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Original Body Care resourceWritten and reviewed by Mallika Some, instructor at Body Care by Mallika. Open her profile.Face Yoga and menopause
Around menopause many women notice more facial wrinkles, thinner-feeling skin, sagging cheeks, downturned mouth corners and under-eye bags. Mallika Some teaches Face Yoga in that window because the face is rarely exercised, lymphatic drainage is often sluggish, and she has seen visible change within about two months in students who stay with the practice. Face Yoga does not treat menopause itself. Hot flushes, bone health and bleeding changes belong with a doctor.
Written and reviewed by Mallika Some. Last reviewed 2026-09-08. All FAQs.
Among the women I have seen, especially those whose menopause is just about to start or has already happened, facial wrinkles appear a lot. The skin perhaps becomes very thin… saggy cheeks, lip corners, or eye bags. For those, Face Yoga is very necessary.
She links that pattern to two things she can actually teach: facial muscle tone, and lymphatic movement that does not happen if the face is never moved. She also says those students often improve quickly relative to younger students who skip the work — a classroom pattern, offered here as her experience, not as a trial result.
Questions students actually ask
Will Face Yoga fix hormonal acne or hair loss?
No. Those are medical and hormonal questions. Exercise and stress reduction can be part of a wider plan that a clinician leads.
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