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Some days, looking in the mirror, something just bothers you.
It feels like there are more spots.
The firmness of your cheeks isn’t what it was.
Your jawline has started to look a little soft.
You keep up your skincare.
You even use an expensive toner.
But somehow, it feels like it isn’t keeping up.
Muscle works for your skin, too
Recent research has been revealing that moving your muscles has a direct effect on the skin.
When you use your muscles, a substance called “myonectin” is released.
It travels through the bloodstream to the skin, where it works to suppress the production of melanin, the source of dark spots.
That is the mechanism behind the tendency for people with more muscle mass to have fewer spots on their faces.
It has also been reported that strength training has the effect of thickening the skin’s “dermis.”
As the dermis thickens, collagen increases, making it easier for the skin to keep its elasticity and firmness. This also helps prevent sagging and wrinkles.
It wasn’t just about sweating it out, a detox.
Moving your body was changing your skin at the cellular level.
👉 Applying it wasn’t enough. — Let’s talk about cells.
Aerobic exercise clears away dullness
Aerobic exercise such as walking widens the capillaries and promotes blood flow throughout the body.
As oxygen and nutrients reach the skin cells, your complexion improves, which also helps reduce dullness.
It has also been confirmed that keeping it up regularly raises the skin’s moisture levels.
If the days of “I just look a bit pale” keep coming, it may not be a skin problem but a circulation problem.
Skincare works from the outside. Exercise works from within.
When we think of beauty, we tend to picture cosmetics.
Of course, they matter.
But skin is part of the body.
Circulation, muscle, sleep, nutrition — all of it connects to the skin.
However expensive the serum, if the body is worn out inside, there are limits.
That is why, lately, people have come to think of “exercise as part of beauty.”
It doesn’t have to be intense.
Simply having a habit of moving your body at an intensity you can keep up — that alone does have an effect on the skin.
👉 Billiards turns out to be a sport that makes you beautiful from within.
That night
After work, I stopped by a place with a friend.
Laughing, we hit balls, walked around the table, and hit again.
I hadn’t come to exercise.
I hadn’t come for beauty, either.
We were only having fun, but before I knew it I had worked up a light sweat.
Making an effort for your skin is surprisingly hard.
But if your body is moving as a result of keeping up something you enjoy — maybe that, too, is a fine beauty habit.
Why not make billiards your next beauty habit?
👉 Your face today was decided last night.
👉 Billiards turns out to be a sport that makes you beautiful from within.
👉 See the Yokohama Billiard Hall Guide
References
- Nishikori, S. et al. (2023). Resistance training rejuvenates aging skin by reducing circulating inflammatory factors and enhancing dermal extracellular matrices. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 10214. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-37207-9
- Oizumi, R., Sugimoto, Y. & Aibara, H. (2024). The Potential of Exercise on Lifestyle and Skin Function: Narrative Review. JMIR Dermatology, 7, e51962. doi:10.2196/51962
- POLA Chemical Industries, Inc. (2018). [The secret of a beautiful-skin constitution: muscle found to hold the “key”] (news release in Japanese, September 25, 2018). Published in Nihon Keizai Shimbun
- POLA Chemical Industries, Inc. (2021). [Extract discovered that acts on muscle cells to increase “myonectin”] (news release in Japanese, November 30, 2021). Published on PR TIMES
