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. 2018 Mar 1;154(3):365-367.
doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.5142.

Association of Facial Exercise With the Appearance of Aging

Murad Alam  1   2   3 , Anne J Walter  1   4 , Amelia Geisler  1 , Wanjarus Roongpisuthipong  1   5 , Gary Sikorski  6 , Rebecca Tung  7 , Emily Poon  1
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Association of Facial Exercise With the Appearance of Aging

Murad Alam et al. JAMA Dermatol. .

Abstract

This pilot study assesses the association of a 20-week facial exercise program with the facial appearance of middle-aged women.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Alam is employed at Northwestern University. Dr Alam has been a consultant for Amway and Leo Pharma, both unrelated to this research. Northwestern University has a clinical trials unit that receives grants from many corporate and governmental entities to perform clinical research. Dr Alam has been principal investigator on studies funded in part by Allergan, Medicis, Bioform, and Ulthera. All grants and gifts in kind have been provided to Northwestern University and not Dr Alam directly, and Dr Alam has not received any salary support from these grants. Mr Sikorski is the founder of Happy Face Yoga, which was the exercise regimen used for training participants.

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