However, he does believe that certain neck exercises could potentially tone those muscles, which might in turn tighten up the skin along the neck and lower jaw.ĭr. Papay also says there’s no reason to believe that enhancing blood flow to the face would encourage the buildup of collagen. “These exercises would have the opposite effect.” Likewise, he explains, Botox injections work by paralyzing the muscles that cause wrinkles. If someone has suffered a stroke that paralyzes half of the face, he says, the paralyzed side tends to look smoother and less wrinkly than the active side. But the bigger problem, to his mind, is that the claims made for facial exercises don’t make sense.Īccording to Papay, heavily used face muscles are a cause of wrinkles such as crow’s-feet and frown lines, not a remedy. For one thing, he says, there have never been any studies showing that facial exercises have any benefits. Francis Papay, chairman of the Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. The exercise approach has two major strikes against it, says Dr.
Mehmet Oz and even the late Jack LaLanne - but not everyone in the face field is convinced. “It’s pretty hard to say it doesn’t work.”įacial exercises certainly have proponents - including the television personality Dr. My book has been translated into 18 languages,” she says. Now a youthful-looking 65, Maggio says she has been doing facial exercises since the early 1980s. The Facercise website says that facial exercises can lift eyebrows, reduce puffiness under the eyes, smooth out the neck line, plump up the lips and create an “improved, toned, younger-looking face.” Maggio, who was a real estate agent before becoming a licensed aesthetician and opening a skin-care clinic in 1981, says that her exercises will also enhance circulation to the face, giving skin a more youthful glow.Ĭleaves and Maggio both say that facial exercises encourage the buildup of collagen, proteins that help skin stay firm and toned. “I’m about to turn 65, and you’d need a magnifying glass to see any wrinkles on me,” she says. Specifically, the exercises are said to improve the complexion and “rub out wrinkles.” Carolyn Cleaves, the former teacher and model who created the kit, says that she has been doing facial exercises for 14 years.
The website for Carolyn’s Facial Fitness says users can look five to 10 years younger after doing the exercises for six to nine months. Maggio is also author of the book “Facercise,” which sells on Amazon for about $10. Users are encouraged to do the exercises for 12 minutes every day, although the DVD also includes an eight-minute “super set” routine for busy days. The “Ultimate Facercise” DVD is sold at the Carole Maggio Facercise website for about $50. Users are instructed to do all 28 exercises for about 15 minutes a day, three to five times a week. For an extra $28, customers can also get a workbook with 10 bonus exercises, a double-sided mirror, samples of skin-care products and flash cards that make it easier to remember all of the different routines. Many books, DVDs and websites claim that it’s possible to lift sags, smooth out wrinkles and generally turn back the clock simply by giving the face a regular, vigorous workout.Ĭarolyn’s Facial Fitness, an exercise kit sold online for about $40, includes a DVD demonstrating 28 exercises that contort the face in ways you probably didn’t know were possible, a CD to help pace the exercises and an instruction booklet. Lately, facial muscles have been getting a lot of attention. The muscles flex and twitch throughout out the day whether we think about them or not. Humans can out-smile, out-smirk and out-glower every other animal on the planet, all thanks to an array of facial muscles lying just below the skin.
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