The negatives of facial exercising
Just to be fair, I’ve devoted a post to point out the other side of the argument regarding facial exercising. Below is a quote from dermatologist Adrienne Denese, M.D., Ph.D., in her book, “Dr. Denese’s Secrets for Ageless Skin” {New York: Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2005}, 201.
Now, facial exercises may sound like a good idea, but think about it: all your wrinkles come about as a result of facial exercises. The wrinkles around the eyes come about from smiling and moving the muscles underneath. The lines around the mouth emerge after moving the lips (talking, smiling, eating, etc.) for many years. So why would moving these muscles even more than they already do decrease the amount of lines on your face?
As you know, facial muscles originate on the bone and attach directly to the skin. So every time you move the skin, you pull the muscle with it, generating more and more lines. That’s why I’m not sure that facial exercise will get you the results you are looking for, since moving the muscles is what causes lines in the first place. There is a certain electrical machine that stimulates deeper muscles under the skin of the face. I’ve seen good results from it. But exercising the muscles on your own will not get you very far.
Also, here’s a link to web site that presents the other side of this issue: Contrary Opinion.
I would like to respond to the points made by these beauty experts. If you wanted to tone up your arms, would you think that exercise was pointless since you move your arms around every day anyway? Of course not! There’s a big difference between the limited movements we make in our everyday lives and the muscle movement you get with controlled resistance training. And there’s nothing that will deal with the flab on our arms better than regular exercise of our arm muscles. Even Dr. Denese and Paula Begoun wouldn’t argue with that. And why wouldn’t they argue with that? Because they’ve done arm exercises and seen the results for themselves. To think that working muscles below the neck will have one kind of result, and working muscles above the neck will have a totally different result doesn’t seem entirely reasonable.
But I wanted you to read the other side for yourselves. All I can say is I tried it and I’m pleased with the results after eight months.
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:41 am
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