Facial Gym. Can you change your appearance without plastic surgery

Andrei Semeshov, an expert of “Championship” wellness coach, talks about the influence of weight changes on facial features.

We all know that extra kilograms make a visible “imprint” on our figures. You can try to disguise the addition by a competent selection of closet. And if you are not going to the beach – it can work out quite well. However, few people think that the “overweight” is reflected on the face. And in the most radical way.

Austrian researchers conducted a full-scale study to establish what exactly you can count on, increasing body weight due to fat deposits.

For the experiments, they detailed and on a variety of parameters “digitized” photos of 22 teenage girls, measured weight, percentage of fat, the ratio of “waist-hips”, set the body mass index. And then with the help of computer technology created models that changed appearance depending on the increase or decrease in body fat percentage. The results of their study are certainly impressive. If you compare photos with the status of “thinness” and “obesity”, it is difficult to guess that it is the same person.

And this happens not only on computer models, but also in real life. To be sure of this, it is enough to look at photos from the time of service in the army or the first year of college and compare them with the reflection in the mirror. Yes, after 20 or 30 years wrinkles should be noticeably added, but the lion’s share of other changes – this is, let’s say, “gained”. Men, of course, a little easier. For them invented delicate formulas such as “maturing” or “matured”. The society is more demanding to women’s beauty, so similar comforting epithets have not been invented.

Let’s return to the results of the Austrian experiment. What should be prepared for those who are not ready to oppose willpower to the onslaught of the food industry and the dominance of fast food? If you are overweight, your facial features are likely to change. The following usually happens:

• The oval of the face visually becomes more rounded, especially “heavier” lower part of the face.
• The eyes visually shrink, but the lips, on the contrary, increase in volume (the latter, I assume, many will be pleased).
• The nose is shortened and becomes more flattened.
• A cheerful expression is harder to achieve, as the corners of the lips are pulled downward.

Fortunately, as you may realize, these changes are reversible. It’s just a matter of eating less and moving more.

How else can you fix the situation?

Home facial fitness

Popular nowadays direction will allow your face to “pump up” without cosmetology. To do this, you just need to engage the right muscles every day. The main purpose of such exercises is to improve the condition of the skin and give it the former tone. They do not require a lot of time and are easily performed at home in the morning for 10 minutes.

Massages

Another good approach to facial care is massages. By spending five minutes a day to increase blood flow to the skin, you will be able to admire the tightened oval of the face for a long time.

It is important to approach this method of exercise in the right way. You might be surprised, but just like in the gym, facial muscles need warm-up, cardio and recovery. If you don’t want to deal with all these complexities on your own, trust the professionals.

Is face fitness just for women?

Of course it isn’t. And you can see from the examples above that absolutely everyone is faced with loss of facial muscle tone. Nevertheless, the approach to training is different for men and women. This is best told to you by the specialists after the analysis before the procedure. Men have a different skin texture and may have pronounced expression lines. Also different and anatomy – cheekbone, cervical-collar zone.

Face fitness and massages are ideal for those who want to lose weight in certain parts of the face, for example, to reduce the cheeks, correct the oval and remove the second chin.

Polina Inozemceva, the correspondent of “Championship”, and Pavel Gruzdov, a regular client of the studio, shared their feelings from the procedure of muscle pumping with us.

Polina: Facial massage is at least a very pleasant sensation. I liked that before the procedure the master tried to find out as much as possible about my skin type and individual peculiarities in order to work from them. For example, my skin is prone to allergic rashes from drying products and bruises. So it was explained to me right away what moisturizers and creams would be used.

Another pleasant bonus is that I was given a universal massage not only for my face, but also for my head, neck, shoulders and even a little back. And after the procedure the master recommended other types of massage, more narrowly focused, suitable for my skin type. For example, honey massage, which narrows pores and cleans them.

Pavel: I have been “practicing” in the studio for about three months. I first came here out of curiosity. I am very fond of body massages, and when I heard about the new place where they do facial massages – I was really very intrigued. I didn’t really understand how my beard would be massaged, it even stopped me a bit. But already after the first visit I was completely delighted. Despite the fact that the massage is very intense – I even managed to doze off, I still do not understand how it is possible, but it happens at every visit.

I noticed the result immediately. A nice, healthy blush and a feeling of having “worked out my face”, if I may say so. The swelling is gone and the oval has tightened very well. Now I additionally take the buccal massage as well, I particularly like it.

By the way, you can also try the procedure on yourself. On December 2, the third Face Fit studio opens in BC Metropolis. On the opening day, everyone will get an express Face Fit service, and subscriptions can be purchased at a discount of up to 40%.