Patent ID: 7384377

Claim:
Method for training facial muscles to reduce wrinkles in the skin overlying said facial muscles on the face of a user, said facial muscles comprising a plurality of fibers oriented substantially parallel to one another, said method comprising the steps of (a) providing a flexible membrane of stretchable elastic fabric having an inner surface and an outer surface; (b) providing a hand-held device having a housing, a power source, a motor connected to be selectively activated by said power source, a motion converter driven by said motor, and a head connected to said motion converter, said head having a plurality of muscle training elements thereon arranged to be moved in a substantially circular direction by said motion converter; (c) pressing said inner surface of the flexible membrane into contact with a portion of said face; (d) pressing the muscle training elements on said head against the outer surface of said membrane so that the muscle training elements move in said circular direction both across and along said plurality of fibers; and (e) manipulating said hand-held device over the outer surface of said membrane to stimulate and train said facial muscles while the flexible membrane protects and stabilizes the skin overlying said muscles.