How to “raise” the oval of the face? A set of exercises from a face fitness trainer

The human neck is a real heroine. How much does this finely organized worker have to endure, and all in order to hold her head (which is about 6 kg!), deliver blood to it and drive the lymph away from it through her lymphatic channels and nodes!

At the same time, we hardly take care of our neck, and we also ruin it with poor posture. By the age of 30, the skin of the neck can become flabby, and at 35-40 it can become covered with age-related wrinkles. And this is not to mention the fact that some women’s necks are ringed with transverse wrinkles (rings of Venus) from birth, or they appear very early, even in teenage girls.

Are you looking at a necklace of grooves and folds, deep creases or vertical cords on your neck? In just three weeks, a completely different reflection may appear in the mirror - with a young, smooth and toned neck.

Read how to achieve this.

Causes of wrinkles on the neck

Wrinkles on the neck are the result not only of age, but also of our negligent attitude towards ourselves. Compared to the face, we hardly do anything about the neck. Even if we take care of this area, we do it insufficiently and incorrectly, plus we underestimate the destructive influence of ultraviolet radiation.

And our main mistake is that we don’t pay attention to our posture. Wrinkles on the neck appear primarily from a crooked back.

Although, it would seem, we should tremble over our necks, like over royal porcelain. She is just as fragile and valuable. Look at her anatomy: the bones are only vertebrae, the muscles are not attached to the bone tissue, the skin is very delicate, and there are also vital vessels and arteries. How does it all work, and even hold a heavy head?!

It is not surprising that the impact of loads on such a vulnerable structure leads to early aging. The neck may become covered with a necklace of horizontal wrinkles, cords and folds, when the face has not yet been touched by age.

In general, wrinkles on the neck are an unusual phenomenon.

Look at babies, they already have wrinkles on their necks. These are the so-called “constrictions”. They are noticeably expressed because babies have a well-developed layer of subcutaneous fat. Then these folds straighten out, but the memory of them remains forever, and wrinkles form in their place. For some, infantile folds do not fall completely, but leave behind grooves - circles for life, the same rings of Venus.

Where do these horizontal wrinkles and folds on the neck come from? They form in places where the superficial fascia on the muscles is connected to the skin by fibrous bands. Fascia is a connective tissue sheath that covers muscles. On the neck, it does not look like a single sheet, but as if it is divided into zones by cord fibers, which attract the skin to the muscles a little stronger. In the place of greatest attraction, grooves and folds appear.

They begin to look like a flaw in appearance when they produce a “quilted” effect on the skin, acting as a border between the more convex areas of the neck. Excess lymph and adipose tissue aggravate the picture.

And now imagine that with such an anatomical predisposition to wrinkles, the neck also has other weak points: the skin and the muscle frame. We will also tell you more about them.

How to remove a double chin

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Get into the habit of “biting your tongue”—putting it into reposition between your upper and lower teeth. Thus, the back of the head, the behind-the-ear and masticatory muscles come into a relaxed position and you hold your head in a position without tension in which a double chin does not form.

Be sure to work on your posture: attend barre fitness, do stretching and core muscles. Additionally, include cosmetic or buccal massages, lymphatic drainage cream, stimulating and draining collagen, biomechanical stimulation, exercises with special balls or massagers: gua sha, rollers, neck tightening machine.

There are many procedures that eliminate subcutaneous fat folds. For this purpose, special enzymatic complexes, apoptosis technology, peptide agents, plant extracts, and indirect lipolytic agents are used, which reduce the accumulation of subcutaneous fat.

If we talk about hardware cosmetology, there must be professional equipment with special attachments, which is used only in a certified clinic. Do not hesitate to ask the licenses of specialists and clinics: only in this case can you trust people working in the field of cosmetology.

It is not recommended to resort to extreme measures in the form of plastic surgery: they eliminate deficiencies, but do not solve the problem. If you ask a friend to photograph you in different body positions, when you stand, hold your head straight, tilt it down, press it to yourself, you will notice: the appearance of the “double” chin changes with any change in the head. Somewhere it “falls out” more strongly, and sometimes it is almost unnoticeable. This shows where we started: it all depends on relaxed muscles, correct head position and posture.

Hypertonicity of the muscles of the face and neck

First about the muscles. What happens to them?

We remember that the task of the muscles is to help the cervical spine support a heavy head. When the posture and statics of the neck are correct, the load is distributed evenly. But who in the modern world has preserved all the natural curves of the spine, and the neck remains in place without moving forward? Besides ballerinas and athletes?

We constantly pull our heads towards the computer, press our chin into our chests to look at smartphones, and walk with our eyes on the ground.

The neck is pushed forward - the weight of the head falls on the seventh cervical vertebra, and the entire natural configuration collapses. The neck shortens, its muscles spasm, the withers grow at the back (connective tissue that “ossifies” and is strengthened by stagnant lymph), the blood vessels are blocked (which means the delivery of nutrients and oxygen through the blood to the neck and face deteriorates).

Look at the anatomy of the neck muscles.

The main “muscle of youth” is platysma. This is a wide subcutaneous muscle that lines the anterior surface of the neck. Its main problem is that it is not attached to the bone tissue, that is, it does not receive additional support. The skin here holds together only due to the elasticity of the platysma, as well as due to its own elasticity. But these resources do not last long: the muscle spasms and shortens, the skin withers. And here they are: wrinkles and sagging neck.

The condition of platysma also depends on the healthy tone of the masticatory muscles, with which it is closely intertwined. If they are spasmodic (and this is the case in 9 out of 10 people), they overload the platysma and provoke the formation of cords in the neck.

The appearance of the neck is also reflected in the hypertonicity of its other muscles.

The muscles of the anterior part, which are located behind the platysma, spasmed - the hyoid bone began to descend and pull the skin behind it, transverse folds formed on the neck, and fat deposits appeared under the chin.

The lateral muscles of the neck spasmed - wrinkles and folds appeared on the side, lymph flow was disrupted, and this resulted in swelling, sagging skin, and increased wrinkles.

The trapezius muscle, which extends on the back of the neck from the upper back, is tightened - the reason for the withers to grow.

And we are only talking about neck defects.

Although spasms of the neck muscles are a problem that “climbs” higher. A pinched and stiffened platysma pulls the entire face down, especially the depressor muscles (the corners of the lips go down). And any cervical muscle in spasm leads to a disruption of the blood supply to the head and a deterioration in the outflow of lymph. Blood does not reach the face in the required volume, that is, the main condition of youth is crossed out. The result is all the known signs of aging: a “floating” facial contour, loose and dull skin, swelling, wrinkles, creases, ptosis (drooping) of tissues, nasolabial lips, jowls, double chin.

What about health? On the neck there is a whole network of nerve endings, vessels, the most important jugular veins, which are responsible for the blood supply to the head. If the configuration of the cervical spine is disturbed, this leads to cervical osteochondrosis and hyperlordosis, headaches, blurred vision, poor health, etc.

Minimally invasive methods of neck lift

Speaking about non-surgical facelift, one cannot help but recall lifting massage . It is done using a special vacuum-roller device. Massage is prescribed both to prevent age-related skin changes and to combat severe wrinkles and sagging.

As a rule, a lifting massage session lasts from half an hour to an hour. During the procedure, a vacuum-roller device stimulates blood circulation. As a result, epidermal cells are renewed and muscles are tightened. Massage is recommended for people over 25 years of age. Vacuum lifting is absolutely painless and does not damage the skin. There is no recovery period. To obtain the maximum effect of visual rejuvenation, 6–8 sessions are required. However, with pronounced sagging skin, the procedure will not bring improvement.

The next rejuvenating technique is Thermage. Consists in the use of radio frequency waves. A special device heats the skin in a targeted manner, raising the temperature in its deep layers to 60 degrees Celsius, and then cooling it. As a result, the restoration process starts in the epidermis. During heating, natural denaturation of collagen begins. The consequence of this is an almost instant tightening of the skin. The effect lasts for up to two years.

Thermage is recommended for patients over 35 years of age. It leaves no scars. Disadvantages include the likelihood of burns and the high cost of the procedure.

Recently, photorejuvenation has become increasingly popular. It involves exposing the skin to high-intensity particles – photons. The procedure affects only the upper layers of the skin. Photorejuvenation will not get rid of deep wrinkles and severe ptosis. Photon exposure will make less deformed skin more elastic. Your complexion will improve and fine wrinkles will disappear.

The essence of photorejuvenation is that after the procedure, the upper layer of the epidermis begins to peel off. The skin is renewed, becoming smoother and more elastic. Photon exposure sessions are recommended for patients over 35 years of age. The treatment is painless and leaves no scars. Perfect for eliminating acne and age spots. The recovery period is 5–7 days, during which the old skin peels off and comes off. During this time, you should not be in direct sunlight.

The next procedure, also aimed at tightening the oval shape of the face and neck, is ELOS rejuvenation. The essence of the method is to expose the skin to current and light. As a result, pigment spots, fine wrinkles and even scars are removed, the contours of the face and neck are tightened, and the epidermis becomes more elastic. The duration of one ELOS rejuvenation session is no longer than 45 minutes. There is no recovery period, but in the first days after the procedure you should not be in direct sunlight, or visit baths and saunas. ELOS rejuvenation is recommended for patients over 35 years of age.

How age-related skin changes affect the neck and décolleté

Now about the features of the skin.

In the neck and décolleté area it is thin, delicate and sensitive. Its structure resembles the skin around the eyes.

What distinguishes the skin of the neck and décolleté:

• A very small number of sebaceous glands that produce sebum.
  This means that the skin is almost devoid of the first skin barrier, which protects against external damaging influences and helps retain moisture inside.
• Almost complete absence of fat in the neck area
  (there is a little more of it in the décolleté area, but it disappears over the years). This leads to sagging and laxity.
• Deficiency of melanocytes in the epidermis.
  These cells produce the pigment melanin, which protects against the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation. If there is little pigment, the skin is more susceptible to photoaging.
• Reduced level of distribution of the calcium gradient, on which skin regeneration depends.
  Because of this, the integument becomes thinner, covered with wrinkles and creases.

There are also more blood vessels in the neck and décolleté area, so it is susceptible to the appearance of age-related red spots and hyperpigmentation.

By bowing our heads all the time, we constantly load not only the muscles, but also the skin. Wrinkles are formed on it, which become deeper over time, and the breakdown of elastin and collagen fibers intensifies.

What do a tense neck pressed into the shoulders and poorly saturated with blood, withering skin add up to?

Loose skin (“turkey neck”), wrinkles, rings of Venus.

Myths about face lifting exercises

There are many myths about face fitness. The most common of them are the following:

• Fast and 100% result.

Of course, face lifting exercises are different from regular fitness. But here, too, regular classes are necessary. Agree, you will not achieve an ideal figure if you go to the gym once every six months. Alas, it’s also not possible to restore youth to your face in a couple of sessions. Only systematic exercise, massage and proper care will help get rid of wrinkles, swelling and the first signs of aging. This will take at least 3-6 months, depending on the initial condition of the skin.

• The more you train, the better.

This myth is closely related to the previous one. Yes, face lifting exercises require regularity, just like regular fitness. But there are noticeable differences between these workouts. As you remember, facial muscles are flatter than skeletal muscles. The method of attaching them also differs. At one end they are fixed to the bones, and at the other end they are woven into the skin or neighboring muscles.

It turns out that the condition of one muscle significantly affects another. Spasmed muscles shorten, pulling nearby muscles and skin towards themselves - this is how wrinkles and creases form. You can cause harm if you regularly exercise a hypertonic muscle. First of all, you need to relax the muscles with a massage, and then perform tightening exercises for the face.

There are opposite situations, when the muscles are so weakened that the face simply “floats” down under the influence of gravity. In this case, it makes no sense to bring the muscles into hypotonia; they need to be pumped up.

Remember that an adequate and conscious approach is required when it comes to facial care. It is important to alternate tightening exercises with massage, selecting the optimal techniques for each zone.

• Face fitness is difficult and long.

What's the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to training? Of course, tiring and exhausting exercises on simulators, which can last more than one hour. But don’t worry, face lifting exercises don’t require much time. Just 10-15 minutes a day is enough.

If you decide to maintain your beauty naturally, be prepared for daily work. Only regularity and an integrated approach will help stop facial aging. Pull-up gymnastics, unlike beauty injections, does not bring instant results. However, the effectiveness of injections in the long term is a very controversial issue.

A visit to a cosmetologist will help temporarily hide the consequences, but will not remove the very cause of aging. Even with the busiest schedule, you can find 10-15 minutes for tightening exercises. Then you won’t have to go to a cosmetologist every six months and buy new creams with an “innovative anti-aging effect.”

• If you stop exercising, your facial condition will remain the same or become much worse.

The first result of face lifting exercises will be noticeable almost immediately. You shouldn't expect drastic changes, but you will see the effect of training. Of course, every woman needs to solve her own problems, for example, improve the oval of the face, increase the shape of the eyes or make the lips more voluminous. If the exercises are performed correctly, the result will not be long in coming.

However, this is not the only benefit of pull-up exercises. During exercise or massage, blood circulation is normalized, skin trophism is improved, and the removal of waste and toxins is enhanced. As a result, the complexion is evened out, the number of pimples and inflammations is reduced, the oval is tightened, puffiness, signs of fatigue and fine wrinkles go away. These changes will be noticeable two weeks after the start of classes.

If you stop training, then after 2-3 months everything will return to its original state. It may seem that your appearance has changed for the worse, but this is a psychological trick, nothing more. Of course, if you know how beautiful you can look, it greatly plays into the contrast. That is why, having achieved the first tangible results, you will not want to give up facial gymnastics. To maintain the tightening effect, 3-4 sessions per week will be enough.

• “After 40 it’s too late, but before 25 it’s too early.”

Facial gymnastics, like love, is suitable for all ages. No matter how old you are, proper exercise will definitely benefit you both at 20 and at 50. Muscles have no age and are easy to train due to their small size.

Some girls turn to pull-up gymnastics at a very young age. Due to personal anatomical features and overly active facial expressions, the first wrinkles may appear at the age of 18. It is important to notice the problem in time and start working with it. In addition, regular exercise stimulates blood circulation and lymph outflow. This improves complexion and reduces the number of pimples and inflammations.

The benefits of tightening exercises in older age do not require proof. Therefore, you can start working on your face at any time. The main thing is to perform the exercises correctly and alternate them with massage.

Main risk factors

Let's summarize.

The appearance of wrinkles on the neck is provoked by:

1. Poor posture and neck statics
2. Sun
3. Lack of proper care

And the first problem is the main one. Curvature of the spine is the scourge of the modern world. A world of people bent over gadgets. Have you heard of such a thing as a tech neck? If you constantly look at your computer and smartphone screen, you have it. Wrinkles and sagging have either already appeared or will appear soon.

Also, the appearance of wrinkles on the neck is caused by incorrect posture during sleep (chin pressed to the chest), the habit of slouching, walking with a bowed head and other manifestations of poor posture.

To relax the chin muscles

Photo: AiF/Eduard Kudryavitsky
Starting position: grab your chin with your fingers, stroke it down. Make sure your lips are relaxed. Repeat 3-5 times. Don't pull the corners of your lips down. Don't overdo it: you can easily get bruises on your chin.

Result: relaxation of the mental muscles, softening of the jawline.

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Prevention of neck folds

Do you want to keep your neck youthful for as long as possible?

The main advice is to watch your posture and don’t drop your head (in the literal sense of the word: the crown and tailbone should be on the same line).

How we achieve this:

• We position the computer monitor so that you do not need to bend over to it.
• We don’t bow our heads to the smartphone, but raise it to eye level.
• We don’t put a tablet or laptop on our laps – we work at a table, or, as a last resort, we come up with a footrest (pillow, books) for the gadget.
• We read while sitting, not lying down, so as not to create an excessive bend in the cervical spine.
• We pay attention to our posture when we sit at the computer, when we rest, when we walk. The angle between the chin and neck is 90˚.

And don’t forget about the base necessary to prolong the youth of the skin on any part of the body: minimal and protected insolation, proper nutrition, sufficient drinking, rest, mental calm, etc.

Dress correctly

Disadvantages can always be hidden with the help of well-chosen clothes.

If you want to visually lengthen your neck, this is suitable for you:

• An open collar gives the impression of a long, graceful neck.
• V-shaped or deep round neckline - neckline “a la Brigitte Bardot”.
• Long or medium beads and necklaces.
• Jackets without a collar, worn without a blouse.
• Sweaters with a hood.
• Loosely tied scarves - do not overload the neck.
• Short haircuts and pinned hair high.

Not recommended:

• High necklines - boat neckline, etc., as well as bows
• Dresses and tank tops
• Polo collar - makes a short neck wider
• Mandarin and golf collars
• Scarves tied high accentuate a flaw
• Necklaces and necklaces

Professional techniques

Just a spoiler. Most salon techniques:

• Ineffective.
  They may briefly create the appearance of rejuvenation, but from the inside the body will rapidly age. The causes of age-related changes will not be eliminated, but will worsen. When the effect of the procedure subsides, the skin on the neck will become even more flabby and wrinkled.
• Dangerous.
  Any invasive intervention (associated with penetration through the membranes of the body) is a traumatic procedure. Threat to skin, muscles, blood vessels, nerve endings. The tissues run the risk of becoming infected, becoming inflamed, festering, and dying. You need to be doubly careful with the neck, because it carries the head and provides blood supply to the brain.

What techniques do cosmetologists use to remove wrinkles on the neck:

1. Injections
   Most often this is hyaluronic filler (contour plastic, that is, filling the skin with gel). Sometimes - Botox (muscle paralysis). Less popular (provides a weak effect) is mesotherapy - multiple punctures of the neck with needles and the formation of fibrous compactions due to numerous injuries.
2. Hardware techniques
   Mainly laser and radio waves are used. They create high temperatures in the dermis, causing internal burns to the tissue.
3. Thread lifting
   There are many different options for threads: absorbable and not, with and without notches. To install some, you need to make incisions, while others do not (the mesothreads are inserted using guide needles). The essence of thread lifting is the artificial creation of a framework for tightening and smoothing the skin. Even if the threads dissolve and in their place a “reinforcement” is formed from the patient’s own fibrous tissue, this is also a forced reaction to invasion and injury.
4. Surgery
   Plastic surgery is the most radical method.

Our tissues need water

There are many factors that influence muscle loss and reduction. It is important for each of us to consume enough clean water. Average calculation: 30 ml per kilogram of weight. At a young age, we are 70-80% water, and the older we get, the smaller this percentage is. And even if you drink the amount of water your body needs every day, but at the same time drink 5 more cups of coffee a day, you safely “neutralize” this water and remove it, so dehydration continues. Accordingly, our bones, our muscles, and ligaments lose water, but our tissues need it constantly. Therefore, for the beauty of your face, it is important to follow a drinking regime.

Plastic surgery

If wrinkles on the neck are accompanied by sagging skin, it comes to the scalpel.

A surgical neck lift is a major operation. Surgeon:

• removes fat (liposuction),
• moves the platysma: peels it off and lifts it upward or “pulls it”, connecting its upper edges and bringing the lower ones closer together (platysmoplasty),
• cuts off “extra” skin (cervicoplasty).

This is the most dangerous type of invasive intervention, with a high risk of complications.

What are the indications for lifting?

The correction improves its appearance, tightens the skin and underlying muscles, and improves the contour of the lower jaw line. This surgery is often performed in combination with liposuction, a facelift, or a midface lift, but can be performed separately.

When will plastic surgery help?

• Overhanging turkey neck, overhanging excess loose skin and fat in the anterior region
• Thick neck with excess fatty tissue
• Absence of a youthful, distinct jaw line
• Excess skin and wrinkles

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Features of neck rejuvenation at different ages

Depending on the patient’s age, cosmetologists offer different options for “rejuvenating” the neck.

As a rule, they introduce young women to hardware cosmetology from the age of 25.

At the age of 30-35, fillers and Botox begin to be injected. “Rejuvenating” sessions turn into “rejuvenating” courses. You have to visit a cosmetologist more often than a manicurist.

After 45-50 years, an exhausted woman who has rapidly aged from all these endless “injections of youth” is offered a surgical lift as her only salvation.

This scenario is not a thriller plot, but a modern reality. Don't fall into the trap of “punitive” cosmetology!

Hardware types of neck lift

Hardware cosmetology is popular among ladies who want to look good. The purpose of this rejuvenation method is not so much to correct imperfections, but to prevent premature loss of elasticity.

Ptosis, or sagging of facial tissues, has three degrees: initial, moderate and deep. Each of them has its own methods of struggle. Hardware cosmetology is suitable for the first two types of ptosis. It cannot cope with deep deformations.

The devices used in hardware cosmetology are absolutely safe for health. They don't leave scars. One of the most popular procedures is laser lifting of the lower third of the face and neck. The effect after it lasts for a period of two to five years. Using a laser, the activity of healthy epidermal cells is activated. They begin to produce more collagen, causing the skin to become more elastic and visually tightened.

Depending on the degree of impact, laser tightening can be performed under local anesthesia or without it. The duration of the procedure is about one and a half hours.

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In the first few days after the laser, patients experience increased skin sensitivity, peeling and redness. Pigment spots may appear. All these unpleasant manifestations disappear literally within a week. However, even after this period it is recommended to limit exposure to the sun.

Significant disadvantages of laser tightening include the fact that for a lasting effect it is necessary to do three to four procedures, the interval between which should be 30 days. The obvious advantage is high performance. Visual rejuvenation is confirmed by most patients.

Experts recommend using laser for women over 30 years of age.

The next hardware procedure that helps restore youthful skin is RF lifting . With its help, the production of elastin protein is stimulated in the epidermis, which, like collagen, is responsible for the elasticity of the epidermis. RF lifting involves exposing the skin to radio waves of a safe frequency. The effect lasts for 2–3 years.

The essence of the manipulation: during the procedure, the device warms the skin with high-frequency waves, the power of which is regulated. The strength of the effect depends on the condition of the patient’s epidermis. As a result, metabolic processes in cells are stimulated, blood flow increases, and toxins are eliminated. The skin is renewed, acquires a healthy color, freshness and elasticity. The contour of the face and neck is noticeably tightened.

After RF lifting, you cannot go to a bathhouse or sauna for three days or be in the open sun. This rejuvenation technique is recommended for women over 30 years old. The procedure is completely painless and leaves no scars. The recovery period is the already mentioned three days. The disadvantages of RF lifting include the fact that it is useless for severe ptosis. If the skin is significantly stretched and sagging, radio wave treatment will not help it.

Neck brace

A method such as a neck brace is also not credible. This is an elastic bandage that is worn around the neck and chin. Its task is to tighten the skin in these areas and make the oval of the face clear. You need to wear it while sleeping, and the manufacturers promise the effect after 1-3 months.

All the “benefits” of such a bandage rest on the controversial statement that while wearing it, gravity ceases to act on the tissue, the skin and muscles remember this state and tighten.

You already have a good understanding of age-related changes in the neck, right? Do you believe that tightening it can solve the problem of aging?

It will probably only get worse. The blood supply to the tissues will be disrupted - the skin will begin to wither and stretch even more, rather than recover. Additional pressure will be put on the muscles - their hypertonicity will increase, and they will pull the skin along with them.

Invasive Neck Lift Procedures

• Biorevitalization and mesotherapy

All invasive procedures involve disruption of the body's outer layers. Thus, biorevitalization and mesotherapy involve subcutaneous injections of certain drugs. Substances that penetrate deep into the dermis nourish it from the inside. The skin receives what it cannot produce itself due to age-related changes. As a result, elasticity appears and the muscles tighten.

Oxygen biorevitalization is based on the introduction of a drug that fills wrinkles and voids formed in the dermis. Thanks to this, the skin is smoothed and evened out. But most importantly, she receives additional nutrition, which will slow down aging.

The duration of a biorevitalization session is from half an hour to an hour and a half. The recovery period is about a week. The effect of the procedure will be noticeable almost immediately, but you need to wait until the bruises and swelling go away. To speed up rehabilitation, it is necessary to follow all the instructions of the cosmetologist. The effectiveness of biorevitalization largely depends on the quality of the drugs used. On average, the rejuvenation effect lasts for six months or more.

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The technique is recommended for patients over the age of 30. If the procedure is carried out by a competent specialist, and after it all recommendations regarding the rehabilitation process are followed, then there should be no complications.

Mesotherapy is similar to biorevitalization: it also involves subcutaneous administration of drugs. However, in this case, hyaluronic acid and vitamins are used. Thanks to these substances, the skin is saturated with moisture and valuable elements. The process of internal rejuvenation starts. The effect of the procedure lasts for up to six months. Mesotherapy is recommended for patients over 30 years of age.

• Thread lifting

For severe ptosis, experts recommend a neck lift with threads. This method of rejuvenation involves implanting special threads under the skin. They form a frame that will support the neck muscles and dermis. The threads are inserted with special needles and attached to the muscles with loops or notches.

The procedure requires local anesthesia. The duration of one session depends on the number of threads introduced. On average it is one and a half hours. During the recovery period, you should not make sudden movements, as well as massage and masks.

Patients do not feel the implanted threads at all. Gradually they dissolve and form a strong frame that provides lifting of the lower part of the face and neck. The effectiveness of the procedure largely depends on the condition of the skin and the materials used. On average, the effect lasts for a period of 2 to 6 years. Thread lifting is recommended for patients over 40 years of age.

The method has proven itself well for mild and moderate ptosis. Its use leaves no scars. The disadvantages include some pain of the procedure and a recovery period of about a month. If high-quality materials were used for thread lifting, the effect will be stable and long-lasting.

• Contour plastic

This method of rejuvenation appeared in Russia relatively recently - in 2010. It is sometimes called a non-surgical lift, but this is not entirely true since the procedure involves making skin incisions.

The essence of the method is that endotins, or biopolymer plates 3–4 mm in size, are introduced through incisions, which are then attached to the bone. With the help of these devices, a beautiful oval face and the shape of the cervical curve are formed. The incisions through which the plates are inserted are minimal. They heal within one to two weeks, and there are practically no scars left.

After the procedure, patients do not feel discomfort. Endotins are not felt, but when palpated they can be detected as small compactions. Within three months, the tissues around the plates will grow together, and after about six months the biopolymer will be eliminated by the body. However, the effect of the tightening will remain for a period of five to ten years.

Contour plastic surgery is recommended for patients over 50 years of age. It helps remove pronounced sagging skin. The disadvantages of the procedure include its pain, long recovery period and small scars on the skin, which sometimes remain at the incision sites.

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• Plastic surgery

When all other methods of rejuvenation are powerless, a surgical neck lift is prescribed. It can correct both age-related skin defects and those resulting from illness or injury.

Plastic surgery is resorted to at the very last stage of ptosis. This rejuvenation technique has three directions: liposuction, cervicoplasty and platysmoplasty.

Liposuction is used in cases where a lot of fat deposits have accumulated in the neck and chin area. During the operation, incisions are made. Through them, fat is removed using special equipment.

Liposuction is often combined with cervicoplasty. The latter is that excess skin tissue is removed, resulting in a tightening.

When a major lift of the lower third of the face and neck is needed, the surgery will be more complex. The patient is prescribed platysmaplasty, during which not only the skin, but also the muscles are tightened.

Safe rejuvenation techniques

How then can you remove wrinkles on your neck?

The only effective and safe option is natural rejuvenation. This is the only way to eliminate the internal causes of wrinkles on the neck. Let's deal with the reasons - smooth out the skin.

What is the main source of youth in our neck? Blood, which supplies cells with nutrients and oxygen. Not even the most expensive “cocktail” in a cosmetologist’s syringe can compare with what our own bloodstream is capable of.

Let's help blood flow through the vessels, as in youth, and launch the natural mechanisms of skin rejuvenation: the synthesis of collagen and elastin will increase, regeneration will accelerate, and protective properties will increase.

And do you also remember about posture and its effect on the youth of the neck? A healthy spine with correct physiological curves is the basis on which neck rejuvenation should be built.

Therefore, we are moving in two main directions.

1. We work on posture - we unload the cervical spine, return the neck to its place, remove obstacles to healthy blood flow and lymphatic drainage.
2. We do self-massage and exercises for the neck - we relieve spasms from the neck muscles, stretch out the platysma, and restore firmness and elasticity to the skin.

Congenital wrinkles will be difficult to completely remove, but they will definitely decrease. The acquired ones lend themselves well to natural rejuvenation techniques and are smoothed out.

Ingredients that cosmetics for neck wrinkles should contain

Gymnastics and self-massage for the neck must be supplemented with cosmetic care.

You should take care of your neck as carefully as your face. Cleanse, moisturize, nourish, protect.

The cosmetics industry, of course, invents the most incredible highly specialized products to attract customers and has long invented such a niche as creams for the neck and décolleté. In fact, there is no need for such funds.

For the neck and décolleté area, you can use any day or night face cream.

Natural oils, squalane, and balms are especially useful - they are suitable for caring for any area of ​​the face and body and have an anti-aging effect. They contain a large amount of vitamins and fatty acids, which increase skin elasticity.

They nourish, help retain moisture in the dermis, fight free radicals (antioxidant action), promote regeneration, and protect against external destructive actions. Everything necessary is created to help the skin smooth out with the help of exercises and self-massage.

Also apply any creams or lotions with SPF protection to your neck before going outside. This is necessary to prevent photoaging of the skin, especially sensitive to ultraviolet rays.

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Review of remedies for neck wrinkles

To remove wrinkles on the neck, cosmetic care is required. But don’t count on the Photoshop effect, even if the cream packaging says “anti-wrinkle.” Cosmetics will give pronounced results only in combination with natural rejuvenation techniques.

With the help of exercises, we accelerate blood and lymph, warm up and prepare the skin so that it accepts all the benefits of cosmetics.

What products are suitable for the neck?

1. Hydrolates.
   These are natural distillates of plants. We use them to cleanse (without water), moisturize and tone.

   Go to the online store www.beauty365.ru and choose Beauty365 lavender, mint or sage hydrosol depending on your skin type.

2. Squalanes.
   These are light plant oils that are quickly absorbed and leave no residue. They are convenient to apply in the morning, as well as before self-massage with vacuum cups.

   At Beauty365, squalane is sugar cane oil (sold at www.beauty365.ru).

3. Oils.
   This is a richer option than squalane. Great for overnight skin repair.

   Choose Beauty365 coconut oil and Beauty365 camellia sasanqua oil (sold at www.beauty365.ru). Coconut is especially good for dry and sensitive skin prone to irritation and inflammation.

   Camellia sasanqua whitens age spots and prevents the formation of freckles.

4. Balms.
   The most powerful option, which is charged with the power of natural anti-aging ingredients.

   Verbena Beauty365 hemp balm is the benefit of six oils and oil extracts at once: hemp, coconut, pistachio, shea butter, calendula, carrot seeds.

5. Scrubs.
   Scrub your neck skin 1-2 times a week. Use any facial scrubs for this (not body scrubs).

   You can cook them yourself. Coffee grounds or oatmeal, ground in a blender to a powder, are suitable for this. Mix them with olive or linseed oil, and the scrub is ready.

   Apply the scrub to your neck smoothly and carefully along massage lines: on the front surface of the neck from bottom to top, on the sides - from top to bottom.

   The only thing better than a scrub is a dry face brush. It not only removes dead cells, but also acts at a deep level, right down to working the muscles and activating microcirculation.

Brush gently and gently in the neck and décolleté area. After the massage, nourish the skin with cream, oil or squalane - it will be perfectly prepared to take everything it needs.

To massage your neck, you can use a Beauty365 dry facial brush, which is made from boar bristles (sold at www.beauty365.ru).

Rehabilitation period:

Recovery after platysmaplasty takes up to 14 days - during this time bruises completely resolve and swelling goes away. Among other things, you must follow a gentle regime for 30 days - abstain from fitness, saunas, and sunbathing. It is recommended to wear a tightening compression mask for two weeks to a month (don’t take it off for about one week, then put it on at night). It is recommended to wash your hair with warm, but not hot water, and dry with cool air. The first hair wash should be agreed upon with your surgeon. For a faster recovery, it is recommended to undergo a course of post-operative rehabilitation.

Is it possible to get rid of wrinkles on the neck with exercises?

It can be difficult for women to believe that you can smooth out wrinkles on your neck on your own, simply by making self-massage and exercise a healthy habit. But it is so.

Even simple exercises that can be done anywhere help: at home, at work, on the street.

Exercising for the neck is the prevention of wrinkles and the fight against an existing problem.

Do you sit at the computer for a long time?

Stretch your neck at least once every 1-2 hours. This is necessary for her health and youth.

1. Make simple turns and tilts of your head.
2. You can do the figure eight exercise: take an imaginary pencil to your lips and draw the number “8” with it.
3. Fighting computer neck

Do you want to remove wrinkles, stretch and improve your neck?

You'll have to work a little harder. At least once a day, do a simple set of neck exercises that will take you 5 minutes.

To relax the masticatory muscle

Photo: AiF/Eduard Kudryavitsky
Starting position: place your fingers on the masticatory muscles at the level of the earlobes (as in the picture). Make clockwise gentle circular movements in place, relaxing the area. Repeat the movements counterclockwise. 30 times in each direction.

Result: ​recession of the cheeks and loss of their volume are reduced, ​facial proportions are restored.

How to get rid of neck wrinkles in just 5 minutes a day

Do the exercises one by one. Each will take 1 minute.

1. "Frame" and stretch
   • Raise your arms above your head as high as possible, raise your shoulders, fold your arms in a loose frame (wrap your left hand around your right elbow and vice versa), without touching your ears.

   Lower your head and press your chin to your chest, squeezing the front of your neck. Stay in this position for half a minute, breathing deeply through your nose.

2. Stretch the sides of your neck with your hands. With one hand, fix the tissues at the collarbone, with the other, tightly walk the edge of your palm from the collarbone to the jaw from bottom to top. Repeat on the other side.
3. Stretching the back of the neck
   Feet shoulder-width apart, hands on the back of the head, knees soft, back slightly twisted, shoulders down.
4. Lower your head and add the weight of your hands - you don’t need to press them hard, your head itself will drop lower under the weight of your hands on the back of your head. Stand like this for 30-60 seconds and slowly return your head to its place with your hands.
5. Relaxation and stretching of platysma
   • Press your palms tightly to your chest and push all the tissue under your arms down.

   Pull your chin up towards the ceiling and hold the pose for 20-30 seconds.

6. Move your hands a little higher, to the collarbone area, and do the same.
7. Exercise to relieve spasms of the anterior surface of the neck
   Press your palms tightly to your chest and lift them up along with all the tissues as far as possible.
8. Lower your head to your palms and press your chin to them.
9. Pull your chin and palms towards each other, as if pressing them into each other - for half a minute.
10. Smoothly returning to the starting position, stretch the muscles on the sides of your neck.
11. Stretching exercises for the sternocleidomastoid muscles and long neck muscles.
    Tilt your head to the sides and back and forth.

These five exercises are the minimum that will relieve spasms, improve blood and lymph flow, and help maintain a healthy neck. Do them daily, and wrinkles will decrease and even disappear completely (if they are not congenital).

We work precisely with each wrinkle using vacuum cans. You'll need cupping for your face. You can buy Beauty365 glass jars at www.beauty365.ru. Apply squalane or oil to your neck, take the smallest jar (5 mm in diameter), suck it onto the wrinkle and move as if you were erasing it with an eraser.

Watch how Annette does it:

These are just individual techniques. To achieve a more pronounced and stable result, an integrated approach is needed.

"Icebreaker"

How the reception works:

• straightens his curled shoulders;
• does not allow slouching;
• visually lengthens the neck;
• makes the décolleté area smooth;
• forms the habit of calm, even breathing;
• instantly calms you down!

Why is the technique called “Icebreaker”? The palms, like the stern of an icebreaker, reveal the chest area with all their weight. To do this, constantly create tension in the tissues in this area in different directions. To feel the powerful resistance force that greets you, do not smooth your skin, but overcome the rigid muscular pull of your pectoral muscles!

Contraindications: breastfeeding. The intake has a strong lymphatic drainage effect, so there is a risk of infection entering the general lymph flow.

How to do it: Clasp your hands, pressing the bases of your palms tightly to the center of your sternum. Inhale and as you exhale, gently lower your shoulders and shoulder blades down. The lock stands statically on the chest. Feel the gentle stretch along the entire line of your shoulder girdle. Make a rolling-pushing movement with the palms of your hands, displacing the breast tissue. Hands move like an icebreaker, point them in different directions, trying to separate the two halves of the chest area.

Breathe calmly and evenly.

Attention! This exercise is performed very slowly. Fascia hates speed! Only forward, smooth movement.

How much to do: 5-6 times, 1-2 approaches per day.