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     Marci P New member Username: Marci Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2008 |
Hi! Can you clarify Exercise 1 Part B for me? The idea is to close both eyes, squeezing the eye muscles (but not engaging any other muscles of the face) while gently pulling back the skin at the temples? | ||
| C M New member Username: Ceeme Post Number: 112 Registered: 06-2007 |
I believe that's correct, Marci P. Not sure whether I understand what it is you needed clarifying on. Is it the part about not engaging other muscles of the face? | ||
| Thomas Hagerty Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 130 Registered: 05-2006 |
Marci P: Take a look at the eyes of Michelle Pfeiffer. The muscles around her eyes (the orbicularis oculi) are well-developed. This gives her an expressive, sensual appearance. In some people, these muscles are naturally full and toned-up. But in most people they tend to be undeveloped. The two exercises I recommend for these muscles can never create a Michelle Pfeiffer from a Sissy Spacek, but they can keep the obicularis oculi toned-up so that they don't start to sag. The sagging of these muscles as well as the sagging of the skin and muscles at the front of the neck is what makes a person look older fast. Marci P, if you place your fingers firmly over the skin of the temples and then contract these muscles around the eyes, you'll feel these muscles working. You don't need to do this exercise too vigorously in order to get results. Other muscles of the face will be brought into play as you do this exercise - all the muscles of the face are interconnected to some extent - but almost the entire focus will be on the orbicularis oculi and palpebral muscles (the muscles of the eyelids). Lubricate your face before doing this exercise or any facial exercise. | ||
| Phyllis New member Username: Angelfire Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2008 |
I like to watch a faces of news reporters; they are so expressive and most of them have very toned muscles. I'm sure many use facial exercises to achieve that. | ||
| Marci P New member Username: Marci Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2008 |
Hey CM, Tom and Phyliss -- CM, I did mean the part about not engaging other muscles. Thanks for the clarification, Tom, about not having to do it vigorously - I felt like I might have to squeeze them as hard as possible, but you're saying that just squeezing hard enough to feel the muscles working is enough. It almost seems too simple, but I suppose it's the long-term dedication and discipline that's difficult! I will do it religiously (along with other exercises) for the next year and see if there's any improvement in my newly-developed puffy, slightly baggy eyes! I'm 53 and have had the incredible fortune of looking relatively the same since I've been in my 20's, but it couldn't last forever! By the way, I know Michelle and many of the top national reporters -- the last thing I want to be is a motivation-killer, but most of them have gone the surgery route. Michelle's had quite a few procedures already. I just can't give in to something as extreme as that before I've fully given this (which just makes too much sense and the pictures of Tom prove it) a good chance. Thanks for all of your good vibes! | ||
| Phyllis New member Username: Angelfire Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2008 |
Hi Marci,I know what you mean; sometimes the easier softer way-surgery has to be a temptation especially for people who can afford it, and are in the limelight. I was thinking about some of the local news people, and I'm sure that some of them may have been touched up. But, I like to watch the more expressive ones. The way they use their face to get so much across. And you can usually tell when someone has been botoxed. I can feel the effects of the exercises. I was wondering if anyone has used the galvanic electric stimulation type of treatment? I agree with you, Tom's pictures show that like exercising any other part of the body, the facial muscles need to be worked out as well. |
