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Hi! I've been doing a facial exercise program since Aug '08 and I'm seeing some terrific improvements in the volume of my cheek area and the lifting of my eye area. There are lots of exercise programs out there, but the 2 I have been using are "Ageless If You Dare" ($10 for downloadable program and video) and "FlexEffect" ($70 for book, DVD and CD). Both are excellent but "Ageless" is a concentrated 15 min/day program. "FlexEffect" takes a 45 min/day commitment.
They stress the underlying muscles of the face to tone them and lift the skin from within. The massage techniques rev up the circulation and add volume to the skin. Lack of volume makes us look old before our time. The neck exercises add volume to the neck so that the ugly cords of the platysma are covered with more youthful springy flesh, not the scrawny turkey-neck look of old age.
I do not use fillers or Botox, but I have seen a huge reduction in the droopy-eyelids and marionette lines that were starting to creep up. If you go to the websites, there are before and after pics that will amaze you. But the proof is your own face. If you are considering surgery, please try exercises first! It's painless and once you've bought the program, you don't need to keep buying anything else!! What I like is that I am in control once again of my skin, not a slave to the ravages of time, or to the ever-expanding list of expensive treatments and creams out there all vying for my money or time.
They stress the underlying muscles of the face to tone them and lift the skin from within. The massage techniques rev up the circulation and add volume to the skin. Lack of volume makes us look old before our time. The neck exercises add volume to the neck so that the ugly cords of the platysma are covered with more youthful springy flesh, not the scrawny turkey-neck look of old age.
I do not use fillers or Botox, but I have seen a huge reduction in the droopy-eyelids and marionette lines that were starting to creep up. If you go to the websites, there are before and after pics that will amaze you. But the proof is your own face. If you are considering surgery, please try exercises first! It's painless and once you've bought the program, you don't need to keep buying anything else!! What I like is that I am in control once again of my skin, not a slave to the ravages of time, or to the ever-expanding list of expensive treatments and creams out there all vying for my money or time.