The 5-minute Facial Workout by Catherine Pez (Robert Rose Inc., 192 pages) $19.95
Our faces are constantly exposed. They are warmed by the sun, cooled by the wind, soaked by the rain and blasted by the snow.
Every day, every year, your face is presented to the elements. As you get older that exposure takes a toll and when combined with aging muscles, there can be very noticeable changes.
Author Catherine Pez wants to put your face on a path towards better fitness. She offers instruction on a daily routine that will exercise those tired facial muscles and get them back working at full capacity. Her belief is that through exercise you will strengthen the more than 50 muscles beneath the skin's surface that will then improve the shape of your face.
There is a second aspect to this regeneration. By stimulating these muscles you will improve the subcutaneous blood circulations resulting in better cell renewal and an increase in collagen. Both will help fill in wrinkles, restore skin colour and make the complexion more even.
Pez identifies the muscle groups first then introduces the specific exercises that targets them. Each one is presented with an anatomical drawing to show the muscles affected and a colour photograph illustrating the movement.
Following the final exercise she describes several techniques for facial massage.
