- Making Old Faces Young...The
Natural Way
- by Ismael D. Tabije
Making one’s face look younger
is everyone’s dream. There are people who resort to different
methods - even the most expensive ones - just so they’d
get that “look young, feel young” atmosphere. But to
those who can barely afford it, the “attempt” is considered
a vice. Most of the time, you’d hear from these people the
line, “Why would you interfere with nature’s course?”
But those who want to preserve the youth as they add up years
would say, “Why not age with grace?”
Yes, why not? You may think it
is too late to do so especially if you were once abusive of your
body (e.g., too much sun-bathing, etc.) when you were younger.
Most of the time, it is the reason why people acquire the old-age
look (even before they get to that stage) since the body was
not well taken cared of. The tell-tale signs of old age are the
sunken hollows of the cheeks and around the eyes, sagging of
the chin, wrinkles on the forehead, the “rumpled” and
the total haggard look.
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But there’s always hope. The
moment you realize you need to take care of your health is never
too late a time to do so—whether you are 30 or 60. It’s
been proven that rejuvenation of the face through friction and
massage are the best ways to look young and feel young. Realize
that the main reason your facial muscles sag is lack of muscular
exercise. Like any other muscle of the body, constant exercise
can make these facial muscles expand and develop, effectively
removing the sagging look. Wrinkled skin, on the other hand,
has been proven to be made elastic again through regular application
of friction. |
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This does not only apply to women
who are known to be vain in nature but for the men as well.
How is applying friction on the
skin done? With the help of some lotion to minimize irritation
(not too much lotion, though, as there will be no more friction),
work on the areas that normally results to sagging such as the
cheeks, the throat, the chin, the forehead and around the eyes.
Start as though you are polishing a pair of shoes: with a slight,
circular friction on the surface areas, which should gradually
increase in pressure but not too vigorous that you will end up
abrading and irritating your face. This process will progressively
restore the elasticity of your skin and smoothen out the wrinkles.
To exercise your facial muscles,
use your palm heel. With enough pressure, massage your cheeks
and other parts of the face in circular motion. This process
will build up the muscles and fill those “hollows”,
those sunken areas around the eyes and the cheeks. Do this also
on the chin and throat. Make sure you apply equal amount of pressure
to the entire face so that the build up of muscles will be uniform.
Do these exercises a few minutes
everyday--even while you are watching the TV-- and you will soon
see the “miracle” of a younger looking you.
The process of looking older
does not have to be as fast as it is now. With the right determination,
and knowing the proper techniques, you can almost stop the advance
of the “aged” look, no matter that your actual age
is unstoppably moving ahead. It’s been proven possible and
there’s no reason you can’t achieve the same. |
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