I’ve always been self-conscious about my fuller chin. I know, there are bigger problems, but this is the one thing about myself I seem to fixate on.
It’s hereditary – my mum and grandmother both have full chins too – but that doesn’t make it any less annoying.
In the name of beauty research, I came across the facial massages Meghan Markle swears by.
Apparently, the Duchess of Sussex likes to do ‘facial exercises’ to keep her face looking toned and sculpted.
Clearly, it’s working for her.
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Thanks for this, Bronte! Face exercises do work REALLY well. It's best to use a program that's designed by professionals, like Meghan does. I get several people every year (to my Faceworks program) who've used face exercises that are too aggressive - you don't need to work the face hard to tone the muscles.
The problem is, the techniques offered in your article do not strengthen or tone (lift the muscles back towards their original position) the facial muscles. Facial exercise, proper "muscle-resistance" facial exercise will do this. Facial massage will only help with blood circulation, which will help to temporarily brighten the complexion. Most of these unproven techniques like massage, light touch, stretching, or pulsing have given facial exercise a bad name. As we age, our facial muscles weaken and begin to sag, causing aging of the face. Properly strengthening the facial muscles have been proven to bring a youthful look to the face. The Happy Face Yoga facial exercise program was proven to work in a study by Northwestern University. The results of the study were so dramatic that the results were published in the medical journal JAMA Dermatology. Additional information can be found out www.HappyFaceYoga.com. I hope you might check out these proven techniques that plastic surgeons do not want you to know about!
That last line doesn't help your cause, mate. You sound like one of those dodgy online ads with fake celebrity endorsements.
Hi Rush,
Thanks for your reply, but really, no fake endorsements here; medical proof is all I have to offer. My program has shown terrific results to thousands who have tried the techniques, and I just get so much bad publicity from surgeons who have no experience with facial exercise, and they really don't want the knowledge that one can cheaply obtain a natural youthful look with facial exercise. But it really is a wonderful program with medically-proven results. Best, Gary, Happy Face Yoga
oh man! I tried the downward dog move with my face and now I look like a Basset Hound and everyone is asking me if I'm depressed.