As we age, our faces will start to show signs like sagging skin, mottled skin tone, spidery veins, age spots, and wrinkles and fine lines. The purpose of anti-aging treatments is to fight these changes off as long as we can.

The most common anti-aging treatments focus on the face, and it’s fairly common to get a non-surgical face lift that will lift your face and tighten it without a surgical incursion, and there are other treatments that will help you get rid of blemishes and give your skin energy.

In addition, many treatments are out there that will help you shape up your leg, chest and neck areas. Even the hands are getting more and more popular, because they are a telltale sign of age, even if your face has gotten multiple treatments.

Body treatments often utilize the same innovations as facial ones (except for SmartLipo and liposuction), but the specific equipment involved tends to be specialized to particular parts of the body.

So you want anti-aging treatments? The spectrum of possibilities is overwhelming; the purpose of this article is to give you a summary of the non-surgical ways you can fight the aging process.

You need to know this, though – just because a procedure does not involve surgery does not mean that it won’t hurt. A lot of the treatments for aging knock you down for a while and will give you severe pain or discomfort. “Ablative” treatments are particularly notorious, as they use some sort of agent (chemicals, nitrogen or laser are common) but the treated skin may fall off.

Do you need to get an anti-aging treatment at all? Check out these concepts for anyone interested in avoiding aging. If not, you need to start the following:

* Eat healthy and exercise regularly.
* Stop smoking, drink alcohol only moderately, and sun yourself moderately.
* Add anti-aging skin care products to your preparations each morning.

If you can take these steps, your looks should improve quickly and should help any subsequent treating programs go well.

But what if you want to do more? Research is crucial, as every manufacturer worth his salt will market his product vigorously. Check out third-party reviews to find out the truth about any product or treatment you might be considering.

Here is a quick look at the ten most popular anti-aging treatments out there:

1. LED light therapy takes Light-Emitting Diodes and shines them on skin to help the rejuvenation of non-ablative skin, and to build up collagen in general as time goes by.
2. Chemical peels take different acids and apply them to the skin so that new cells grow, and the surface of the skin rejuvenates. TCA and Phenol peels are two of the most popular varieties. TCA takes medium peels, while Phenol is deeper, removing the first layer of skin.
3. Laser skin resurfacing takes CO2 and Erbium lasers to remove the top layer and let the skin beneath come in and rejuvenate the area. There is a lot of down time and discomfort associated with this process.
4. Laser skin tightening and rejuvenation lasers include non-ablative infrared systems that have been shown to tighten skin and get rid of blemishes. CoolTouch, NdYAG, IPL and Q-switching lasers are four of the more popular ones. This treatments helps get rid of facial veins and broken capillaries, and the Q-switching ones are great for age spot.
5. Skin resculpting and tightening takes radio frequency technology and helps it get to the face and body. Companies already out there were Thermage, Polaris, Refirme and ThermaCool.
6. GFX or No-Tox? This radio frequency blocks out the nerves associated with lines.
7. Dermal fillers take the wrinkles in your face and add bulk to the area, pressing out your facial wrinkles. The most innovative fillers include NASHA (non animal sourced hyaluronic acid). The most commonly purchased brands are Radiesse, Restylane, Captique, Juvederm and Perlane.
8. Injections that relax wrinkles, like Botox and Dysport, only work on motion lines, and you’ll get the best results from a doctor who is combining dermal fillers with Botox. Watch out for diluted Botox injections that come with a cheap price tag – long-term effects like permanently weak muscles in the face or wrinkle lines that reappear are two concerns.
9. Dermabrasion and microdermabrasion take deep exfoliation and use it to resurface the skin. Dermabrasion is sort of like taking sandpaper to the skin, and you will be out of work for a while afterward. However, microdermabrasion and laser treatments are becoming more popular, but they don’t work on the deepest wrinkles.
10. Plasma skin resurfacing applies nitrogen to the skin to give it energy. Rhytec’s Portrait Plasma is the most common brand available out there. It promises less downtime and damage than other ideas to resurface the skin, but there are also many negative reviews online.

The bottom line? Do your own research and read your own reviews before choosing an anti-aging skin treatment.