Facial Exercise: Good or Bad?

Not all exercise is good for you! Main Line Health dermatologist Dr. Kara Capriotti speaks about the negatve effects of facial exercise.

[@sallysmith7287]

I have been doing facial exercises 6 years ago when I was 41 as a preventative. I am 49 and look 30! Of course this doctor doesn't want people to do facial exercises because then she wont be able to make bags of money shooting women up with facial fillers and the like and keep them coming back when the effect wears off.

[@joever1559]

Well said!!!

[@uzmasajjad8883]

She is right bcz I experienced the same

[@vampistaa5955]

You are right because these doctors dont want to loose patients ...

[@patriciachang8666]

@Yelena Smol She is talking about wrinkles so maybe she is right. But facial exercise is for preventing sagging muscles. When you have bottox you prevent wrinkles but at the same time you dont use your muscles and they could begging to saggy. In any case I use facial exercise that do not strech my skin.

[@patriciachang8666]

@Yelena Smol there is only one serious study about facial exercise and concluded it works. Now... wrinkles are another thing. That is why I choose facial exercises that does not strech the skin.

[@rubyfirefly2582]

It depends on the exercises. She's referring to facial expressions, but a lot of facial exercises are the opposite of expressions.

[@blackwolf6902]

Well exercising those muscles with movements is also the same as expressions. Although, she's half wrong.

[@rejuvenator8966]

I've been doing facial exercises for few months now and they work! The web of muscles on the face is much more subtle, fine tuned and complex than a bicep or whatever, so you have to know how to exercise it right. When you do it right, it will give more youthful, elegant, powerful and lasting results than any surgery, filler or botox can ever give. The information is out there, don't believe money-makers or misinformed people like this young woman in this video :) Couple of days ago I downloaded "Ageless if you dare" face exercise book and DVD, and this very issue is well explained in the book. Frankly, what this woman is saying, is most untrue. Facial exercise is proven to work and it is dirt-cheap, so no wonder beauty-industry people are putting it down systematically, as I see it. Doctors and surgeons ridicule face-workouts. Money talks.

[@novaknovakovic1585]

Cheers for this, I've been looking for "yoga for face lift" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Jenrooklyn Facial Mummification - (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some decent things about it and my colleague got cool results with it.

[@dinismall3940]

Many thanks, I have been researching "facial toning exercises" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Jenrooklyn Facial Mummification - (should be on google have a look ) ? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my buddy got great results with it.

[@iHeartAmySue]

I believe you. For a couple years I’ve had a bad tooth, and it’s severely deformed my face just because I was always in pain. Now I’m looking into reframing those muscles to make them the way they were. Thank you for the book recommendation. I don’t think I’m going to Believe this woman who has severely exaggerated facial expressions.

[@waleskaaddams]

No, you are a liar.

[@Kingson_hub]

@@iHeartAmySue how do I get the book ?

[@trancemadmaz]

Botox eventually results in muscles' atrophy, which means that inactive muscles become smaller and hence a frequent Botox user's skin will also end up less tight. The above advice is false and I am surprised that is given by a medical professional, as work ethics should not be money-driven.

[@user-vz3fh6oj7d]

Not true. I know people who have gotten botox for 20 years and they have a super smooth forehead. Even after they stopped for a while, their forehead remained smooth.

[@trancemadmaz]

@@user-vz3fh6oj7d Not gonna lie, I must have been high as fuck when I wrote that. Sometimes I write random shit on yt comment when I'm under the influence of class a's

[@louisaklimentos7583]

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[@louisaklimentos7583]

@@user-vz3fh6oj7dBotox is bad for you if you abuse the use of it .

[@l3vyy95]

I’d rather listen to an actual a doctor with qualifications than a sponsored youtuber who gets paid to say shit

[@keshav2136]

There is a movie on it called 'Thank You For Smoking' where they are paid to convince or confuse people that smoking is not bad for their health and that it will not give them cancer

[@nicorobin1082]

I don’t think so, Im on my late 20’s but my looks was younger, I get lot of compliments. Do facial exercises it tightens the muscles on our face. it also help the blood flow on our facial area that gives vibrant look on us

[@melkel2010]

I'm going to be 49 this June. Is it 2020 already? When I was 44 I had thin lips, slagging neck, dropping jowles, my eye hoods were driving my lashes into my eyes making them itchy (I thought it was allergies), I had fine wrinkles under my eyes down my cheeks as verticle under my right eye and horizontal under my left eye, my eye lids were brown, I had brown skin under my eyes that ran down my check toward my ears. Some days I looked like a raccoon. I had heavy creases across my forehead. HAD. I thought I'd had a small stroke because one side of my face was slagging so bad, I looked for facial exercise therapy to restore the muscles. What I found out was that my sedentary lifestyle after becoming widowed (depression can do that) I wasn't exercising any of my facial muscles. I experimented on my lips and eyes first. I got enormous improvement in 3 days, even lifting my lashes out of my eyes. I worked the muscles to lengthen my neck and found I could sleep so much more comfortably. I stretch and strengthen all my facial and neck muscles regularly now, but after the first 10 days my daughters noticed my face looked slimmer and asked if I lost weight. I told them what I've been up to and they began pointing out all the differences in my forehead, neck, chin, eyes, cheeks; my skin is subtle, the wrinkles are gone, I even have normal skin tone again (I had been looking like flour was on my face, except the brown streaks and raccoon eyes). Your facial muscles aren't biceps, you don't need to be aggressive with them, but if you do make a mistake just back off they will correct. There are two phases, build volume then shape. These two phases continue as needed, you can consider maintenance. Yes moisturizers! But they don't have to be expensive. My skins makes it's own oil again, and sometimes I get a pimple. My tear ducts work better, they were dry. Tear ducts deliver more than tears, there is also an oil and I think one of those of mine is not working. But my eyes are moister. The atrophy was crushing the glands of my skin and tear ducts closed. Elastin is supported by healthy skin and the exercise of subcutaneous muscles certain makes the skin healthy. Transient wrinkles are caused by sleeping. You can support your face with sport tape. I double layer it when creases become a problem, but I don't bother any more. I can just do some light exercise in the morning and pull the creases and wrinkles out. They're really not anything more than what I saw in my 30's in the morning. I laughed at them then, I sigh at them now, then I iron them. That's what Jimmy Stewart meant when he said "It just takes longer to iron out (his face) now". The secret of facial exercise goes back longer than we understand, and the little bird of knowledge alights on whom it may. Oh, and ice is used to rebuild brown fat under the skin. That fat is sensitive to the environment, retreating in sunlight (heat), but can be rebuilt with applying ice for 1 minute a few times a day. Your muscles build it for insulation, they don't like being cold! It plumps the skin and covers the red color of tissues under the skin that shows up in some photography, or when you exert yourself.

[@dardanedidieri]

Can you tell which exercises you do for volume in face?

[@itscris01]

I can’t really give my input on facial exercises because I just started and I haven’t seen results yet, but I do know that putting ice on your face can burst capillaries, so be careful.

[@daljeetsingh1914]

Plz send me link which exccercise you did please

[@melkel2010]

@@daljeetsingh1914 I created my own exercises. But there is a difference between face yoga and repetitious exercise. Repetitions get you there faster, but you risk aggravating conditions such as TMJ. The tissues of the inside of the mouth are delicate as we get older and can bruise easily. These are small muscles, your movements should be gentle not strong. Small movements can focus even better on subtle problem areas. I use repetitious exercise. There are many coaches on YT, I relate best with Peta. I'd say start with her earliest videos because if you're starting she's starting then, too. Focus on your forehead because that supports most of your face. Get the rest of your body into some strength fitness because if you don't your body will rob any fine muscles you build for energy if you are sedentary and your results will plateau, but they'll still be great, but you'll want more progress. Peta teaches you to trace your muscle structure and create your own mods. There are variations of muscles attachments, we're not all exactly the same.

[@melkel2010]

@@itscris01 I live in a place where it gets to 40 below zero F in the winter. Never had any such problem and I've never heard of that. You might be thinking of ice scratching the skin. Yes, melt it briefly under running cold water to create smooth block to spa with. Never use frozen meat! That can cause frostbite to you as it has higher mass than water. Water ice is pretty safe. Snow has crystals that can cause micro cuts, too. Do not rub with crystalized snow.

[@durvapatel7110]

you can’t control smile lines from laughing or smiling and you can’t control frown lines from frowning at something, this is all apart of being human and human nature

[@horrorfan2000]

Yeah you can you can remember not to smile or laugh and you’ll be fine. :)

[@VioIetRamirez]

Does exercises help?

[@realkylehooks]

Facial muscles, like other muscles, can be strengthened and built. Larger face muscles = fuller face

[@godhams]

I have been doing facial exercises for 3 months now & my face is fuller & much more toned (I'm 63 so everything was dropping!!) ..i have not noticed any difference in smile lines at all. I'm working on my under eye hollows at the moment (I thought they were bags (which I do wake up with) & I get rid of them with a few coats Aloe Vera gel which is a skin tightner. But I'm left with under eye hollows which the excises are dealing with...toning up the muscle under the eye. The skin on our face is the only part of the body where the skin is so tightly bound with the muscle so easy to tone up with facial exercises. Unfortunately the skin on our neck is not & that's why it says long before the face does. I f I'd known what I know today (& how depressed I'd be when everything started to drop) I would have deffinely started these exercises in my 40's! Take note u younger lady's..its no joke when u start to look older!! & it has a huge effect on u'r mental health. I know that if I stop it will all drop again..but why on earth would I do That!! It all takes a few minutes tops! I also do a drainage & face massage morning & night which gets collagen going etc & my skin is glowing! Don't forget u'r neck & double chin!!

[@maryabraham9182]

jackie parsons oh my God you have no idea how happy I am for you.. and to share this information with us keep doing what are you doing but can you please do me a favor and let us know which kind of exercise you’re following ?? what does it called?? so I might see you do it I am 50 and like you said everything is dropping so please let us know thank you so much God bless you🙏🏻🙏🏻💐💕

[@dardanedidieri]

Which exercises do you do for hollow eyes?

[@dardanedidieri]

Which exercises you do for hollow eyes?

[@SunitaSharma-zi6tt]

@@dardanedidieri ❤️

[@nidhirawat3080]

So you mean facial exercise is good for us? Plz lemme know

[@fatenseddik9636]

Maybe She means that there is a difference between face exercises that tone face but make it more tense..and face massage that relax face and lift it without making any tense

[@Tacoman1967]

Any exercise is good for any part of the body.

[@keshav2136]

Unless you do it to the point where it makes you sick

[@Tacoman1967]

@@keshav2136 that's expected if you use common sense.

[@nidhirawat3080]

Yes I agree😌

[@amylee5194]

It's not necesarly about the wrinkles. Been doing facial exercises for a while my face looked really good and toned but after i stopped i started getting jowls and marrionette lines and I haven't had them before that. Wish I never tried them and I don't want to use facial exercise to correct them as it's a vicious circle. Seems that is working but in time makes you look older... so from my personal experience I have to agree with the doctor.

[@greentea0956]

this is the comment i've been looking for! how old are you? it seems it only works on older complexions. i'm 16 and i've been wanting to do cheek bone exercises but i'm afraid of it causing smile lines.

[@amylee5194]

@@greentea0956 32. What i found helpful is doing facial massage but really gentle i always apply grapeseed oil to avoid dragging the skin and defininetly not going up like people say but follow your muscles direction. Pressing on the pressure points around the corner of your nose release the tension that causes laugh lines to be more proeminent. And there are loads of pressure points on your face. Here's a link to an easy way to correctly apply your creams every day. It's not in english but you can follow along if you wish kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqHZeKJnbdJmo9k

[@greentea0956]

what do you mean by muscle direction? and thank you very much for the link, i'll be applying creams like that from now on.

[@amylee5194]

@@greentea0956 your natural facial muscle contour but in that video they do just that. You're welcome 😊

[@misbhakhan9895]

Same

[@the10171965]

I disagreed with this . My check is more lifted since I started doing face exercise. You just need to know how to do it properly so one cost winkle.

[@AlphabetCookie]

Who am I going to believe? My lying eyes that can see the results of the facial exercises I did, or some random person trying to sell injections to women? "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair

[@keshav2136]

There is a movie on it called 'Thank You For Smoking' where they are paid to convince or confuse people that smoking is not bad for their health and that it will not give them cancer

[@SA-cb2it]

I think she is right. I came across some face yoga where she was talking about exercising eye muscles and I did the same just one day and I could see the eye bags under my eyes which were not there before.

[@neharaj1005]

The side effects caused by face exercise like looking older etc ,,,,,,is that permanent ?

[@user-vz3fh6oj7d]

Hopefully not. I did them for 2 years, and one day I though I saw worsening of my jowls. I stopped for a year. Then, I went back to it, and noticed increased forehead lines. I did them exactly as indicated. I didn't add or took away anything. My final verdict is that the ones that I was specifically doing, do not work.

[@priyankabhardwaj1204]

Ya m agree m bcz my friend had face exercise for 2 years continue nd now her face look like Sooo aged nd totally change .even we joke to her that she took wrong plastic surgery .so face exercise is not bad BT do some useful exercise nd carefully .otherwise u cn gt big aging face.

[@louisaklimentos7583]

So does this expert promote Botox which eventually cause problems to the face . She is against facial exercises but not against Botox . This does nit make sense .

[@nurabelachew]

I have been doing facial exercises for ten years now and really works I if you do it right I don't know but I am like the living experiment I don't know where she get that but I look younger than my friends with same age.

[@rikapotgieter7371]

Since when is facial exercise not the right thing to do. I wish I could show you a before and after photo of my face and neck. Obviously you have to work hard on your face none stop. As a matter of fact, I do my exercises from a Dr's videos.

[@AlphabetCookie]

I hate when people are like "listen to doctors!" but they only mean doctors who are trying to sell botox to women. Facial exercises are recommended by actual doctors who are not trying to take your money.

[@Pacifica74]

I believe she is right. In my mid 30's I sipped my water through a straw to try to prevent drinking my lipstick which happens when you use a cup. Well, some time afterward I got a long slanted crease above my mouth on the exact side I would purse my lips to sip through that straw. And I sipped my water through out the day every day! Never used a straw since.

[@linabouazzaoui2098]

She's not right. Yoga exercises actually include gestures of fingers to avoid wrinkles if you do it well it really works wonders.

[@priyankasrinika9171]

Bad it gives more wrinkles she is totally right.

[@Paula-bh7rp]

You just contradicted yourself you said Botox keeps your muscles dormant not being used and then you said using the muscles wears them out so which is it

[@keishavincent-davis5755]

I will go with the results I see in the mirror thank you lol. Will continue doing my facial exercises

[@mohamedabdelkader9781]

Just laugh a lot, it’s the natural best face exercise 💁🏻‍♂️

[@parv9641]

But u can't laugh for no reason

[@horrorfan2000]

@@parv9641 Not unless you’re on drugs

[@parv9641]

@@horrorfan2000 no coz then drugs is the reason LOL

[@sheikhtrisha6923]

​@horr😅😅😅😅orfan2000

[@27slimchick]

I have been doing facial yoga for years! I do not frown or anything like that when doing my yoga anything whatsoever to cause lines. It is also does not beak down my collagen and elastin. Because of yoga my cheeks on my long face has remain full which was my main concern. Idk about anyone else but it works for me

[@user-vz3fh6oj7d]

Yoga exercises might be better. But I know that the ones I was doing called faceaerobics actually made my skin worse. And, I have a skin analysis test to prove it. I have been very upset it. I will not continue to do it, and will not recommend it.

[@TRADERSFRIEND]

This even sounds rehearsed!!! That was wasted time that I can never recoup!

[@AlphabetCookie]

What on earth is this person talking about? She sounds like an insane person. "Don't do facial exercises because furrowing your eyebrows is bad." Ok, um, facial exercises are not furrowing your eyebrows. She didn't even address facial exercises. She's trying to sell botox. That's the only reason anyone would say facial exercises don't work. Facial exercises are free. If you find someone saying they don't work, they're either trying to sell you something or they are brainwashed by the very people who tried to sell them something.

[@konsueloramirez]

That's all i needed to know, thanks

[@savagemeee430]

For the first time, I am actually agreeing with dislikes. Such a stupid advice and felt like she was low key promoting botox wth ?

[@stephencarlton5348]

I am surprised that somebody with the medical background defends BOTOX, which in long term cause muscle atrophy (muscles shrink). She must be payed to say it. (This is Steve's wife comment).

[@keshav2136]

There is a movie on it called 'Thank You For Smoking' where they are paid to convince or confuse people that smoking is not bad for their health and that it will not give them cancer

[@nikkigrace3468]

Why do people like this exist to make money ?

[@keshav2136]

There is a movie on it called 'Thank You For Smoking' where they are paid to convince or confuse people that smoking is not bad for their health and that it will not give them cancer

[@thisisaname4661]

They say it depends on how they are done. It seems pretty clear that if you make exaggerated movements with your face it's going to cause wrinkles. I watched face exercise videos from two different people. One of them, a supposed face exercise guru, makes all sort of distorted movements with her face which causes lots of creasing of her skin. You can clearly see where the lines have been created. She's in her late 60's and she definitely looks it. In fact, I originally guessed her age at over 70. I've also noticed that in her newer videos she is using a filter or really bright lighting. Probably trying to hide her wrinkles. This is someone who is making money from this (YES this is a profession for people...) so obviously, she doesn't want to look old... The other is in her mid 40's but looks good for her age. Would I say she looks way younger? Well no. Some people may because they are used to women her age having more wrinkles but I would still guess that she's in her 40's. She doesn't have a young-looking face, which I know is something else entirely and is based upon your facial features and how much natural volume you have in your face. You are either born with it or you are not. People often call it the 'baby face'. Think Elijah Wood, Tobey Maguire, Alyson Hannigan, or Selena Gomez... But anyone can look good for their age. Is this due to face exercises or other factors? Maybe she just has really good genetics? Can't say for sure. Studies of facial exercises haven't shown anything but modest benefits. I know people say they see a drastic change in their face but if someone really wants something to happen I do wonder how much of that is the placebo effect. Also, facial exercises won't stop bone loss.

[@mariacecilia-iv4yu]

I would like to hear what you think of the Japanese Okyan Mama (Kato Hitomi) you can activate the subtitles

[@vj-qk6ey]

She might just win 2020 award for creative ideas. Well, this is the problem with modern education; least of it means you don't know what to say anymore and more of it means you don't know what you are saying. So please do your facial exercises in OPTIMUM level and keep that youthfulness instead of some 'BOTOXY ' stuff. Doesn't it even sound toxic (lol)..

[@comicocalypse5620]

Yes Botox is an ACTUAL bacterium...that causes the disease botulism where tissue is paralyzed. This lady is HIGHLY irresponsible.

[@peacejoy4442]

Very misleading video...promoting products....

[@sheikhtrisha6923]

And also botox 😅

[@marie-on5yj]

Botox may look great for a while....it eventually causes muscle atrophy. Just look up "botox and muscle atrophy,".. then learn to age gracefully and appreciate who you are!

[@rose_of_venus]

Ahh no. They don't get wrinkles because the facial muscles are paralyzed and constantly contracted which is exactly what face excersise does.

[@tb___8218]

This lady is speaking the truth. The youngest looking people are always those with the most "stoic" expressions, and who treat their skin very gently and avoid sun exposure.

[@henrikparsgaard9648]

So in other words, someone who's never gotten their hands dirty in their lifetime and most likely has no life skills either?

[@parv9641]

@@henrikparsgaard9648 both the scenarios are very different, Ur hands are going to be more powerful and strong but they won't be soft anymore, but in the case of your face u don't want muscle strength but flawlessness, of course if u do facial exercises the muscles In Ur face are going to get stronger but that's not something u want

[@horrorfan2000]

This video gave me wrinkles.

[@sheikhtrisha6923]

😅😅😅

[@apalasin1569]

I'm only doing not only to look good but to be stronger fighter. But if the doctor says it's true just put nevea on your face or ice

[@passionatepro5322]

sis tryna fund her yacht

[@mariaakter2655]

Her expression looks like diane downs sorry for being mean

[@masterno8576]

0:15 elastin is everywhere she’s spilling out random made up physics and it’s not even funny

[@fightingglobal726]

What about fixing symmetry

[@christacreps3103]

Nope. Not true. Plus, facial exercises are FREE!!

[@agentak7193]

money hungry

[@TheTruth-yw3sy]

If you every want to be a master at lying just keep listening to that lady. You’ll be the best!

[@sheikhtrisha6923]

😅😅😅

[@Gooshytgoose]

Says the lady on a white doctor coat that works on a plastic surgery clinic

[@Rocky35360]

botox advertise

[@MegaYogateacher]

What a load of rubbish information . Do you speak from direct experience or from an older woman’s perspective ? When you then you can be the expert. I’ve been doing facial exercises for months and at 64 I look 20 years younger . They are amazing . It really annoys j my when people who have never even tried these try and give advice .

[@bluesapphire1575]

I just lost brain cells by listening to this woman's "advise"

[@jc4evur661]

The video is only a minute long.

[@curlytales2867]

Bloody botox promoter😂😂😂though can't make us fool

[@FaceExerciseClassChannel]

Face Exercise Class Channel

[@skentertainmenttv1834]

This is wrong logic

[@JanasSpace]

what a stupid thing to say....of of course they work!!!...

[@usmanqasim7436]

Face exercise are not good at all

[@sheikhtrisha6923]

How?

[@carlinbrumback8931]

Who cares

[@SachiandMiming]

LIAR!!