Patent ID: 7632217

Claim:
A method for exercising facial muscles of a user comprising the steps of: a. providing a stretchable neoprene mask having a single central aperture configured for exposing and constraining a wearer's eyes, nose and mouth, said aperture configured for bounding a wearer's brow line at the top of said aperture and a wearer's lower lip at the bottom of said aperture; said mask including two overlapping upper side straps having one end attached to said mask and a second end configured for connection behind the wearer's head at the rear of the wearer's skull, and including means for allowing sound to pass through an area of said straps adjacent a wearer's ears; said mask further including two overlapping lower side straps having one end attached to said mask and a second end configured for connection behind the wearer's neck; said mask having a top strap affixed to the upper area of said mask adjacent the crown of a wearer's head for overlapping said upper side straps behind a wearer's head; b. placing said mask over the face of a wearer; c. stretching said two overlapping upper side straps around the back of the wearer's head; positioning said mask near the eyes of a wearer along the top of said central aperture; d. stretching said top strap over the top of the wearer's head and affixing said top strap to said two overlapping upper side straps; e. stretching said two overlapping lower side straps around the back of the wearer's neck; f. moving a wearer's facial muscles by making a plurality of facial gestures and jaw movements to deform the mask, whereby when the mask is secured to the wearer's face, the facial muscles are resiliently restrained by the stretchable neoprene mask, creating negative resistance to the wearer's facial muscles while performing a series of predetermined facial exercises; g. said mask includes a coating on an internal side of the mask adjacent a wearer's face.