Cheeks Lift
NuviCor MEWING device for pulling up
cheeks muscles - Musculus Buccinator
Cheek Lifting with NuviCor MEWING
The Cosmetic Role of the Cheek Muscles
The cheeks play a crucial role in determining the overall shape and youthful appearance of your face. Over time, the cheek muscles—primarily the musculus buccinator (illustrated in Figure 1)—lose their strength and elasticity. This weakening leads to sagging cheeks, giving the face a less firm and youthful look. Sagging cheeks are often one of the earliest visible signs of aging, creating a subconscious perception of an older appearance.
To effectively reverse this, the cheek muscles must be strengthened through targeted training. This involves repetitive and intense muscle contractions, which is the only proven method for rebuilding muscle strength, volume, and tone.
Features of Cheek Muscle Training Exercises
For effective cheek muscle training, two primary conditions must be fulfilled:
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Isometric Tension of the Muscles
Isometric tension involves contracting the muscle without changing its length. To achieve this, place a finger inside your mouth, pressing gently against the inside of your cheek (as shown in Figure 2). While maintaining this pressure, try to tense your cheek muscles against the resistance of your finger. This resistance ensures proper isometric tension for the cheek muscles.
Precise Control of Muscle Tension
Simply attempting to contract your cheek muscles without feedback often leads to insufficient effort. The NuviCor MEWING device addresses this issue by providing real-time feedback on the strength of your muscle contractions via your phone's screen. This ensures that you are tensing your muscles with the correct intensity, which is critical for effective training. Without such feedback, individuals often overestimate their efforts, resulting in weaker and less effective contractions.
How It Works in Practice
After completing an initial test (illustrated in Figure 3), the NuviCor MEWING app will create a personalized training plan and recommend an appropriate difficulty level for the exercises.
Exercise #1: Muscle Strengthening
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Objective: Tense and relax your cheek muscles five times.
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Process: As you perform the exercise, the screen will display a blue graph (Figure 4) representing your muscle activity. When you hear a voice command, tense your muscles with enough force to raise the graph above the red line.
At first, this might be challenging, but the device will automatically adjust the difficulty to match your abilities, making the exercise progressively easier.
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After a 20-second rest period, repeat the exercise multiple times.
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The session concludes with a results screen. Press the “SAVE” button and move on to Exercise #2.
Exercise #2: Precision Training
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Objective: Focus on coordinating muscle tension with a visual guide on the screen.
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Process: The line representing your muscle tension must align within the squares displayed on the screen (Figure 5).
This exercise emphasizes precision rather than force. Similar to Exercise #1, it consists of multiple cycles with rest breaks. Accuracy and control are key to mastering this stage.
Exercise #3: Endurance Training
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Objective: Develop the ability to maintain muscle tension over extended periods.
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Process: Instead of monitoring a graph, you will watch a movie or video (Figure 6A). If your muscle tension drops below a certain threshold, the playback will pause (Figure 6B). To resume, slightly increase your muscle tension.
This exercise is less demanding in terms of immediate effort but is essential for building long-term muscle endurance.
You can select any movie or slideshow for this exercise, and detailed instructions for choosing media or customizing your routine are available in the MANUAL. A comprehensive explanation of all exercises can also be found there.
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By consistently practicing these exercises with NuviCor MEWING, you can restore firmness and lift to your cheeks, significantly enhancing the youthful appearance of your face.
