"I can't believe the results I experienced after just 2 weeks of using the Facial Fitness System. My jaw line is tighter and the lines around my eyes have just about vanished. It's incredible!"
Grace Surdis, Boca Raton, Florida
I was in Barnes & Noble and bought your book. I am a firm believer that there are always more natural ways to do most everything-so I have been doing facial exercises for a number of years...however, not with the EASY results your method brings. It's fast, easy, nonstressful...[actually very peaceful while using the massage exercises also]. I look forward to the down time and relaxation they bring...not to mention how fast they work! I am on my second week and am seeing excellent results! Thanks for providing this for those of us that don't want to go under the knife or other painful procedures!
BTW-you are so pretty! :)
Thanks,
Pam
TESTIMONIALS:
Forward from FACIAL FITNESS Daily Exercises & Massage Techniques for a Healthier, Younger Looking You:
AS A BIOLOGICAL dentist who focuses on head and neck pain and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction, nothing is more gratifying than patients who ultimately become pain-free, and who embrace healthy habits that ensure they remain pain-free. I have found that recommending exercises as prescribed in Patricia Goroway's Facial Fitness is necessary to support this healing process. Not only do Ms. Goroway's detailed exercises and regimens promote natural healing and muscle tonus, they result in healthier skin and a tighter face, giving readers a more youthful appearance.
In addition to exercises, massage techniques, and a regimen to support the muscles of the face and neck, Facial Fitness provides crucial information about utilizing well-chosen, natural skin products that will achieve the best results for your skin. (All beauty products are not alike!) It will also introduce you to high standards of integrating good lifestyle choices such as drinking plenty of clean, non-chemically tainted water; consuming vitamins, minerals, and healthful food; and aerobically exercising all your muscle groups; which will promote the body's own capabilities to heal, rejuvenate, and obtain optimal health.
Now that Facial Fitness is available, I intend to recommend it to my temporomandibular dysfunction patients, who I am sure will benefit immmensely from the step-by-step explanations for the exercises and massages. During my last forty years of practicing dentistry, I have found that people with good physical and mental health radiate youthfulness and vitality. So whether you are using the exercises and massage techniques for rehabilitation, simple toning to decrease wrinkles , or to maintain surgical aterations, Facial Fitness is sure to be very useful to your physical and emotional health.
Dr. Richard H. Keller DDS, MPS
According to Gaye Cronin, OTD, OTR, the director of the Neuromuscular Facial Retraining Program at the Atlanta Ear Clinic, "Neuromuscular facial retraining programs have proven to be successful in the recovery of facial function. Facial exercises for specific, isolated movements are included in these programs.
According to Dr. Richard Keller, DDS, of the American Academy of Biomedical trauma and Cranio-Facial Pain, "Facial exercises, especially for the muscles of mastication and those involving the tongue, are very effective in the realignment of the jaw and help to alleviate the pressure and pain associated with TMJ disorder.
Movement is crucial to the health of any system, especially the human body. It clears and cleans out blocks, impurities and other toxic wastes that can stagnate and impede the flow of vital nutrients to every cell in our physical body. Body movement also maintains the flow of venous blood and lymph, the housekeeper of the immune system. Active movement (exercise) coupled with passive movement (massage) of the facial muscles can immediately improve our appearance. Here’s how. As we consciously touch, move, and exercise our facial muscles blood flow increases, stress and tension melt away and the skin tone improves. Any residual stress, tension, or fatigue held in the muscles and soft tissue of the face releases. As the facial muscles tone we look younger and consequently feel better about ourselves.
Facial exercise and massage benefit us in many different ways. They can alleviate headache and eye strain associated with stress and tension. The under eye line diminisher strengthens the orbicularis oculi muscles located below and around the eyes. This particular exercise reduces puffiness and diminishes the stress lines that can form around the delicate eye area. Couple this exercise with the eye and brow massage and fluids that may build up causing bags below the eyes, flush out through the lymphatic ducts almost immediately. Body posture can also improve each day as we exercise and strengthen the neck and tongue muscles. When the trapezius, sternocleidomastoid and platysma muscles strengthen we are able to hold our heads higher and more centered with less effort. The chin droops less and the jaw line is more defined. All of this toning and flushing and toning and flushing of facial muscles day after day refines the pores, prevents blemishes, and creates a rosy glowing countenance. As a result, the weight of the world begins to melt away and we see more clearly, hold our heads more erect and let go of unconscious facial expressions.
The bottom line about facial exercise and massage is this; whatever we put our attention on grows more in our lives. When we choose to consciously touch and move our face and neck muscles, we are choosing to change our appearance for the better. We are consciously choosing health and beauty, and that is what we perceive and receive more and more in return.
Jacquelina Davis LMT, QHP
August 6, 2008
Effect of facial neuromuscular re-education on facial symmetry in patients with Bell's palsy: a randomized controlled trial.
Manikandan N .
Department of Physiotherapy, Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal, Karnataka, India. mani.kandan@manipal.edu
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of facial neuromuscular re-education over conventional therapeutic measures in improving facial symmetry in patients with Bell's palsy. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Neurorehabilitation unit. SUBJECTS: Fifty-nine patients diagnosed with Bell's palsy were included in the study after they met the inclusion criteria. Patients were randomly divided into two groups: control (n = 30) and experimental (n = 29). INTERVENTIONS: Control group patients received conventional therapeutic measures while the facial neuromuscular re-education group patients received techniques that were tailored to each patient in three sessions per day for six days per week for a period of two weeks. MAIN MEASURES: All the patients were evaluated using a Facial Grading Scale before treatment and after three months. RESULTS: The Facial Grading Scale scores showed significant improvement in both control (mean 32 (range 9.7-54) to 54.5 (42.2-71.7)) and the experimental (33 (18-43.5) to 66 (54-76.7)) group. Facial Grading Scale change scores showed that experimental group (27.5 (20-43.77)) improved significantly more than the control group (16.5 (12.2-24.7)). Analysis of Facial Grading Scale subcomponents did not show statistical significance, except in the movement score (12 (8-16) to 24 (12-18)). CONCLUSION: Individualized facial neuromuscular re-education is more effective in improving facial symmetry in patients with Bell's palsy than conventional therapeutic measures.
PMID: 17613574 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Dear Patricia,
I bought your book on sale at Barnes and Noble, mainly because over the past few years (at 61) I’ve been trying to do anything I can to help my face not droop and sag. So I’ve had experience with several different face exercise books, the face flex that QVC.com sells, and the latest is the electronic muscle stimulator that Suzanne Summers sells on HSN.com.
Today, for the first time, I tried the exercises in your book. I wasn’t expecting much. All the things I’ve tried have each helped a little—my face and neck are not as bad as they were—but nothing has been “it.” (Although I just started the muscle stimulator program and think it does work well and I plan to keep doing it.)
I have to tell you that I think your book and DVD are just great! First of all, I can tell from everything I’ve done that your exercises really are stimulating the muscles. I fell the pull and also a little bit of “the burn” and know the muscles really are being worked. Second, I can see that I’m not causing more wrinkles, which is what I have wondered about with the face flex and with all the other exercise books I’ve used.
Third, I think your illustrations are fabulous. It is so helpful to see which muscle should be working so you can change what you’re doing to make that happen. I love the way you show the isolated muscles with each of the exercises. Plus your DVD of your doing the exercises is wonderful to teach the first how to.
I could not be more pleased with your product and really excited about doing the exercises everyday and seeing what happens. Really, I would be happy if I could just stay even and not have more deterioration!
I buy many things from QVC and I plan to write them and suggest that they include your book in their inventory. I think many people are both QVC and HSN are actively looking for things that work. If you read the reviews of Suzanne’s product (HSN) and of the face flex product (QVC) you will see what I mean. If I were you, I would contact QVC (or HSN if you like them better) and see if you couldn’t get your product on their inventory.
I’m not sure how you can follow up your book with something wonderful, but if you can, go for it! You did the best job I’ve seen on your product.
Thank you so much! Thank you!
Billie
"I've gone through the sequencing of your facial exercises, and I am amazed! I teach Anatomy and Physiology labs at Texas Woman's University while taking graduate exercise science courses. I have learned that blood flow is the key to healthy tissue, in all respects. Your exercise routine could potentially alleviate the suffering of entire generations of women who believe they need plastic surgery. Hurrah for your work! It would be amazing if you could visit TWU. The young women would love you!"
Bryan Costa, Graduate Assistant TWU Biology
"I was not sure if these exercises would really work. I stuck with them and in less than 1 month I see results. I don't need botox anymore."
Ann Cedeno, Salon Professional
Movement is crucial to the health of any system, especially the human body. It clears and cleans out blocks, impurities and other toxic wastes that can stagnate and impede the flow of vital nutrients to every cell in our physical body. Body movement also maintains the flow of venous blood and lymph, the housekeeper of the immune system. Active movement (exercise) coupled with passive movement (massage) of the facial muscles can immediately improve our appearance. Here’s how. As we consciously touch, move, and exercise our facial muscles blood flow increases, stress and tension melt away and the skin tone improves. Any residual stress, tension, or fatigue held in the muscles and soft tissue of the face releases. As the facial muscles tone we look younger and consequently feel better about ourselves.
Facial exercise and massage benefit us in many different ways. They can alleviate headache and eye strain associated with stress and tension. The under eye line diminisher strengthens the orbicularis oculi muscles located below and around the eyes. This particular exercise reduces puffiness and diminishes the stress lines that can form around the delicate eye area. Couple this exercise with the eye and brow massage and fluids that may build up causing bags below the eyes, flush out through the lymphatic ducts almost immediately. Body posture can also improve each day as we exercise and strengthen the neck and tongue muscles. When the trapezius, sternocleidomastoid and platysma muscles strengthen we are able to hold our heads higher and more centered with less effort. The chin droops less and the jaw line is more defined. All of this toning and flushing and toning and flushing of facial muscles day after day refines the pores, prevents blemishes, and creates a rosy glowing countenance. As a result, the weight of the world begins to melt away and we see more clearly, hold our heads more erect and let go of unconscious facial expressions.
The bottom line about facial exercise and massage is this; whatever we put our attention on grows more in our lives. When we choose to consciously touch and move our face and neck muscles, we are choosing to change our appearance for the better. We are consciously choosing health and beauty, and that is what we perceive and receive more and more in return.
Jacquelina Davis LMT, QHP - August 6, 2008
"Wow, this is the greatest thing I've done for my appearance yet! The results I've seen after just a few weeks is remarkably noticeable and it was so easy. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a safe, effective alternative to surgery."
Linda Connolly, Miami, Florida
