Age is not always just a number. It comes with fine lines, wrinkles, crow’s feet, and a whole host of aging-related issues. While science has not yet found the secret to everlasting youth, here are some exercises and tips to get you on your way.

Best Anti-Aging Facial Exercises

• Face Yoga – Yoga is one of the most comprehensive mind and body lifestyle guides in the world. The aim of yoga facial exercises is to improve muscle tone around the face and neck, relieve stress, and improve circulation. General skin tone and texture can also improve when done consistently.
  While standing, take a deep breath and hold the air in your cheeks. Hold your breath for as long as possible up to one minute. Exhale slowly through your nose. Do a set of five repetitions.
• Platysma Bands – The platysma muscle is connected from the front jaw and neck to the deltoid and pectoral muscle areas. It slants upward towards the neck and is responsible for the definition of the jawline and neck.
  Look upwards and push your tongue to the roof of your mouth till you feel muscle contraction around your jaw and neck areas. Hold for a beat and then with your tongue still pressed against the roof of your mouth, look downwards. This helps the platysma band contract in the opposite direction.
• Forehead – All the stress and worry we go through shows on our forehead in the form of lines and wrinkles. You can tone this area with a simple stretching exercise.
  Place your index fingers between your eyes and eyebrows. Raise your eyebrows as high as possible while pulling down on the skin near the upper eyelid. Do ten repetitions to get rid of those worry lines.

• Cheeky Face – Toning the skin and muscle around your cheeks goes a long way for anti-aging. It improves your smile as well while reducing wrinkles caused by constant expression.
  Start with a wide smile with your lips closed. Wrinkle your nose in a way that moves your cheek muscles upwards. Hold for five seconds, relax and do ten repetitions. Standing in front of a mirror helps to make sure you are doing the exercise correctly.
• Surprised Face – This is an overall face workout. It helps tone the jaw, cheeks, and the forehead.
  Raise your eyebrows while opening your mouth. Stretch the muscles of both as much as is possible and keep your eyes wide as well. Hold for five seconds and relax. Do a set of ten repetitions.
• Frown Face – This is an anti-aging exercise that helps with crow’s feet, droopy eyelids, and puffy eyes.
  Place your index fingers on the outer corners of your eyebrows and your middle fingers on the inner corners to form a “V” shape below the eyes. Bring your eyebrows down with your fingers making a frown. Take away your fingers, squint your eyes and hold for two seconds. Then relax and repeat eight more times. End the facial exercise by relaxing the muscles and keeping your eyes closed.
• Clown Face – An extension of the “cheeky face” exercise, the clown face is considered to be the natural facelift of anti-aging exercises by correcting sagging skin and laugh lines.
  Smile wide with your lips closed and wrinkle your nose. Then pucker your lips and pull your chin down with your fingers with your mouth closed. Repeat both expressions for ten repetitions, holding them for five seconds each time.

Tips For Facial Anti-Aging 

• Follow An Anti-Aging Diet Plan – You are what you eat. This age-old adage is especially true for anti-aging. Essential vitamins and minerals, healthy fats, and lean protein can help counter dry skin, dark spots, fine lines, and skin dullness.
  Lean protein includes oily fish, white meat, pulses, beans, and legumes. The vitamin and mineral content can be brought in with any fresh fruit and vegetable and whole grains such as brown rice, bulgur wheat, couscous, oat bran, millet rye, and quinoa.
• Drink Green Tea – Green tea is an ancient go-to for a healthy drink. Modern science tells us it possesses powerful antioxidants that prevent the skin from aging. It helps maintain skin elasticity and reduces skin damage caused by inflammation and irritation or sun damage.

• Get Juicy – A popular amongst naturopaths, juicing is a returning and rising trend everywhere. The advantages range from better absorption to promoting healthy bacteria cultures in the gut, making it beneficial to consume a wider range of fruits and vegetables allowing for more nutrients in your diet.
  Grab a juicer and get creative with combinations. You can also use any leftover pulp in soups, stews or sugar-free desserts.
• Snack On Superfoods – Superfoods are types that are generally considered to be nutritionally dense and are usually plant-based with a few dairy and fish options. Even some fermented foods come under this category.
  Phytonutrient-rich blueberries, goji berries, raw Brazil nuts, and bee pollen are packed full of good nutrition. Sauerkraut, kombucha, kefir, and sough dough bread are options that restore the balance of good bacteria in your system.
• Avoid The Sun – Sun damage is one of the most common skin issues that affects people. While sunlight is a good source of vitamin D, we need it only in small doses. Covering up with wide-brimmed hats and sunglasses, using sunscreen with a high SPF, and avoiding outdoor areas when the sun is at its highest intensity (usually between 10 a.m. and 3p.m.) helps keep pigmentation at bay.
• Stop Smoking – While having the ability to breathe and reducing the risk of cancer should be the prime reason for quitting, smoking has been proven to increase the aging process drastically. Cigarettes produce carbon monoxide inhibiting the supply of oxygen in the body leading to a degrading of skin tone and texture. Vitamin C levels drop stopping skin repair and renewal.
• Make Your Own Natural Skincare Products – Most products on store shelves contain a host of artificial and sometimes abrasive chemicals. These have shown to cause accelerated aging in varying degrees.
  Fortunately, most of the ingredients you need can be found in your kitchen cupboard. Yogurt, honey, oats, sea salt, sesame oil, fruits, and vegetables can be used to make face masks, soaps, and essential oil mists with a little effort.
• Have A Sauna – Steam rooms help detoxify the skin by opening your pores and sweat out the impurities. It also helps relax tense muscles and improves skin tone. A steam session helps hydrate and add moisture to dry skin, and increases circulation making you feel refreshed and rejuvenated.
• Don’t Run – While it is a healthy activity, runners tend to accelerate the aging process as the exercise cuts down the amount of subcutaneous fat (layer of tissue where the collagen and elastin bands connect the upper layer of skin) which develops a haggard and tired look. The action of running also causes the skin to be subjected to a pounding motion which can reduce skin elasticity. Cycling, swimming or fast walking are good compromises to reach your exercise goals while preserving your youthful look.
• Remember To Have Fun – It is easy to accumulate stress in this day and age. Taking time out to relax and do the things you love helps keep you looking younger and keeps the lines and wrinkles away. Relax, explore your passions, and plan your day with a proper work and life balance.

With anti-aging exercises, consistency is key. Apart from making funny faces, follow the tips mentioned above to keep your Face looking young and radiant.

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