Articles by Cynthia Rowland
Does the memory of your once youthful face make you wish you were 27 again? Wish you could look in the mirror and see your face five, ten, even fifteen years younger?
Well, now you can!
My passion is teaching facial exercise to every person who allows me to touch their face and here´s ...
You could use a new best friend. A best friend that supports you, encourages you and helps you to always put your best face forward.
Growing old gracefully has never been easier when you choose the all natural pathway that Mother Nature would approve and that would be facial exercise.
Maybe you think you just need new makeup and a sexy hairstyle a young, fun look
but after is all said and done, after the money has been spent on hair and skin products, when you look in your mirror does your face look like this expenditure knocked years off your appearance? Do you look as young ...
For those of you who have tried the injections and are tired of the upkeep, you will especially love using facial exercise instead of needles. And, those of you who have had your eyes done, your neck lipo´d and even endured a surgical face lift, facial exercise will work for you to tighten and lift those facial features that appear to be loosening and shifting. Revisions from the doc will become a thing of the past.
So where does this leave the rest of us? Facial plastic surgery is scary stuff and it has many risks, plus it presents an enigma here you pay thousands and thousands of dollars for a procedure that has no satisfaction guarantee and you most likely will have to repeat certain procedures because the effects of gravity and atrophy will continue to bombard your facial features. This means more money spent and more risk is taken; and for what? Temporary results.
Ever look at that adorable man you married and wish that he still had that handsome, manly face without the jowls, pouches and double chin?
Maybe you´ve introduced him to skin care items like eye treatments, bronzers and concealers and he is using them but you know that these specialty ite...
Ever look at that adorable man you married and wish that he still had that handsome, manly face without the jowls, pouches and double chin?
Maybe you´ve introduced him to skin care items like eye treatments, bronzers and concealers and he is using them but you know that these specialty ite...
Rather than whine and lament that your face is beginning to resemble your Great Aunt Hilda´s you can take a pro-active approach and start using specialized facial exercise to look younger, prettier, fresher and healthier in just hardly any time at all.
Facial plastic surgery is costly, provides only temporary lifting and it is a risky avenue to use if you want to look younger. Did you know you can enjoy the look of a facelift using only simple isometric exercise movements? That's right! Without surgery, drugs, scalpels, needles, seams and sutures,...
Imagine knowing the secret to natural face lifting the power to create lasting change in your face is literally in your hands. Go to the mirror and tell yourself the truth Does lifting the sides of your face indicate that your face is slack? If you bend over from the waist and look into a mirror, what happens to your face? Is your forehead mushy and lined?
Looking in the mirror can be absolutely devastating when you see an old face looking back at you. When did the sagging start and how can it be stopped?
Sagging, droopy faces usually begin after the age of 25. At first you may not see the skin loosening but if you look closely at your face, bendin...
Using facial plastic surgery and injections can be disappointing in numerous ways; however, using facial exercise is empowering. Your confidence will soar as you realize the control over aging is in your hands. Turn back the hands of time naturally, self assured and positive that you can look 5, 10 even 15 years younger in just weeks.
Most of what women and men want to fix is aging in their faces. It´s the drooping facial features that make us look old. Think about it does your face look and feel firm? If you´re over the age of 40 there is softness and sagging in your features whether you see the tell-tale signs or not.
Reality shows that feature face lifts and makeovers using surgery and injections still attract viewers who are most likely interested in the thrill of seeing participants improve their appearance. Maybe there is a vicarious nature to watching these shows; perhaps there is a secret wish that the viewers share they too would like to see their droopy jowls and hooded eye lids be gone with one fell swoop of the surgeon´s scalpel or their sagging cheeks plumped with fillers.
Exercise is the key to living younger longer.
A recent survey conducted by Superdrug, Britain's second-largest beauty and health retailer, polled 3,000 women between the ages of 40 and 60; the survey disclosed that one in three women over 40 are thinking about plastic surgery.
Of course they a...
The world is turning and the tides are shifting because facial plastic surgery is becoming less mainstream as words like natural, authentic and less-indulgent echo into our consciousness stream.
It wasn´t so long ago that we watched celebrity after celebrity parade their frozen faces, plumped lips and refined noses down the red carpet. It is usually pretty easy to spot whose face has been touched by a scalpel and pricked by a needle; the cookie cutter effect is evidenced, too, in the celebrity magazines and blogs, some of it good, some of it not so good.
Celebrities have it so easy, don´t they? They walk into a restaurant and go to the head of the line. They are showered with gifts and perks wherever they go limos, drivers who hold the car door open for them, baskets of fruit, flowers and candy when they check into a first-class hotel, free ...
Plastic surgery regrets appear to be rampant as more and more people reveal that they are dissatisfied with their surgeries and it just may be a result of unrealistic expectations. Why? Is it because plastic surgeons are human, not magicians, or is it a result of poor workmanship via a scalpel?
Facial exercise that uses isometric contraction will allow you to not only lift sagging facial features, but the exercises take only seconds to complete and the results are noticeable almost immediately. Isometric exercise has been demonstrated to stimulate tissue growth, burn fat and strengthen the muscles that support your skin.
Many men and women who are experiencing life changes see that their faces are changing, too. The changes they see may not exactly seem endearing because these changes usually indicate that aging has become a factor in their appearance. Constantly examining soft, elongating features can easily sap your psyche of self-confidence. The psychological pain and anxiety is real; witnessing your once taut, fabulous face distorting with jowls, pouches and a double chin can be a real downer.
Just like you use exercise to enhance your body contour, facial exercise, using your thumbs and fingers, will reliably plump up and strengthen those hidden facial muscles so that your face looks firmer with tightened and toned features.
It is a well documented fact that pretty, good looking people have earning power greater than those peers who are average looking. Wearing our assets really does work because according to economist Daniel Hamermest, a drop dead gorgeous man can earn $250,000 more than his least-attractive counterpa...
Imagine your face paralyzed, unable to exhibit facial expressions such as happiness or even sadness because your brain cannot process simple, ordinary, everyday emotions. Would you book an appointment with a neurosurgeon or internist or would you simply stop making appointments for paralyzing cosmetic injections?
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Sagging faces are no laughing matter. If you happen to witness your jaw line being quietly invaded by your upper cheeks, you are not alone. The good news is that there is hope for your jaw line, your sagging cheeks and even the dreaded wattle because facial exercise can easily change the shape and contour of those droopy features that can make you appear older than your years.
Facial exercise is your most important asset if you want to present a younger looking face to the world.
Truly, your face is your calling card, your brand. Performing easy to use facial exercise will boost your self esteem and your confidence will soar when you realize that you have the power ...
The popular celebrities of the day did not have surgically altered faces yet we knew they were thin and beautiful and we wanted to look just like them.
The powers that be those casting directors and producers are beginning to call for natural faces, not artificially enhanced faces to cast in their productions. The fact is this: when injections and sutures are used extensively on a face, that person rarely looks youthful, they just look done, sometimes over done.
If you´re a woman born in the mid to late 20th century, you probably have not escaped the hype surrounding plastic surgery tales. It seems of late that the tales are tales of woe. Why? It seems that many victims now regret their decision to have certain procedures because their results were n...
Laura chose to have fifteen surgeries from age 25 to age 35, and spent $60,000 hoping to improve her already God-given good looks. She now warns others who might be swayed into believing that surgery and injections will stave off Mother Nature´s tromp across their faces that they might meet up with the same bad plastic surgeons she hired. Today at 39 years of age, she shares her plight: "I don´t feel prettier, I don´t feel younger. I just feel scarred."
Specialized facial exercises act as a preventative measure and also help reverse the look of aging in your face. Just as exercise works for your body, facial exercise techniques that isolate, anchor and contract the muscles using gloved thumbs and fingers will lift, tone and tighten sagging facial muscles in hardly any time at all.
So many women can feel young on the inside but when they look at their reflection peering back at them in the mirror, a lot of them recoil in horror as they witness the very visible signs of aging like hooded eyes, soft, spongy cheeks, sagging double chins and jowls along the jaw.
Choosing facial exercise to address sagging muscles means you will not have to worry about scars, injection holes, risky procedures and people recognizing you. After all, when you change your face to reflect your inner goddess, you want to feel proud that you look and feel so remarkably refreshed and revitalized.
As Mother Nature marches across your face will you be tempted to have the hands of time surgically removed in hopes that by eliminating the offending sags and bags you will look younger?
For some looking in the mirror takes its toll on the psyche as self-confidence diminishes. Looking old, lookin...
In the name of beauty women continue to experience mutilation, disappointment and even death when they hope to change their aging appearance using modalities that harm and disfigure.
Just like exercise works to tone and tighten the muscles in your buttocks and thighs, our facial muscles are no different. They, too, soften from lack of exercise. When your forehead muscle atrophies your eyebrows drop and eyelids become lined. The same is true of your cheeks, jowls and neck.
It is not surprising to learn that Danish scientist´s say that looking young may mean that you live a younger life. This study, published online in the British Medical Journal, suggests that people who look younger may also live longer.
Now why do you think this is possible?
Is it beca...
Have you looked into the mirror only to discover that your face has begun to slip and slide in a downward direction and there´s hanging skin dangling along your jaw? Well, that, according to Webster´s Dictionary is the definition of a jowl.
Facial exercise, using your thumbs and fingers as age erasers, requires only minutes each day in front of a mirror. There is no pain, no back breaking outlay of cash and certainly no risk of your good health when you choose this natural method over injections and surgery.
Oh, the perils men and women confront when they decide to allow cutting, injecting and even lasers on their beautiful, pristine, unspoiled faces.
Once a face is injected with chemical substances it is forever changed. Same with deciding to lop off sagging skin; no matter how experienced the surg...
Maybe when you look in the mirror you see a resemblance of your Mom looking back at you. You probably see more than just sagging or fullness under your eyes; you most likely see jowls, pouches, a downturned mouth, spongy skin, the dreaded wattle, sagging cheeks and more in the mirror.
These cond...
There is a very simple yet specific exercise program designed to lift, strengthen and tone the face. Just as resistance exercise works for the body; resistance exercise can work for the face. Not contortions, twists or puckers that may cause additional woes, but a proven, reliable exercise program that works to reshape and contour a sagging face.
Many women who exercise regularly say that they wish their faces would match their bodies. After months, even years in the gym their bodies look youthful, sleek with improved posture and tone. Unfortunately, the exercise used for their torsos have not lifted or toned their faces and as a result she suffers from "Butter Face", as in her body looks great but her face
Double chins are move prevalent now than ever before as people exhibit the telltale signs of weight gain. Yes, obesity is a world wide health epidemic and it affects more than just our waist lines.
Many people who desire a younger looking face have decided to choose a path that involves an all natural, alternative method one that does not create health risks and one that guarantees that you will look exactly like yourself only younger and certainly recognizable.
There is certainly nothing wrong with wanting to look as pretty as possible; after all, your face is your calling card, your power suit and for a very long time, it is a well-known fact that a beautiful face is a powerful asset - an asset that can propel a woman through the glass ceiling and beyond when her brains and is transcend the stratosphere.
Facial exercise is deep muscle conditioning that does not use contortions, twists, puckers and scrunches. If you scrunch or twist or contort your face hoping to see lifting and toning, you will be disappointed. This type of exercise may even increase and accentuate existing lines and wrinkles..
No one ever believes it will happen to them. No matter how many articles published or television news items aired, men and women continue to engage in risky behavior that is not well thought out when it comes to altering their faces and bodies using surgery and other invasive modalities.
Just like muscles in the body respond to exercise, the face responds to exercise, too. In the body muscles reposition, contour and tighten with exercise; the facial muscles also lift, tone, tighten and contour when the principles of resistance and contractions are applied
Poor Valerie Bertinelli. Here she loses a great deal of weight, probably thirty pounds, maybe more, and instead of the media congratulating her on her new, svelte body, they are maligning her face, saying that she looks older now than she did two years ago when she still wore a size twelve.
Facial exercise, not twists, puckers or contortions, is a safe and sane alternative for a healthier, younger looking face. The exercises are painless, there is no risk and you look like you did ten to fifteen years ago.
Beauty, many people believe, is purchased. Consumers go for most new lotions and potions offered in beautiful, slick magazines; they query one another at every outing to determine if they are up-to-date on the latest and greatest hype that separates them from their money. Walk by most any table with a group of gals and you will hear discussions of the steps they are taking to stave off the march of Mother Nature's footprints across their faces.
Many people avoid looking in the mirror. Why? Because their face does not portray the youthful look they would like to see.
Our physical looks fade as we mature; our skin tone is different, our hair shows gray and our once beautiful faces begin to lose tone, vibrancy and radiance.
You have probably heard that facial exercise can safely and easily transform an aging face into a more youthful visage but you may not know which type of exercise program provides the most benefit for a drab, sagging or droopy face.
When you closely examine your face what is the biggest detraction or the neon light that calls attention to your facial imperfections? Is that looming chin the dreaded wattle tops on your list?
Double chins can occur even when you haven't gained an ounce but wearing an extra roll of flesh can make you look pounds heavier.
Wearing a double chin cannot be disguised with turtlenecks or scarves. A double chin cannot be concealed with makeup or other cosmetic preparations. Double chins are a result of muscle atrophy. That's right muscle atrophy as in no activity.
Margie thought her marriage would last forever; whenever she heard or read statistics concerning divorce, she brushed them aside never believing for one moment that she would ever find her husband boring or inattentive to the point that she would even consider divorce, let alone become a divorcee.
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Ever sit in amazement while you listen to the list of contraindications and the looming significant complications that exist when you watch an advertisement touting the latest and greatest prescription drug? Do you ask yourself, "Who would take this drug knowing how harmful the side effects might be?"
If you are one of the 190 million people in the USA who use anti-depressants you may not be aware that the prescription you are taking is most likely making you look older.
Men of the twenty first century have certainly transformed their regard for personal upkeep. Gone is the Neanderthal thinking as most of them have no problem having their hair and nails professionally cared for and a lot of them have discovered facials, waxing and more that add to their good looks.
Looking beautiful if you are on a budget has never been easier.
Giving up those expensive, needless trips to the plastic surgeon for temporary injections that plump and paralyze or painful nips 'n tucks that may not deliver the enhanced face you purchased just got easier when you consider that facial exercise is the very green alternative.
How many times did you stand in front of your mirror this week only to gently lift the sides of your face up and back into the hairline? This futile action may have temporarily "lifted" your appearance but if you want to have lasting results, those sagging cheek muscles need a rescue regime and they need it now.
Desperate people do desperate things and surgery is one of those desperate things that aging Baby Boomers hope can "fix" their sagging faces.
This is exactly what the practitioners that dispense paralyzing and plumping injections along with surgeries of every kind hope you believe. Cha-Ching! Cha-Ching! Cha-Ching!
Imagine taking a big wad of hundred dollar bills and flushing them. If you use injections that plump and paralyze you are experiencing the equivalent of doing just that.
What do celebrities such as Kathy Griffin, David Gest, Kenny Rogers, Jill Saward and others regret?
Do other celebrities such as Priscilla Presley, Cher, Joan Rivers and Melanie Griffith have the same regrets?
Are Michael Jackson, his sisters Janet and LaToya and Jackie Stallone related or do they, too, harbor regrets?
What do these celebrities have in common that causes them angst? Why, plastic surgery, of course!
The Baby Boomers always knew they would look younger and indeed they have. Whoever coined the phrase "Sixty is the New Forty" certainly must have been a Baby Boomer who grew up defying anything that reeked of old.
Safe, sane exercise wins again as nips and tucks have been outed. Speeding up the aging process is just another contraindication of surgery. That's right, if you choose surgery, and allow your beautiful healthy face to be cut; your face may never look youthful again due to skin discoloration, unnatural draping and evident scarring.
If your face has stopped you from looking in the mirror because you cannot fathom how in the world your face could droop and sag in so many directions; just know that you are not alone.
If you have tried facial plastic surgery, injections that plump and paralyze and liposuction for those hard to exercise places, you may be less thrilled with your results now than even six months ago.
The smorgasbord of anti- aging choices may have you baffled. After consulting with those who specialize in plastic surgery, dermatology, skin care, those you love, friends who have had procedures and those who haven´t; you now are armed with the latest and up-to-date arsenal of anti-aging procedures and methods that promote an illusionary promise to turn back the clock.
Oh dear, it's true! Plastic surgery and injections that paralyze and plump are creating a world where those who have used these procedures have begun to resemble one another.
The "done" look is so prevalent especially in certain areas of the country where entertainment, music and fashion abound. The trickle down effect has begun to permeate the ranks of ordinary folk as school teachers, secretaries and wanna-bes go into debt to buy a piece of the American Dream that woos naοve men and women into believing that they too can look younger if they just allow certain procedures to be performed.
In the quest for youthfulness John Q. Public has been the proverbial guinea pig.
It is true. For the past ten years or more injections that plump and paralyze have become the mainstay of many physicians including plastic surgeons, derms and now even OB/GYN´s, dentists and proctologist have jumped on the cash cow bandwagon to fatten their wallets.
A new industry within the industry of Plastic Surgery has arisen and it is called "Revision Surgery".
Under the Revision heading are many sub-headings but they have one thing in common: more surgery, more cutting of healthy tissue, more pulling, more tightening, more repositioning, more strings, more sculpting, more sutures, more injecting, more risks, more deaths and more dollars out of your wallet.
Facial plastic surgery does not boost your career.
Brains, desire for achievement, willingness to succeed as well as looking young, healthy, serene and fresh boosts your career.
Career advancement has long been linked to owning a handsome or pretty face; it is well documented that if you are one of those people who make the bigger strides in today's business climate, you probably are above average looking and stand over 5'9" tall.
Buying good looks is very common. No matter if you are a boardroom executive or a bored housewife, you have probably given some thought to creating a better looking face. After all, Mother Nature isn't always kind to faces over forty.
Looking younger is an international epidemic resulting from the idea that we are living longer than our ancestors and that if we want to successfully compete in today's world we must continue to look young and vibrant.
The Beauty barons have certainly jumped on the proverbial band wagon because we see ads for lip enhancement product advertisements in the drug stores, on tv, magazines, web pages, ezines and more. The choices are astounding and you just might be confused by all the hype to create fuller lips.
After perusing Awfulplasticsurgery it is no wonder why people are saying, "Enough Already!" For a while the sway, the lure of youthfulness was in our consciousness with entertainment television shows depicting desperate people clamoring to change their appearance.
Serious complications from cosmetic surgery procedures have been speculated about for years. The untimely death of Donda West, mother of rap artist Kanye West, who wanted several procedures performed - one right after the other while she lie oblivious to her impending death due to several health issues she evidently ignore - has spiked more interest in the pitfalls of surgery.
Stress shows on faces. Sometimes it can look like a frown and sometimes stress makes us look tired, drawn, mad and upset. One thing for certain, when you allow stress to continually affect your face, you are destined for down-turned mouth corners and a perpetual scowl.
Wrinkles on our faces and sagging skin can indeed provoke us to take extreme measures in hopes of stopping the dreaded look of old. Men and women over the age of 25 have become targets for anti-aging products; we are inundated daily with slick, beautiful ads that point out apparent flaws like crow's feet, droopy features and dry, lined, parched skin.
Do you loathe looking into the mirror? Do you cringe when taking pictures knowing that photographs capture your aging face? Are you considering drastic measures or have you given up, thinking that your face will never, ever look youthful again?
No matter what your age, you have choices to make regarding your good health and how you age gracefully. If you love your body you have decide that wearing bangs is the best option.
No matter the time of year, going out for the evening whether for dinner, drinks, dancing or just a movie, fresh looking skin is desirable. Even if you have worked all day at home or the office, when it comes time to present yourself at night, you want to look fresh, vibrant and well rested.
Seeing a sagging, less youthful face looking back at you in the mirror can cause your psyche to do a double take
all of a sudden your confidence leaves you as you realize that your jaw line is no longer firm and taut. You see slackness that cannot be disguised. The heavy, droopy eyelids, the cheeks that are sliding downward and that developing double chin are all tell-tale signs that age is showing on your face.
What are your secrets to looking young? Is it your exercise, diet, clothes, hair, make-up or attitude? Injections and surgeries are temporary at best because aging continues to affect the downward slide of the muscles.
Surgery is forever so once your healthy tissue is cut and sutured, you never really look like you again. Common sense dictates that fooling with your God-given good looks may result in disastrous consequences.
Ever stand in front of a mirror and wish that the image looking back at you didn't look so tired? So old? In fact, you probably are beginning to realize that the tiredness you are seeing is not going away even though you get plenty of sleep, eat well and exercise regularly.
Maybe you realize t...
Contortions, puckers and grimaces are the basis of a new facial movement genre that is being touted as yoga for the face. Not only is this an insult to our common sense, it is easy to imagine that every yogi could be offended by these movements that produce lines and wrinkles.
Over the years sn...
Not long ago, in the previous century/millennium, women and men aged gracefully. They proudly accepted the fate of their faces; no one was bothered by wrinkles, crevices or even gray hair.
The flower children are surely to blame. Those hippies of yesteryear firmly believed that they woul...
Another young, vibrant woman died in late September during a recent liposuction procedure in Toronto. How sad that this talented, successful, single mother lost her life hoping to rid her tummy of a little mound of fat.
It is most bizarre that her surgeon had no specialties and no hospital privi...