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     Kate B New member Username: Catherine_b Post Number: 5 Registered: 10-2006 |
Will the scalp exercise make a woman's face look masculine? To do the exercise I would have to wrinkle my forehead. This might create horizontal lines where I definitely do not want them. Are there women who do this exercise and have benefited from it? Are horizontal lines in the forehead an inevitable result? Thanks | ||
| Thomas Hagerty Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 40 Registered: 05-2006 |
Kate B: You wrote in a previous message that you were able to gain control of the occipitalis muscles at the back of the head. These muscles when they are toned-up and strong pull up and back on the upper face, smoothing out any lines on the forehead. People who do the scalp exercise incorrectly, though, will often get horizontal lines etched into there forehead. By incorrectly I mean contracting only the frontalis muscles at the front of the head. If you contract only these muscles, the scalp will move forward causing lines to form. But if you do the alternating contraction of both the frontalis and occipitalis muscles - the correct way to do the exercise - these lines will not form. The scalp mobility you will get from doing the exercise correctly will also prevent lines from forming as you get older. Horizontal lines appear as one gets older because of bad "facial posture." Bad facial posture is the habitual contraction of certain muscle groups - in the case forehead wrinkles, the contraction of the frontalis muscles. These habitual contractions are called contractures. Look at President Bush and you will see the permanent contraction of the frontalis muscles. The scalp exercise when done right gets rid of these contractures and makes the face look younger and more expressive. Two TV actresses living in the Los Angeles area have told me that the facial exercises and especially the scalp exercise give there faces a better more dramatic appearance when doing close-ups. | ||
| Kate B New member Username: Catherine_b Post Number: 6 Registered: 10-2006 |
Thanks. That is the information I needed especially about toning up the occipitalis muscle. I was hard for me to gain control of this one but I feel now that it is becoming stronger. Surprisingly this exercise has made the muscles and skin around my eyes appear tighter. I like this look. | ||
| C M New member Username: Ceeme Post Number: 19 Registered: 06-2007 |
Hi Tom: I just read your response and it seems I have been doing this all wrong. I only use the occipitalis muscle when doing the scalp exercise. I was under the impression that one only used the frontalis muscles when learning the exercise and that once one got control of the occipitalis, then one didn't need to deliberately raise or lower eyebrows using frontalis muscles but rather just contracted and relaxed the occipitalis muscles alone. While contracting and relaxing my occipitalis, my forehead moves without me deliberately moving it. An so far, my forehead looks fine, and I haven't developed any horizontal lines lines at all. So would it be OK to continue doing the exercise the way I do it? Or am I short changing myself doing it this way? | ||
| Thomas Hagerty Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 43 Registered: 05-2006 |
C M: I do the scalp exercise the way I explained it: alternately contracting the frontalis muscles at the front of the head and the occipitalis muscles at the back of the head. This way of doing the exercise gives you maximum movement of the scalp and maximum contraction and relaxation of the scalp muscles. But it's OK to do the exercise by just contracting the occipitalis muscles. These muscles are important in giving a lift to other facial muscles and for keeping the eyebrows from drooping. It is never OK to just contract the frontalis muscles though. This will create lines in the forehead. | ||
| C M New member Username: Ceeme Post Number: 22 Registered: 06-2007 |
Hi Tom: I did the scalp exercise and involved the frontalis instead of just contracting occipitalis and I do indeed like doing it the way you do it. On another note, I re-read the directions for the advanced eye exercise but don't see any mention of frontalis, but I just want to make sure. Does one only contract the occipitalis muscles when doing the eye exercise, or should the frontalis also come into play? | ||
| Thomas Hagerty Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 44 Registered: 05-2006 |
C M: The frontalis muscle is not contracted at all when doing the advanced eye exercise. Only the occipitalis is contracted. If you maintain this contraction while doing the eye exercise, you'll find that the orbicularis oculi muscles (the muscles surrounding the eye) will get a better workout. |
