To protect skin from unnecessary sun damage, dermatologists recommend you use hats, cover-ups and sun umbrellas and that you wear sun screen with a high sun protection factor.
Many products on the market claim to be a skin care "fountain of youth," but unfortunately it's not that simple. Although moisturizers can lubricate your skin, making it feel more comfortable and minimize the appearance of wrinkles, it can't help you bounce back from significant damage, such as sagging.
Dr. Albert Kligman, an often quoted research dermatologist at the Universi-ty of Pennsylvania, has stated that facial "sagging cannot be pharmacologically corrected."
This means that there is no cream or lotion that you can apply to your face that will restore its shape or even prevent the facial sagging that can make you look years older.
Once damage has gone this far, the only alternatives are plastic surgery -- which can be prohibitively expensive -- or an innovative new device, Facial-Flex®, that exercises the facial muscles.
Research has shown that muscles not exercised against resistance lose their strength, shape and tone. Getting that tone back requires exercise.
Facial-Flex is a light-weight, crescent shaped device that is placed in the corners of the mouth, where it maintains a constant outward pressure. When used in exercise, it is compressed and released repetitively against the force of the elastic.
Two minutes of facial exercise twice a day is all it takes to make such a dramatic difference that some women can avoid or delay plastic surgery. Facial-Flex can lift, shape and tone without the risks of plastic surgery.
According to tests published in a leading dermatology journal, a 250 percent increase in facial muscle strength was confirmed after as little as eight weeks.
Available through mail order, Facial-Flex sells for about $70. For more information, call 1 (800) 469-FLEX or write to Facial Concepts, Inc., P.O. Box 99, Blue Bell, PA 19422-0099. (NAPSI)
