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Your eye muscles need exercise too. For some simple exercises, follow the steps outlined below.

Gently massage the muscles of the eyes by pressing both your thumb and index fingers on each side of your head, at the temples, while opening and closing your eyes rapidly. This is the first step to relax your muscles.

Repeat 5 times. Sit upright with your eyes closed and relaxed. While keeping your eyes closed the whole time, first look down and then look up as far as possible. Repeat the facial exercise 10 times. Take deep breath and relax. Close your eyes while lifting your eyebrows and stretching your eyelids down as far as possible. Maintain each position for about 5 counts, relax and repeat 5 time more. Sit upright with your eyes relaxed and open. Lift your eyebrows while closing your top eyelids until about halfway closed, then, open your eyelids wide until the white of your eye shows over your iris. Sit upright looking straight ahead with your eyes open. Look up then down, while keeping your head still. Repeat 10 times. Then look left and right and then repeat another 10 times.

For cheek exercises, sit upright facing forward with lips closed but relaxed. Pucker and pout your lips as best as you can by using the muscles in your cheeks. Feel with your fingers that you are using your cheek muscles. Keep puckered for about 10 seconds, relax and repeat another 10 times. Put on a relaxed smile with your lips closed and then suck in your cheeks towards and on to your teeth. Hold this for another 10 counts, relax and repeat another 10 times.

It is better to be facing a mirror while doing this exercise. Pout your top lip, turning the corners of your lips upwards and move your cheek muscles towards your eyes. You should at this stage try to get your top lip touching your nose. Keep in this position for 10 counts, relax and repeat 5 times. Look in a mirror while doing this exercise.

Smile as widely as possible while keeping your lips closed and your mouth corners turned up. Try to make your mouth corners touch your ears. Next wrinkle your nose and see your cheek muscles move upwards and feel these muscles work. Keep for 5 counts, relax and repeat 10 times. Keep your teeth and lips closed and blow air under your top lip and keep it there for 10 counts, then move it to your left cheek, hold for 10, to your lower lip, hold for 10 and then to your right cheek while holding it for a count of 10. Repeat 5 times.

Repeat these steps daily for a more youthfull appearance!