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Integrated Cranial Training (ICT) with an aesthetic focus
My notes, reflections, and applied practice
Lets start.
The Face as a Mirror of Physiology
The skull and the face tell stories. A patient who clenches their jaw at night wakes up with a wide, swollen, and hard face. Those who spend their time hunched over a computer develop a double chin, even if they're not overweight. Those who sleep poorly and don't drain well appear with dark circles under their eyes and dull skin.
OFC, all of this has a base:
Clinical Observations on Aesthetics and ICT
(Part mostly produced by my brother)
"I've seen aesthetic transformations in patients who didn't even come looking for that."
Exercises and techniques with aesthetic intent
Here I summarize the ones I use and recommend most when the goal is to look better as well as feel better:
1. Craniofacial expansion (for the eyes and forehead)
Thoughts
ICT with aesthetic intent is not superficial. It involves working on the skull, fascia, posture, and breathing so that internal health is reflected externally.
People often look for creams, fillers, and tricks. I'm not saying they're wrong, but the real basis for a fresh face, a defined jawline, and a slender neck is a body that functions well. ICT achieves just that: it unblocks what was rigid, drains what was stagnant, and oxygenates what was dull.
Appearance improves because physiology improves.
My notes, reflections, and applied practice
Although this is something I have been studying, I am not a qualified professional and I am not responsible for collateral damage or misuse of this guide.
Beyond Therapy, Appearance
I want to start with something I always repeat to everyone: when the body is healthy, the face shows it.
For years, my brother (a therapist) saw patients for migraines, dizziness, bruxism, vertigo... and often, unexpectedly, after a few weeks they would tell him: "They tell me I look better," "I look less tired," "I don't see dark circles under my eyes anymore."
At first, I took it as a coincidence, but over the years I've confirmed that it isn't: the aesthetic improvement is a direct consequence of ICT.
ICT releases tension, activates drainage, oxygenates tissues, and regulates nerves. And this is noticeable inside and out. It's not a quick cosmetic: it's health that is reflected in the face, in the posture, in the eyes, in the skin.
I want to start with something I always repeat to everyone: when the body is healthy, the face shows it.
For years, my brother (a therapist) saw patients for migraines, dizziness, bruxism, vertigo... and often, unexpectedly, after a few weeks they would tell him: "They tell me I look better," "I look less tired," "I don't see dark circles under my eyes anymore."
At first, I took it as a coincidence, but over the years I've confirmed that it isn't: the aesthetic improvement is a direct consequence of ICT.
ICT releases tension, activates drainage, oxygenates tissues, and regulates nerves. And this is noticeable inside and out. It's not a quick cosmetic: it's health that is reflected in the face, in the posture, in the eyes, in the skin.
The Face as a Mirror of Physiology
The skull and the face tell stories. A patient who clenches their jaw at night wakes up with a wide, swollen, and hard face. Those who spend their time hunched over a computer develop a double chin, even if they're not overweight. Those who sleep poorly and don't drain well appear with dark circles under their eyes and dull skin.
OFC, all of this has a base:
- The cranial venous and lymphatic system regulates fluids - bags or clear eyes.
- Oxygenation and circulation determine the color and brightness of the skin.
- Myofascial tension changes the expression: hard, aged, or relaxed, youthful.
- Craniocervical posture alters the profile: a long neck and a defined jaw, or a short neck and a double chin.
Clinical Observations on Aesthetics and ICT
(Part mostly produced by my brother)
"I've seen aesthetic transformations in patients who didn't even come looking for that."
- A 42-year-old woman with migraines. After 6 sessions, the pain subsided, but what surprised her most was that her colleagues asked her if she had slept more hours. Her face looked fresher, without swelling.
- A young man with bruxism. After working on his jaw and teaching him exercises, his face became slimmer, his jawline no longer looked so wide, and the angle became more defined.
- Office workers with a protruding neckline who changed their profile in 2 months of work: their neck lengthened, their double chin disappeared.
Exercises and techniques with aesthetic intent
Here I summarize the ones I use and recommend most when the goal is to look better as well as feel better:
1. Craniofacial expansion (for the eyes and forehead)
- How: lying down, hands on your temples, inhale while imagining your skull expanding.
- Feeling: opening in the forehead and eyes, relief of pressure.
- Visible effect: more awake eyes, reduced bags, less heavy face.
- How: massage the jaw angle in circles, then open your mouth slowly.
- Feeling: tension at the beginning, relief when releasing.
- Visible effect: more defined jawline, reduction of wide face due to hypertensive masseters.
- How: head straight, look up without moving your neck, chin slightly retracted.
- Sensation: tension behind the eyes that is released when you relax.
- Visible effect: more open gaze, less drooping eyelids.
- How: sitting, imagine a thread pulling on the crown of your head, retract your chin.
- Sensation: elongated neck, freer breathing.
- Visible effect: harmonious profile, disappearance of postural double chin.
- How: lying down, hands on the occipital bone, expand the skull and chest as you inhale, release as you exhale.
- Sensation: calm, even sleepy.
- Visible effect: more luminous skin, rejuvenated face, soft expression.
- Weeks 1–2: basic drainage exercises (craniofacial expansion, cranial breathing).
- Weeks 3–4: add jaw and neck (LME + cervical-cranial stylization).
- Weeks 5–6: eye exercises and combination with deep breathing.
- Weeks 7–8: complete routine, 15 minutes daily, integrating all exercises.
Thoughts
ICT with aesthetic intent is not superficial. It involves working on the skull, fascia, posture, and breathing so that internal health is reflected externally.
People often look for creams, fillers, and tricks. I'm not saying they're wrong, but the real basis for a fresh face, a defined jawline, and a slender neck is a body that functions well. ICT achieves just that: it unblocks what was rigid, drains what was stagnant, and oxygenates what was dull.
Appearance improves because physiology improves.
