Antiaging therapy is a new, revolutionary idea. There was a time when the medical profession treated aging as an inevitability of life, like death and taxes. Doctors who explored ways of slowing the aging process down were thought of as “quacks,” and little thought was given to trying to reduce the symptoms of aging or the causes of those symptoms. Plastic surgery was virtually the only remedy for individuals who didn’t want to look or feel old.

Baby Boomers – Driving the Antiaging Therapy Trend

Fortunately for all of us, those days are gone. Today, the health care and beauty industries devote extensive resources to the field of anti aging. The populous baby boomer generation is affluent and well educated; they demand medical care, products, and treatments that will permit them to lead active, healthy lives well into their 80s and 90s.

Here are some recent advances in the field of antiaging therapy.

There is more awareness of the role of nutrition on aging, and how an antiaging diet can prolong life and improve health.

There is development of supplements and proteins that replace nutrients that may have been depleted over time as a result of the aging process.

The identification of genes that make certain individuals genetically predisposed to disease, allows possible treatment for high-risk patients.

New drugs have also been developed to combat diseases like diabetes and heart disease, which were once considered the inevitable fate of the aged.

Advances in Cosmetic Surgery

Even the most traditional antiaging therapy, plastic surgery, has evolved. Besides the well-known face lift, brow lift, and eye lift, facial treatments that are part medical and part spa treatment have been developed to keep faces looking younger longer.

Botox injections can help prevent wrinkles from forming.

Micro-dermabrasion treatments remove the outer, aged layer of facial skin, leaving a smooth, rejuvenated layer that glows with the appearance of good health.

Electric stimulation treatments massage the deep tissues of the face, redistributing the fluids beneath the skin, toning the muscles and firming the skin.

Anti-aging laser treatments are yet another antiaging therapy that can take ten years off the skin without injections, surgery or chemicals. Laser treatment resurfaces the skin and reduces wrinkles, fine lines, large pores, and the effects of rosacea, a skin disorder that produces broken capillaries and ages the appearance of the skin. Pulsed light therapy reduces the aged appearance of the skin by treating sun spots and freckles.

Many spas offer combination facial antiaging therapy treatments that combine the benefits of several treatments in one convenient package. One spa, for example, offers a package of five pulsed light therapy facials, five laser skin rejuvenation treatments, and one anti aging skin care kit for home use.

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