Opinions differ, but most facial plastic surgeons recommend proceeding with caution.
Facial exercise, according to its proponents, can tighten facial muscles and improve blood flow, thus improving skin tone and reducing sagging. Even proponents, admit, however, that no controlled scientific studies have shown that facial muscles benefit from such exercise. Some facial plastic surgeons warn that facial exercise may actually speed up the aging process. Repeated stretching and relaxing of the facial muscles may cause the overlying skin to lose its elasticity, resulting in increased sagging of the skin. Excess exercise may speed the loss of facial fat, which occurs naturally with age and gives the face a gaunt, sunken appearance.