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New Facercise

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I read Carole's book and was impressed not only with the exercises but the information I received regarding what happens to our face as we age and the valuable tips on keeping those wrinkles from getting worse. I found the suggestion for putting cloth tape between your brows at night very helpful, and it works! However, I do agree with the readers who questioned the photos in her book. I feel they were an unfortunate mistake and would have liked to see pictures taken after 6 months or so -- without the benefit of makeup!

I have been doing the exercises for five months now and am happy with the results achieved. I guess I am realistic in that I did not expect miracles. Do I look 5 or 10 years younger? NO! Did I get rid of the fat deposits under my Chin? NO! (Only liposuction can help in that area.) Does everyone gasp when they see the results? NO! The differences I have noticed are: my face seems tighter and much more toned, the color of my complexion has changed for the better, my cheekbones are more prominent and my jaw line has improved. I love the results, and that's what matters.

I'm going to continue my routine and want to thank Carole for sharing her exercises with us -- she could have kept them to herself you know!

I hope this review helps.

I've been doing the Facercise program 7 years and still am learning new tips and techniques. FACERISE DOES WORK REMARKABLE WELL IF YOU DO THE EXERCISES CONSISTANTLY AND CORRECTLY.

Using the book and video together are the next best thing to private sessions with Carole Maggio. First, read through the book, then look at the video without doing the exercises.

Second, begin doing the exercises, making sure you do EACH STEP OF THE EXERCISE. For example, it's important on the mouth exercises to pull the mouth corners towards the back teeth.

After 7 years I still read through the book every month to be sure I don't get lazy about preforming them correctly.

Believe me, the amazing results are worth it! Middle age never looked so good...

I had to write to say how wonderful the Facercise program really is. I'm a 37 year old single woman who has lost 10 years off her face thanks to Carole Maggio! When I first purchased her book I didn't think it was possible to realize these results, but thankfully -- time has proven me wrong! The exercises are easy to do and very portable. When I travel, I just bring along my "Walkman" and do them in my hotel room or where ever I'm staying. The new me has created quite a stir in my personal life, as well as in my business career. I'm constantly complimented on how great I look even when I DON'T have on makeup -- now that's telling you something. Anyone who has had a bad experience with this program is someone who either a) didn't follow the program to a tee (doing the exercises 2X a day, each day and using proper form) or b) overworked their facial muscles by doing the exercises too many times each day, thereby seeing some bad results. When personal trainers train people in weight lifting, they have them rest certain body parts by alternating their routines. This way, the body has time to rest and repair and build larger stronger muscles. Facercise works the same way, only the muscles of the face are much smaller.

I started Facercise about 14 weeks ago and the system definitely works.

The book itself is pretty irritating and gushily written, with lots of cute little homilies. As other commentators have said, it is also underillustrated and it can take a little while to work out exactly how the exercises are actually done. But don't let that distract you from the hard core of information it contains.

I worked up to the complete set of exercises gradually, by adding a new one each day and then practising the basic set for a month before moving onto the advanced exercises. I now do them once or twice a day, fairly faithfully. To start with I found some of them painful, especially those involving the jaw (I had slight TMJ), but they do get easier as you go along.

When I started, I had recently lost 33lbs in weight and my face was looking gaunt and drawn. This tired look disappeared within about three days and each day or week has brought a new improvement, with lines disappearing and loose skin tightening up. My face has regained a youthful freshness, and the colour and skin tone are also much better. People keep commenting on how well I'm looking. The strangest things are that for the first time in my life I actually have pouty lips, and my nose is definitely shorter and more snub - my face is actually changing shape, with the latest improvements being along the jawline.

My only regret is that I didn't discover these exercises years ago, but I am still grateful to have found them now. At 43 most people took me for about 38. But three months later, I would say I look about 33-34.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

Bought this book more out of curiosity than anything else.After having it lying around idle for a couple months I came across it one day and decided to give it a try.However I'm not too much into the beauty business so I targeted only the problem areas. Results were almost instant.My double chin has disappeared, my 'jowls' have shrunk and my fce looks more aglow. My husband has noticed a marked difference. My friends who had not seen me for a while have all commented on how young I look.The exercises are not easy to follow. I had to sort of figure them out step by step, I guess its because I'm not too familiar with all thse fancy names of the facial muscles, but definitely I would recommend this book and these exercises to anyone who wants to tone up their face. I'm 52 and look [if you can believe my friends] 35 or younger.When I told my cosmetologist I am 52 I could see the look of disbelief on her face.In less than ten days I had fantastic results.I spend maybe 5 minutes a day on these exercises because, quite frankly I'm not too energetic when it comes to this kind of thing.I did it only out of curiousity and I am really pleased with the results.I would recommend you apply a little facial cream before you start though.Thank you Carole Maggio, I can face the world with a radiant smile and I do feel so much more confident and I like what I see when I look in the mirror.I plan to do a couple more different ones, but right now I am more than happy with what I see.My husband feels so proud to show me off to his colleagues when they respond with disbelief when he boasts ..yep! been married 27 years...This may all sound vain but it is true.I am a much happier person and what you see in the mirror does truly affect all the other aspects of your life.

Just like the stock market. I put in a small investment and got a great return. I purchased Carole's book and read it from cover to cover. I really didn't expect to get the quick results in a few short weeks. But seeing is believing. I apply the exercises every morning before I go to work following the illustrations in the book. I am so impressed with the results, that I plan to purchase the video. I read in the review section here that the video greatly enhances the program.

I also want to point out that I am a hairdresser in Beverly Hills, CA, and I thought I had seen everyting when it came to plastic surgery, and all the new techniques that are out there. I saw a few of my clients and thought they had had their faces done. Not so. They were doing FACERCISE. That is how I was introduced to the program and have been doing it myself, and many of my clients have noticed a difference. I'm sold and so are many of my clients.

I give Facercise five stars, because, as many reviewers have already noted: IT WORKS. People are blown away to learn that I am 50 years old--most think that I am in my 30's. Some of this comes from genetics (like oily skin--it doesn't wrinkle as much). not from Carole Maggio, but her program HAS made a definite positive contribution to my appearance as well as my confidence. Here's what I've experienced: 1. My face feels energized and I feel more alert. 2. My lips have contour now. My small mouth now has muscles that give it more defintion and size. 3. The crease that runs from my nose to the outer corner of my mouth (called the "nasolabial crease") is virtually nonexistant. This change alone has made a huge and noticable improvement. 4. My cheeks feels firm to the touch, not loose and saggy. I have pretty good checkbones anyway, but I do the several check bone developing exercises Carole has, and mine are firmer. 5. Lip creases have ceased. The one I had is now barely noticable, and no new ones have developed. (lip creases are a dead-give away for age, I believe) 6. The loose, saggy skin under my chin is gone. This makes me very happy, because I HATED feeling and seeing a "turkey waddle" growing on my neck! 7. Another thing that always bothered me about my face is that I had hollow spaces under my eyes. I think my sunken eyes are related to my health issues, but nothing seemed to help until it started "Facercise". Now it's smooth, not concave and I feel muscle, not just bone under thin skin, when I touch my eye sockets. 8. TMJ: when I started the program, I had a lot of trouble with some of the chin exercises; I felt the creeking "sand" in my jaw, and I didn't have the range of motion to do these exercises correctly. To my surprise, I can do them with ease, and my jaw is better, too.

I've been doing "Facercise" for about 3 years now, but I began noticing a change within a week, just as she says. You need to find a schedule or routine so you can stick to it, because you'll notice it if you skip several days. I do once a day while I'm relaxing in the bath. I hope this review helps and that you can benefit from the program as much as I have!

I am a salon owner in Los Angeles and I have had a number of clients that have been talking about starting this program called Facercise. I thought it sounded a little strange at first untill one of my clients came in after I haden't seen her for about two months, I thought she had plastic surgery and asked about it. (she is a friend) She was excited to see that I could see a huge change in her face, and said that she has been getting compliments on how she looks from people in her workplace and everyone keeps asking her if she got a new hairtcut, new makeup, what did you do? This is proof enough for me that if you work out properly and consistently, your body looks great, so why not your face muscles too? I am starting the program immediately and am ordering the video as well. My salon now has the Facercise book on our reception table so all my clients can start to look and feel their absolute best. I know you can to.

After celebrating my 53rd BD last year, I decided it was time to do something good for my face. I've seen too many women who don't look human after plastic surgery and wanted a more natural approach. Found the Facercise book and decided why not?

I followed the book and bought the video and found both very helpful in learning to do the exercises properly. That was 12 months ago and 10 years off my face!

Quite honestly, it took a few months to see all the changes, but my face today looks remarkably younger and fresher than it did just one year ago. The skin around my eyes is firm, my forehead lines are gone, my cheeks are lifted and my jaw is toned. I started out a bit skeptical and realize that this is how I've been conditioned to think. No more. Facercise works!

Gee, I had the same experience as the reviewer who said she wasn't sure if the exercises were helping. I didn't buy the book for any sort of muscle tension problem, I bought it because I was starting notice wrinkles and I thought I could nip them in the bud with these exercises. The photos in the book are very inspiring, so I did the exercises twice a day as directed and tried to do them properly. What happened, though, really upset me. After about three weeks I found I was getting very definite indentations from my nose to my mouth. There had been no line before I started the exercises. At first I thought maybe it was my imagination so I kept it up for another week or two. The line just got worse. Now I'm not sure if I was doing any exercise wrong, but I read the directions over and over again. I studied the photos, I did everything to do them right, because I really don't want to wrinkled, nor do I want a facelift. In the end I gave up and I was so disappointed. So to the last reviewer who had a good experience, congratulations and continued good luck to you, but I didn't get anything out of this program and I'm pretty upset about what happened.