Facial Exercises

Today Gossmakeupartist made a video on facial exercise or "facercise," and referenced Carol Maggio, who is one of the pioneers of facial exercises for younger-looking skin. (Wayne's video can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FvoLjpkC74 )
The idea is to augment the facial muscles in the face through exercise, thereby tightening the skin around them and reducing fine lines.

I got really excited because I love Wayne's videos and I also love the idea of age reversal and facial-muscle tone you can do at home. I also loved that Wayne's curiosity is carried through in the form on an experiment. I started a bit of web research on these exercises and learned through online skincare and cosmetic surgery forums that the general consensus is that these exercises don't work, and in fact can can exacerbate certain aging signs in the face.

Then I came across this vid y Dr. Schultz of dermTVdotcom who echoed that sentiment (that the exercises can actually be detrimental to your face):



And then I got really skeptical when I saw a video featuring Carol Maggio herself. As Wayne points out, she denies having had her lips done, but, to put it mildly...Well, just see for yourself:



She is quite beautiful, especially for her age, and hardly a wrinkle in sight. However, if she isn't being totally honest about her lips, who's to say she hasn't had work done elsewhere on her face and is just passing it off as the effectiveness of her own exercises?

I really was hoping Wayne had rediscovered something revolutionary with this facial exercise thing, but unfortunately I'm now very skeptical. Still, I'm interested to see the results of Wayne's experiment because I think he'll give it a good effort.

What do you guys think?

Sadie Nardini posted this today (She's my fav. yoga instructor!). It's facial yoga, not very different from other types of facial exercise. She mentions in the video she's nearly 40. Check it out:





Opinions on the effectiveness of facial exercises seem to be very polarized. I'm still stuck right in the middle, though.

Well, I unsubbed from Goss today so I guess I'll never know. I still love Sadie, though.

sounds like a load of bullshit if you ask me. Carol looks like shes had a ton of work done - bad work.

Goss is really getting on my nerves.

Him and his bloody 'cell-communicating' face creams...