While face taping may currently be all the rage on social media, the practice of using tape to smooth wrinkles has been around since long before the Internet era.
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You’ve probably seen countless videos of beauty influencers on social media wearing strips of colored tape on their faces in order to achieve a “natural botox” effect. While face taping may currently be all the rage on social media, the practice has actually been around since long before the Internet era. In fact, the first and best-known facial taping product, Frownies, was developed all the way back in 1889. Nearly a century later, Dr. Kenzo Kase expanded on the idea with Kinesiology Taping, also known as Neuromuscular Taping.
Face taping is non-invasive, convenient, affordable, and very easy to do. But does it really work for smoothing wrinkles? Read on for all the details.
