Shape Your Face Forum

I like the "youth jump" concept. Just keep doing constructive things and one day when you look into a mirror you'll like what you see. Good results just "sneak up." Nonie, your second paragraph is a perfect example of what happens. That "interconnected" theme is especia...

I looked at the six photos you sent me. You have no signs of platysmal banding. Platysmal banding is caused by lack of muscle tone in the platysmal muscle at the front of the neck. I don't think that facial exercise can get rid of this. But the exercise for this muscle at the front of the neck can k...

Peta Prior is on my Links page because she is an excellent teacher of facial exercise. Her exercise program will tone-up facial muscles and keep the face looking young. I like her style. You noticed improvement of your cheeks and mid-face in the first three months of doing Peta's program. But in the...

It's hard to tell if you are doing the scalp exercise right from your description. The alternating contraction of the frontalis muscles at the front of the head and the occipitalis muscles at the back of the head should be smooth: the contraction of one muscle should relax the contraction of the oth...

I'm going to write a two part piece tomorrow. The first part will be about the scalp exercise. I think what I have to say will help you with this exercise. The second part will be about that little indentation next to your lip.

I'm glad you included a large photo. That really helps.

The cheek exercise is straightforward. There are no tricks to getting it right. But it takes some time in front of the mirror doing it before it all falls into place - before you get into a groove. There is no need to rush things. The temporo-mandibular-joint is strong. It won't give out on you. Try...

You wrote, " I also can't yet do the combination of raising the forehead and then contracting the scalp..." I don't know what you mean. The scalp never contracts. You contract the frontalis muscles, then you contract the occipitalis muscles. When you do this alternating contraction of the ...

Happy New Year to you too, Epona. I often make suggestions about repetitions and sets on my website. People when they start a program want some guidance. But after you work with a program for a period of time you establish your own schedule of reps and sets. You know what feels good, but don't do to...

Skin layers.jpg Fred, you said that muscle doesn't cover the top of the scalp. That of course is true. But there is still blood flow in the crown area. Look at this drawing of the skin. You'll see in the subcutaneous layer (beneath the epidermis and the dermis) there are capillaries. My unscientifi...

I was not aware of https://perfecthairhealth.com It's a valuable website, full of solid information written by someone who has studied in depth many aspects of hair growth and hair loss. I like Robert English's use of "perimeter muscles." It's a lot more user-friendly than occipitalis and ...