What do you think about facial muscle exercises?

Muscles in the face are skeletal muscle, just like other muscles around the body. There are two other types of muscles, smooth muscle and heart muscle. Skeletal muscle is the type of muscle that moves the bones into different positions and are thereby are the ones you would resistance train. Facial muscles do grow and "tone" like any other skeletal muscle could. These muscles are necessary to smile, eat, and perform other facial expressions. You could train and build up the endurance of these muscles by using them more. For example, smile a lot. Another example would be chewing gum for your eating muscles; I chew lots of gum on road trips, and I usually have a sore jaw from using those muscles so much. Some people have jaw problems, and therefore, I am not going to recommend for everybody to chew lots of gum, but I hope this answers your question.

Hi Lucy,

There's no reason you can't train facial muscles except for the fact that the range of motion and lack of an ability to grip with hands or push with your feet makes some movements difficult to carry out.

Not sure if training the facial muscles will improve your appearance if that's your goal. Also, remember, there's no such thing as spot reduction so by training the facial muscles you won't burn fat off the face...and for that matter, the face usually looks better with some fat on it!