Facercise: The Dynamic Muscle-Toning Program for Renewed Vitality and a More Youthful Appearance

by Carole Maggio

Book Overview

Internationally known skin care specialist Maggio has helped hundreds of her clients improve their appearance with her dynamic muscle-toning program. Now she offers this revolutionary approach to readers with 14 exercises that can be done in just minutes a day, offering a visible difference in less than a week. Photos.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399519602
• ISBN13: 9780399519604
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Perigee Books
• Length: 85 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

This exercise programme really works

I started Facercise about 14 weeks ago and the system definitely works. The book itself is pretty irritating and gushily written, with lots of cute little homilies. As other commentators have said, it is also underillustrated and it can take a little while to work out exactly how the exercises are actually done. But don't let that distract you from the hard core of information it contains. I worked up to the complete set of exercises gradually, by adding a new one each day and then practising the basic set for a month before moving onto the advanced exercises. I now do them once or twice a day, fairly faithfully. To start with I found some of them painful, especially those involving the jaw (I had slight TMJ), but they do get easier as you go along. When I started, I had recently lost 33lbs in weight and my face was looking gaunt and drawn. This tired look disappeared within about three days and each day or week has brought a new improvement, with lines disappearing and loose skin tightening up. My face has regained a youthful freshness, and the colour and skin tone are also much better. People keep commenting on how well I'm looking. The strangest things are that for the first time in my life I actually have pouty lips, and my nose is definitely shorter and more snub - my face is actually changing shape, with the latest improvements being along the jawline. My only regret is that I didn't discover these exercises years ago, but I am still grateful to have found them now. At 43 most people took me for about 38. But three months later, I would say I look about 33-34. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

GREAT BOOK! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING RESULTS.

Just like the stock market. I put in a small investment and got a great return. I purchased Carole's book and read it from cover to cover. I really didn't expect to get the quick results in a few short weeks. But seeing is believing. I apply the exercises every morning before I go to work following the illustrations in the book. I am so impressed with the results, that I plan to purchase the video. I read in the review section here that the video greatly enhances the program. I also want to point out that I am a hairdresser in Beverly Hills, CA, and I thought I had seen everyting when it came to plastic surgery, and all the new techniques that are out there. I saw a few of my clients and thought they had had their faces done. Not so. They were doing FACERCISE. That is how I was introduced to the program and have been doing it myself, and many of my clients have noticed a difference. I'm sold and so are many of my clients.

Facercise can work wonders if done properly and consistently

I had to write to say how wonderful the Facercise program really is. I'm a 37 year old single woman who has lost 10 years off her face thanks to Carole Maggio! When I first purchased her book I didn't think it was possible to realize these results, but thankfully -- time has proven me wrong! The exercises are easy to do and very portable. When I travel, I just bring along my "Walkman" and do them in my hotel room or where ever I'm staying. The new me has created quite a stir in my personal life, as well as in my business career. I'm constantly complimented on how great I look even when I DON'T have on makeup -- now that's telling you something. Anyone who has had a bad experience with this program is someone who either a) didn't follow the program to a tee (doing the exercises 2X a day, each day and using proper form) or b) overworked their facial muscles by doing the exercises too many times each day, thereby seeing some bad results. When personal trainers train people in weight lifting, they have them rest certain body parts by alternating their routines. This way, the body has time to rest and repair and build larger stronger muscles. Facercise works the same way, only the muscles of the face are much smaller.

FACERCISE, the right way

I've been doing the Facercise program 7 years and still am learning new tips and techniques. FACERISE DOES WORK REMARKABLE WELL IF YOU DO THE EXERCISES CONSISTANTLY AND CORRECTLY.Using the book and video together are the next best thing to private sessions with Carole Maggio. First, read through the book, then look at the video without doing the exercises.Second, begin doing the exercises, making sure you do EACH STEP OF THE EXERCISE. For example, it's important on the mouth exercises to pull the mouth corners towards the back teeth.After 7 years I still read through the book every month to be sure I don't get lazy about preforming them correctly.Believe me, the amazing results are worth it! Middle age never looked so good...