lotions with SPF protection to your neck before going outside. This is necessary to prevent photoaging of the skin, especially sensitive to ultraviolet rays.

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Review of remedies for neck wrinkles

To remove wrinkles on the neck, cosmetic care is required. But don’t count on the Photoshop effect, even if the cream packaging says “anti-wrinkle.” Cosmetics will give pronounced results only in combination with natural rejuvenation techniques.

With the help of exercises, we accelerate blood and lymph, warm up and prepare the skin so that it accepts all the benefits of cosmetics.

What products are suitable for the neck?

1. Hydrolates.
   These are natural distillates of plants. We use them to cleanse (without water), moisturize and tone.

   Go to the online store www.beauty365.ru and choose Beauty365 lavender, mint or sage hydrosol depending on your skin type.

2. Squalanes.
   These are light plant oils that are quickly absorbed and leave no residue. They are convenient to apply in the morning, as well as before self-massage with vacuum cups.

   At Beauty365, squalane is sugar cane oil (sold at www.beauty365.ru).

3. Oils.
   This is a richer option than squalane. Great for overnight skin repair.

   Choose Beauty365 coconut oil and Beauty365 camellia sasanqua oil (sold at www.beauty365.ru). Coconut is especially good for dry and sensitive skin prone to irritation and inflammation.

   Camellia sasanqua whitens age spots and prevents the formation of freckles.

   Read also:  16 best facial scrubs - velvety skin at home
4. Balms.
   The most powerful option, which is charged with the power of natural anti-aging ingredients.

   Verbena Beauty365 hemp balm is the benefit of six oils and oil extracts at once: hemp, coconut, pistachio, shea butter, calendula, carrot seeds.

5. Scrubs.
   Scrub your neck skin 1-2 times a week. Use any facial scrubs for this (not body scrubs).

   You can cook them yourself. Coffee grounds or oatmeal, ground in a blender to a powder, are suitable for this. Mix them with olive or linseed oil, and the scrub is ready.

   Apply the scrub to your neck smoothly and carefully along massage lines: on the front surface of the neck from bottom to top, on the sides - from top to bottom.

   The only thing better than a scrub is a dry face brush. It not only removes dead cells, but also acts at a deep level, right down to working the muscles and activating microcirculation.

Brush gently and gently in the neck and décolleté area. After the massage, nourish the skin with cream, oil or squalane - it will be perfectly prepared to take everything it needs.

To massage your neck, you can use a Beauty365 dry facial brush, which is made from boar bristles (sold at www.beauty365.ru).

Myths about face lifting exercises

There are many myths about face fitness. The most common of them are the following:

• Fast and 100% result.

Of course, face lifting exercises are different from regular fitness. But here, too, regular classes are necessary. Agree, you will not achieve an ideal figure if you go to the gym once every six months. Alas, it’s also not possible to restore youth to your face in a couple of sessions. Only systematic exercise, massage and proper care will help get rid of wrinkles, swelling and the first signs of aging. This will take at least 3-6 months, depending on the initial condition of the skin.

• The more you train, the better.

This myth is closely related to the previous one. Yes, face lifting exercises require regularity, just like regular fitness. But there are noticeable differences between these workouts. As you remember, facial muscles are flatter than skeletal muscles. The method of attaching them also differs. At one end they are fixed to the bones, and at the other end they are woven into the skin or neighboring muscles.

It turns out that the condition of one muscle significantly affects another. Spasmed muscles shorten, pulling nearby muscles and skin towards themselves - this is how wrinkles and creases form. You can cause harm if you regularly exercise a hypertonic muscle. First of all, you need to relax the muscles with a massage, and then perform tightening exercises for the face.

There are opposite situations, when the muscles are so weakened that the face simply “floats” down under the influence of gravity. In this case, it makes no sense to bring the muscles into hypotonia; they need to be pumped up.

Remember that an adequate and conscious approach is required when it comes to facial care. It is important to alternate tightening exercises with massage, selecting the optimal techniques for each zone.

• Face fitness is difficult and long.

What's the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to training? Of course, tiring and exhausting exercises on simulators, which can last more than one hour. But don’t worry, face lifting exercises don’t require much time. Just 10-15 minutes a day is enough.

If you decide to maintain your beauty naturally, be prepared for daily work. Only regularity and an integrated approach will help stop facial aging. Pull-up gymnastics, unlike beauty injections, does not bring instant results. However, the effectiveness of injections in the long term is a very controversial issue.

A visit to a cosmetologist will help temporarily hide the consequences, but will not remove the very cause of aging. Even with the busiest schedule, you can find 10-15 minutes for tightening exercises. Then you won’t have to go to a cosmetologist every six months and buy new creams with an “innovative anti-aging effect.”

• If you stop exercising, your facial condition will remain the same or become much worse.

The first result of face lifting exercises will be noticeable almost immediately. You shouldn't expect drastic changes, but you will see the effect of training. Of course, every woman needs to solve her own problems, for example, improve the oval of the face, increase the shape of the eyes or make the lips more voluminous. If the exercises are performed correctly, the result will not be long in coming.

However, this is not the only benefit of pull-up exercises. During exercise or massage, blood circulation is normalized, skin trophism is improved, and the removal of waste and toxins is enhanced. As a result, the complexion is evened out, the number of pimples and inflammations is reduced, the oval is tightened, puffiness, signs of fatigue and fine wrinkles go away. These changes will be noticeable two weeks after the start of classes.

If you stop training, then after 2-3 months everything will return to its original state. It may seem that your appearance has changed for the worse, but this is a psychological trick, nothing more. Of course, if you know how beautiful you can look, it greatly plays into the contrast. That is why, having achieved the first tangible results, you will not want to give up facial gymnastics. To maintain the tightening effect, 3-4 sessions per week will be enough.

• “After 40 it’s too late, but before 25 it’s too early.”

Facial gymnastics, like love, is suitable for all ages. No matter how old you are, proper exercise will definitely benefit you both at 20 and at 50. Muscles have no age and are easy to train due to their small size.

Some girls turn to pull-up gymnastics at a very young age. Due to personal anatomical features and overly active facial expressions, the first wrinkles may appear at the age of 18. It is important to notice the problem in time and start working with it. In addition, regular exercise stimulates blood circulation and lymph outflow. This improves complexion and reduces the number of pimples and inflammations.

The benefits of tightening exercises in older age do not require proof. Therefore, you can start working on your face at any time. The main thing is to perform the exercises correctly and alternate them with massage.

Is it possible to get rid of wrinkles on the neck with exercises?

It can be difficult for women to believe that you can smooth out wrinkles on your neck on your own, simply by making self-massage and exercise a healthy habit. But it is so.

Even simple exercises that can be done anywhere help: at home, at work, on the street.

Exercising for the neck is the prevention of wrinkles and the fight against an existing problem.

Do you sit at the computer for a long time?

Stretch your neck at least once every 1-2 hours. This is necessary for her health and youth.

1. Make simple turns and tilts of your head.
2. You can do the figure eight exercise: take an imaginary pencil to your lips and draw the number “8” with it.
3. Fighting computer neck

Do you want to remove wrinkles, stretch and improve your neck?

You'll have to work a little harder. At least once a day, do a simple set of neck exercises that will take you 5 minutes.

Our tissues need water

There are many factors that influence muscle loss and reduction. It is important for each of us to consume enough clean water. Average calculation: 30 ml per kilogram of weight. At a young age, we are 70-80% water, and the older we get, the smaller this percentage is. And even if you drink the amount of water your body needs every day, but at the same time drink 5 more cups of coffee a day, you safely “neutralize” this water and remove it, so dehydration continues. Accordingly, our bones, our muscles, and ligaments lose water, but our tissues need it constantly. Therefore, for the beauty of your face, it is important to follow a drinking regime.

How to get rid of neck wrinkles in just 5 minutes a day

Do the exercises one by one. Each will take 1 minute.

1. "Frame" and stretch
   • Raise your arms above your head as high as possible, raise your shoulders, fold your arms in a loose frame (wrap your left hand around your right elbow and vice versa), without touching your ears.

   Lower your head and press your chin to your chest, squeezing the front of your neck. Stay in this position for half a minute, breathing deeply through your nose.

2. Stretch the sides of your neck with your hands. With one hand, fix the tissues at the collarbone, with the other, tightly walk the edge of your palm from the collarbone to the jaw from bottom to top. Repeat on the other side.
3. Stretching the back of the neck
   Feet shoulder-width apart, hands on the back of the head, knees soft, back slightly twisted, shoulders down.
4. Lower your head and add the weight of your hands - you don’t need to press them hard, your head itself will drop lower under the weight of your hands on the back of your head. Stand like this for 30-60 seconds and slowly return your head to its place with your hands.
5. Relaxation and stretching of platysma
   • Press your palms tightly to your chest and push all the tissue under your arms down.

   Pull your chin up towards the ceiling and hold the pose for 20-30 seconds.

6. Move your hands a little higher, to the collarbone area, and do the same.
7. Exercise to relieve spasms of the anterior surface of the neck
   Press your palms tightly to your chest and lift them up along with all the tissues as far as possible.
8. Lower your head to your palms and press your chin to them.
9. Pull your chin and palms towards each other, as if pressing them into each other - for half a minute.
10. Smoothly returning to the starting position, stretch the muscles on the sides of your neck.
11. Stretching exercises for the sternocleidomastoid muscles and long neck muscles.
    Tilt your head to the sides and back and forth.

These five exercises are the minimum that will relieve spasms, improve blood and lymph flow, and help maintain a healthy neck. Do them daily, and wrinkles will decrease and even disappear completely (if they are not congenital).

We work precisely with each wrinkle using vacuum cans. You'll need cupping for your face. You can buy Beauty365 glass jars at www.beauty365.ru. Apply squalane or oil to your neck, take the smallest jar (5 mm in diameter), suck it onto the wrinkle and move as if you were erasing it with an eraser.

Watch how Annette does it:

These are just individual techniques. To achieve a more pronounced and stable result, an integrated approach is needed.

Pull-up gymnastics for the face

Correct and regular performance of gymnastics that tightens the facial muscles helps to relax and normalize the tone of the facial muscles. At the same time, the balance of the muscular system is restored, blood circulation and lymph outflow are increased. As a result, the skin becomes full and evenly distributed over the muscles.

Before starting classes, it is worth remembering that everything in our body is interconnected. A spasm of one muscle invariably affects the condition of others. That is why work with the face must begin with correction of posture and the upper parts of the spine. No less useful are various massages that stimulate lymph flow. Only an integrated approach to tightening gymnastics will improve the condition of the face and neck at home.

The given gymnastics is not the only technique, because there are many techniques.

In any case, it is necessary to perform the exercises correctly.

1. Head massage.

Using gentle pressure and touching your scalp with your fingertips, massage it from the hairline to the back of your head. Repeat the massage several times. Next, you need to gently pull your hair. This stimulates blood circulation, helps relax the head muscles, which has a beneficial effect on the condition of facial muscles. Additionally, you can massage the highest part of the head, located between the crown and the back of the head. It is also called the coronal point.

2. Circular movements of the tongue.

Close your lips and place the tip of your tongue on the oral mucosa. Make circular movements with your tongue, massaging your lips and cheeks from the inside. 10 movements in each direction are enough.

3. Tension of the face from the center to the back of the head.

Over the years, the skin tightens and sinks towards the center, so it is necessary to return the tissue to its original place. Moreover, it is important not only to perform a tightening exercise in gymnastics, but also to imagine how your appearance improves.

Place your index fingers in the depression behind your earlobes and make light pulsating movements towards the coronal point. Next, move your index and middle fingers into the hole above the upper edge of your ear and continue pulsing. It is necessary to make from 60 to 100 movements.

4. Relaxation of the muscles of the lower part of the face.

Place the heels of your palms on the bottom of your cheekbone. The fingers should be closed and positioned so that the little finger touches the outer edge of the eye, the middle finger is in the temple area, and the thumbs are at the earlobe. It is necessary to make 30 light, neat movements, moving from the center to the periphery.

You can create additional resistance by slightly pulling your lips forward. Repeat the pulsations in this position. Next, you need to slightly raise your palms so that your fingertips are higher and continue the pulsating movements.

5. Elimination of spasm from the nasolabial area and center of the face.

When performing tightening exercises, it is important to work the muscles, and not just the skin. Start with the lower masseter muscles, gradually moving to the cheeks and the central part of the masseter muscles. Next, you need to work the upper part of the masticatory muscles in the cheekbones and under the eyes.

Grab a small area of ​​skin with your fingers and form a vertical fold. Move it from the center to the periphery, slightly stretching the muscles. Additional resistance can be created by pulling your lips forward.

6. Exercise to tighten the face and temporal area.

Place the base of your palms in the depression of the temporal region near the outer part of the eyebrow. Spread your fingers as far apart as possible, clasping your head with them. Press and stretch the muscle towards the back of your head. Hold at the top point for 30 seconds, then relax and continue the exercise.

Pull-up exercises for the central and lower parts of the face are performed in the same way, with the palms moving to the center and bottom of the face, respectively. This exercise lifts the outer area of ​​the eyebrows, improves the shape of the eyes, and prevents drooping eyelids and the appearance of crow's feet.

7. Relaxing the forehead and raising the frontalis muscle.

Place one palm on your forehead, place the other on the back of your head. For 30-60 seconds, direct the vibration from one hand to the other. Next, move them towards each other and connect at the coronal point.

After this, place your elbows on the table and place the base of your palms on your forehead. The fingertips are located in the scalp. Make gentle pulsating movements from the base of your palm to your fingertips. To achieve the tightening effect of gymnastics, three repetitions on each side are enough. After this, move upward, stretching and lifting the forehead muscle.

8. Double chin removal.

Place your elbows on the table so that the base of your palms is under your chin. Turn your head in different directions. Repeat 10 times.

9. Relieving spasm of the mental muscle.

Grab the tip of your chin so that your thumbs are under it and your index fingers are under your lower lip. Apply pressure to this area, gently stretching the muscles. To enhance the tightening effect of gymnastics, slightly raise your head. This will create additional resistance. Next, place your index fingers under your nose and place your thumbs on the jaw arch. Use your thumbs to stretch the muscles along your jaw.

10. Raising the corners of the lips.

Place your index fingers at the corners of your mouth. Place the larger ones on the jaw arch, at the attachment point of the depressor anguli oris muscle. Bring your fingers closer to each other, lightly pressing on the muscle. Repeat the exercise on each side in turn.

11. Relaxation of the masticatory muscles.

One of the reasons for the formation of “bulldog cheeks” or jowls is the hypertonicity of the masticatory muscle located in the lower jaw. Tightening exercises will help prevent facial sagging. Before starting this exercise, apply oil or rich cream to your skin.

Using the fingers of one hand, fix the triangular muscle of the mouth. Place the index finger of the other hand in the center of the chin, place the thumb in the corner of the jaw under the earlobe. While pressing, move your index finger smoothly along the jaw, gently stroking the muscle. Repeat the exercise on the other half.

12. Massage of the lower face.

Make the most dissatisfied face possible so that the corners of your mouth go down and the muscles between your lips and chin tense. We massage this area in a circular motion for 30 seconds, after which we relax. Using this technique, you can relieve spasm from the lower part of the face. However, after the first massage sessions, the treated area may hurt, do not be afraid of this.

13. “Scream” exercise, which tightens and preserves the youth of the face.

Perhaps this is one of the most enjoyable gymnastics exercises, because to perform it you do not need to sit with a straight back. You can do it immediately after waking up, without leaving the warm and cozy bed. However, the exercise effectively copes with hypertonicity of the masticatory muscles and prevents age-related upward lifting of the jaw. Thanks to this, the balance of facial muscles is restored, age-related changes in the eyes are smoothed out, and the volume and elasticity of the cheeks is restored.

Variations of this tightening exercise vary depending on the type of facial aging. For the first type, which develops “bulldog” cheeks with age, gymnastics must be performed as follows. Lower your lower jaw as much as possible and extend your lips forward, as if pronouncing the letter “O”. Due to the spasm, pain may occur in the area of ​​the junction of the upper and lower jaw. Place your palms in this area and, using light pressure, massage it. Start from the edge at the outer corner of the eye, gradually going down vertically. Repeat several times. Do the exercise with your eyes wide open.

With the second type of aging, it is necessary to perform this exercise a little differently to achieve a tightening effect. This type of aging is accompanied by a lifting of the chin. Place the heels of your palms on your chin so that your fingertips touch the outer edge of your eye. Try to press your hands tightly against your lower jaw. Gently pull it forward and upward, increasing the existing deformity. Hold for 30 seconds. After this, smoothly relax your lower jaw and press it as hard as possible, holding in this position for 5–10 seconds.

There is another version of this exercise from tightening gymnastics for the face. It is suitable for all types of aging. The exercise is performed with your mouth closed. Place your palms on your cheeks in the direction from the corner of the jaw to the inner corner of the eye, gently touching the masseter muscle. Try to apply it gently and not press too hard on your face. Do this for a few minutes.