FACIAL EXERCISES
Facial Exercises
The maintenance of a firm face is the symbol of youth and
vigor, whereas when one goes into the older period of
one's life the face starts to sag and wrinkles form.
Daily facial and smile exercies will help to combat
the effects of age, gravity, and disuse.
During the progression of age most people lose control of many
muscles that are not the primary "movers"
and only help to reinforce faical movement. Muscle awareness
will be achieved through these exercies, enabling the
control of facial movements that normally only respond
to a reflex action.
Smile Exercise
This exercise focuses on producing a voluntary smile
that will work the facial muscles in control of elevation
and retraction of the mouth. This should be done while
looking in a mirror, either sitting or standing, whichever
you prefer. This exercise has been advocated by Gibson
in his Smile Power Institute that one practicing for
only a few days, five times a day, complete control
and range of motion can be achieved in one's smile.
After these exercises have been complete, one will have a
major improvement on one's smile and will increase one's
attractive power. This is occurring because just as
in normal muscle-building exercises, one uses weights
as resistance, and in this exercise one uses their fingers
as "weights".
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1.) Have the face and lips in repose and the mind psychologically
positive to slightly increase the contraction of
the elevators. |
2.) Begin to smile; stretch the corners of the mouth
laterally keeping the lips in slight contact, and
maintain this position for 10 seconds. |
3.) Expand the smile slightly laterally and upward to
expose the edges of the teeth, control the parallelism
of the corners of the mouth, and maintain this position
for 10 seconds. |
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4.) Increase the muscle tension, displaying a larger
number and amount of teeth and exhibiting a lateral
expansion of the cheeks, and observe that the relaxed
lower part of the obicularis oris follows the retraction
and elevation of the corners of the mouth to cover
the madibular teeth. Keep this position for 10 seconds. |
5.) Give full tension to the muscles predominantly laterally,
paying attention not to expose gingival tissue with
the exception of the interdental papilla. Keep this
position for 10 seconds. |
6.) Slowly relax and maintain one half of the teeth
visibility. Maintain this position for 10 seconds.
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7.) Continue relaxing, just keeping the edges of the
maxillary anterior teeth visible, and maintain for
10 seconds. |
8.) Go back to the initial position maintaining a slight
tension of the elevators for 10 seconds. Relax. |
9.) Form a full smile and maintain this smile with finger
pressure at each corner. |
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10.) Close the smile halfway with a finger resisting
the pull and hold the pressure for 10 seconds. |
11.) Try to close the smile completely with a finger
resisting, having the lips trying to contact in
the middle part and maintain for 10 seconds. Relax.
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12.)Reverse this exercise and place the fingers laterally
at the corners of the mouth, slightly resisting
muscle pull. |
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13.) Maintain the pressure and try to expand the smile
laterally and maintain for 10 seconds. |
14.) Expand the smile, reducing finger pressure. |
15.) Relax and make a test. |
Face-lift Exercise
The quadratus labli superioris is probably the key muscle
for keeping a young, healthy apperance. Without proper
working and the gradual loss of its strength when unused
adds to the sagging of the face and other undesirable
appearance qualities. These two exercies have to be
performed following the smile exercises. After 3-5 months
results should show up in varying degrees.
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1.) Have the mouth slightly open and flare the nostrils
of the nose. |
2.) Wrinkle up the nose as far as possible and relax
the upper lip. |
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3.) Slowly draw the upper lip upward as high as possible
and maintain for 10 seconds. |
4.) Concentrate on the upper lip and slowly bring it
down. Relax. |
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5.) Have the mouth slightly open. Apply the middle,
index, or annular fingers under the eye on the cheekbone
and relax the upper lip. |
6.) Curl the lip slowly up and maintain for 10 seconds. |
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7.) Curl up the lip as high as possible, maintaining
the finger pressure, and keep this position for 10 seconds. |
8.) Return slowly to the initial position. Remove the
fingers and relax. |
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