Do Facial Exercises
By activating your facial muscles, you create a stronger foundation for your face. Better blood circulation and lymphatic drainage help reduce puffiness, lift the lower face, and make your skin look fresher and more vibrant.
If you haven’t tried facial exercises yet and think it’s too late for you, it’s not. Even at 70, it’s not too late to start. Just look at Carol Maggio, the founder of facial fitness. She’s 81 years old and still practices facial exercises regularly.
I created a program with 35 exercises that I personally tested on myself. These exercises help strengthen your facial muscles, improve muscle tone, and create a more lifted appearance.
Click the button below and get started with the program - I’ll show you how to do each exercise correctly and guide you through the proper technique.
Do Strength Training
The more muscle you have, the better your metabolism and insulin sensitivity. Strength training helps maintain hormones and proteins involved in skin repair and regeneration while improving blood flow throughout the body. As a result, your skin receives more oxygen and nutrients, helping it stay firmer, stronger, and more youthful-looking for longer.
I’ll show you 4 effective exercises you can do at home.
Keep your spine strait, don’t move your lower back. 20 hinges each leg, every day
Sit on the edge of a couch, stick one leg out and get up without moving your foot. Try not lean on your on the other leg. Try to keep your knee directly over the foot. Do 20 reps each leg.
20 reps.
20 reps each leg.
Train Your Focus
The most valuable thing you have is your attention. Where your attention goes, your energy follows.
Spend more time noticing the sensations in your body and less time judging it. Set aside at least 30 minutes a day to simply be present with your body without criticism, analysis, or constant mental chatter.
Over time, you’ll notice that you feel better, release unnecessary tension, relax your face and neck, and let your shoulders drop naturally.
From a physiological perspective, chronic stress keeps cortisol levels elevated and muscles constantly tense. This can impair circulation, increase inflammation, and accelerate collagen breakdown. The more relaxed your body is, the better the conditions for skin repair, recovery, and long-term skin health.
Breathe Properly
Practice breath holds:
Take a deep belly breath, hold it for 20 seconds, then exhale slowly through pursed lips for 15–20 seconds.
Most people today breathe too quickly and too shallowly, using mainly the upper part of the chest. This type of breathing can signal the body that something is wrong and keep the nervous system in a constant state of “fight or flight.”
When this happens day after day, stress hormones remain elevated, the muscles of the face, neck, and shoulders stay tense, circulation can become less efficient, and the body spends more resources dealing with stress instead of recovery. Many people become so used to this state that they don’t even realize how much tension they are holding in their jaw, forehead, neck, and shoulders.
Breath holds and long, slow exhalations help your body become comfortable with slightly higher levels of carbon dioxide. This is important because carbon dioxide is not just a waste product of breathing—it plays a key role in helping oxygen move from the blood into the tissues.
This mechanism is known as the Bohr effect. When carbon dioxide levels rise slightly, red blood cells release oxygen more easily to the body’s tissues. As a result, cells receive oxygen more efficiently, microcirculation improves, and skin cells receive more of the resources they need for healthy function and repair.
Slow breathing also activates the parasympathetic nervous system—the body’s rest, recovery, and regeneration mode. Stress levels decrease, the muscles of the face, neck, and shoulders relax, internal tension fades, sleep often improves, and the body creates better conditions for healthy, radiant skin.
Combine points 3 and 4 for a greater relaxation effect