The “repetitive beating that your face is taking” from this popular exercise can lead to a 'gaunt, old' look this doctor says.
Another reason Imber cites for the “gaunt, old” face is the loss of facial volume. Long-distance runners are thin to begin with and everyone loses face volume as they age, which can be more pronounced with extreme exercise, he says.
Dr. Boris Paskhover, a facial plastics and reconstructive surgeon at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, says he doesn’t disagree. “If you’re doing all this super high intensity aerobic exercise, you’re going to lose body fat everywhere. And if you lose body fat in your face, well then you’re going to have that gaunt, thinned-out look,” Paskhover tells TODAY.com.
But there’s no objective clinical evidence proving either that or the notion that bouncing while running ages the skin by stretching it, he says. Paskhover calls the video “commentary than anything else.”He recommends exercise that minimizes the impact on joints and soft tissue such as riding on a stationary bicycle or using a stair machine.
But long-distance running may be both good and bad for the heart. Marathon runners show small markers of myocardial damage such as
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