Face Exercises That Prevent Premature Aging (Paperback)

~ Jade (Author) "Alexandra was a remarkable woman who, I believe, used face exercises to keep her beauty throughout her life..." (more)
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Product Description

Face exercises that prevent facial aging.

From the Publisher

Jeanette Johnson spent nine years writing Face Exercises That Prevent Premature Aging and the quality of her book reflects the time and work she devoted to it. The 56 illustrations are close to life size and they make the exercises easy to do.

The testimonials on her web site are evidence of the value of this book to every person who wants to look years younger.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Shipley Press (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964738406
• ISBN-13: 978-0964738409
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #633,865 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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44 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Believe It!, June 24, 2000

By	Pama Peavy (Holiday, Florida) - See all my reviews

This a wonderful book that shows you step by step exercises that truly help the elasticity of your face and improves the muscle tone. You will be so thrilled, as I was to know the information in this book is both reliable and helpful in keeping your face wrinkle free.

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They Work!, October 6, 2006

By	hamsterdance (TX) - See all my reviews

These exercises work. No question about it - they really work. I'm 40 and was starting to notice the old age droop in my cheek and eye muscles as well as the characteristic bulge from untoned tongue muscles. Within one week of doing these exercises I noticed significant improvement. The cheek droop line is tightening up and receding. The muscles of my eyes and forehead have tightened up and lifted again. What's more, unlike with Carol Maggio's book, these exercises gave me a way to do these exercises without creating new wrinkles - a big reason why I stopped the exercises from Maggio's book.

The directions are step by step and very clear. I appreciated the drawings demonstrating the muscles targeted by each exercise. Pages 16 and 17 for example showed how the underlying face muscles of a young person (p. 16) look compared to an older person (p. 17).

Here's an excerpt to give you an idea of what a bit of the text is like to go with the illustrations.

"The illustrations show the contrast between facial muscles before and after premature aging. In the illustration on the left, the muscles are strong and tight. They support the skin around the eyes and the contours of the cheeks, lips and lower face. Notice how the cheek muscles insert into the mouth muscle and provide support for it.

prematurely aged eye muscles are too weak to hold the skin firmly in place. This causes squint lines, hollows, and bags to form in the skin around the eyes. In addition, cheek muscles sag and no longer provide support for the cheeks and the mouth muscle. When the mouth muscle lacks the support of strong cheek and chin muscles the lips tend to turn inward. Jaw and neck muscles become limp and slack and the skin attached to them becomes loose and shapeless."

If you are considering a face exercise book you can't go wrong giving this book a chance.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Trying to delay Father Time, March 21, 2006

By	Diane D. Poff (Brogue, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book describes and shows illustrations on the best excercises to help prevent, and to slow the signs of aging of our face. I am always looking for new ways to prevent myself from getting old before my time. Like alot of others, I ignored the warnings of what spending too much time in the sun, without using sunblockers to protect my skin, would reveal in years to come. I started worshipping the sun when I was in my early teens, and now at we'll say 40-ish, I've been trying to correct some of the damage I started back then. When I saw this book on Amazon, I knew that trying new strategies to renew my youthful appearance could't hurt. It made sense to me that excercising the face was as important as excercising the body to keep it in shape and help to return some of the muscle tone we lose as we age. I liked the book because it focuses on all the problem areas of the face, including the neck area as well. I have been using a few of these excercises regularly, and have noticed some change, especially in the chin area in only a few weeks. I wish I would have known about these excercises a long time ago. But it's never to late to start. I care about my appearance, and am willing to work on getting my face looking more like it did in earlier times, and keeping it younger-looking for many years to come. The only thing I wasn't as positive about with the book, is that using all of the excercises on somewhat a daily basis is actually unrealistic to most of us that don't have an extra hour in the day to spend on all of these excercises, but even a few minutes will be worth it in the end result. Just keep your chin up, and enjoy improving yourself in any way possible. And remember the sunblock! Thank you Jeanette for sharing these excercises for all of us to use. Sincerely, Diane Poff