Cupping therapy is an ancient practice that has been used for thousands of years in China, Egypt and Middle Eastern cultures. Based on my personal experience, a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) facial cupping massage is an easy, inexpensive treatment that may be used to increase circulation, loosen stiff facial fascia and muscles, promote facial lymphatic drainage, reduce inflammation and treat scars.
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I hope that you are doing well under these increasingly uncertain times. Please try to stay safe against the many obstacles that abound. There is something to maintaining normalcy in chaos, so let’s take a frivolous trip into Do-It-Yourself (DIY) skin care. Here is a two year update on my DIY forehead remodeling experiment.
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Today in 2020 I still use and combine various skin care methods that are described in my book. However, in recent years I’ve obtained small massage tools and implemented a consistent facial fascia treatment. I now believe that smooth skin requires smooth facial fascia.
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When I think of skin health, of course I think of clear, velvety smooth, soft skin. Maintaining smooth skin is no easy feat so I practice a variety of techniques including:
skin remodeling – I use micro-needling, read about it here; I recently began using the Flex Effect Cross Stretching™ method
smooth underlying fascia – read about fascia remodeling here
exercise and massage muscles beneath the fascia – check it out here
maintain smooth soft tissue in the body to reduce pain, discomfort and tension which may be reflected in the soft tissue of the face
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Today I write about the facial exercise program that I began using in 2002 at 43 and continue to use today at 60. In my mind, maintaining overall health and fitness with strength training, stretching, and massage is beneficial for all soft tissue including the skin, fascia, and muscles and the bones of the face. I had originally found facial exercise books at used book stores and at the library. Later, I found Deb Crowley and the FlexEffect (FE) Facial Resistance Training program on the Internet and knew that I had found what I was looking for.
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In May 2018, I wrote about my practices to release tension in my forehead fascia and muscles to naturally maintain a smooth forehead. Read the 2018 article here. This article provides an update and describes the methods that I currently use for forehead skin and muscle rejuvenation.
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Do you value yourself, your range of movement, your silky skin and amazing brain? If so, it’s time to adopt physical detoxification into your routine to promote basic health so that you may function at your top level. Just like the garbage, your home, your car, and your outsides - your insides need to be serviced and maintained on a consistent basis.
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I’ve saved tens of thousands of dollars and believe that I am using premium DIY skincare practices. Periodically, I’ll use an expensive cream or serum however, after decades of DIY, I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised by DIY skincare.
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Determined to naturally smooth my forehead, I developed an evolving routine to smooth the muscles and overlying skin. The routine has a forehead focus combining several practices and expanding on techniques developed by Sanford Bennett (1841-1926) who, I’ve mentioned before, remodeled his entire body.
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