According to New York-based plastic surgeon Dr. Ryan Neinstein, our lips are made up of blood vessels, which get dilated during kissing. “The blood is then directed towards the face and away from the rest of the body,” he says. “So the demand on the heart goes down resulting in lower blood pressure.”
Also, remember that fact about cortisol? When cortisol levels are lower, so is your blood pressure. “The more you kiss, the more your heart races, and the more your blood flows ultimately reducing high blood pressure,” says Dr. Neinstein.
Another reason to kiss as much as possible: Its increased blood flow to the face can stimulate collagen production and contribute to anti-aging. “The higher blood flow increases the number of small blood vessels helping to nourish the machinery of the skin,” Dr. Neinstein says.
It also stimulates the production of collagen and elastin, which is the substance “that beautiful skin is made of.”
“In order to move your lips, your whole face has to get involved, which increases elasticity,” he adds. “Have you seen face yoga, or facercises? There are yogis, estheticians and dermatologists training women to do exercises for their face to stimulate collagen and reduce the need for a face lift. Passionate kissing can lead to firming the face, especially the bottom half of the face.”
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