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Tips on Tightening Facial Skin

Many people want to hold on to their youth. Not everyone ages gracefully, so skin-tightening procedures are wildly popular. If your crow's feet are taunting you and your laugh lines aren't so funny anymore, you don't have to just grin and bear it. Professional procedures and at-home remedies can give you your youthful look back in no time.

  1. Facial Exercises

    • Just as you tighten the muscles in your body by exercising, you can tighten your facial skin with facial exercises. Smiling is the perfect exercise to tighten up those muscles. Smile as big as you can for 10 seconds, and relax your face before repeating the exercise 10 more times. Do this three times a day and you will notice results within a few weeks. This method is good for people who don't need drastic results instantly. It is an ideal way to tighten your facial skin, because no surgery is involved.

    Home Remedies

    • Nowadays there are home remedies for just about everything, including tightening the skin on your face. If you have normal to dry skin, mix 1/2 cup of whipping cream, one mashed banana and the gel from one vitamin E capsule, and apply it to your face. Leave the mixture there for 20 minutes before rinsing it off with warm water. For people with oily skin, a lemon mask will tighten the facial skin and take the shine away. Mix 5 tbsp. of lemon juice, 1 egg white, 1 tbsp. of witch hazel and 4 tbsp. of powdered milk and apply it to your face. Leave the mask on your face for 15 minutes before washing it off with warm water. Over-the-counter hemorrhoid cream removes lines and wrinkles from the face, plus reduces eye puffiness.

    Professional Procedures

    • If you have tried home remedies and aren't satisfied with the results, you may want to consider talking to a plastic surgeon about getting some professional procedures done. Laser skin tightening is a popular procedure that tightens the skin by using a laser to heat the collagen underneath the skin's surface. The facial skin contracts, which causes the skin to tighten, and creates a more youthful appearance. Botox is another popular procedure where the doctor injects Botox into the face, paralyzing certain facial muscles and smoothing out the skin. Before you choose a plastic surgeon, be sure to check his references and research any complaints that he might have received.

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