Let’s talk fading and preventing fine lines and wrinkles! Botox is a popular option that people often choose to smooth and treat lines in their face and neck. But some of us aren’t ready for or don’t ever plan on getting injectables (hi, me 👋🏼 ). As an esthetician, I like to know all my skincare treatment options and educate my clients as well. I really like these wrinkle removing and age preventing alternatives to Botox because they really improve your overall skin health, which is the ultimate goal.

scrub me secret: I love combining the different age-preventing treatments that I’m listing below to give my skin and my client’s skin the most plumping and smoothing benefits. Like gua sha + peptide serums + red light therapy = super smooth and plump skin.

scrub me secret: I really love to add red LED light therapy to an anti-aging facial treatment. Many of my facials end with 10min of red LED light.

scrub me secret: If you do have botox, or end up deciding to get botox (zero judgment btw) a peptide serum can help prolong the effects of it! It will help keep your skin smooth and wrinkle free for longer.

scrub me secret: My at-home skincare routine typically includes gua sha massage 1-2x a week. I fit it into my routine in the evening after work or late morning if I have the day off. It’s really helpful for preventing wrinkles and fading away small ones that sometimes start to appear. At this current moment, I’m trying gua sha facial massage every day, for 30 days to see what kind of results I get.

scrub me secret: when I was 27 I had a series of 4 microchanneling sessions. I got treatments once a month, for 4 months. I think this really helped plump and preserve my skin so it could stay wrinkles free for longer. I’m 32 now and I’ve been able to maintain wrinkle-free skin over time with gua sha, skincare, and red LED therapy. I’m thinking I’m due for more microchanneling sessions soon, I would love to rejuvenate and give myself a little more firmness.

I never like to recommend skincare products or treatments that I do not have a lot of experience with or a lot of knowledge on. Each anti-aging treatment I have listed here I am very well versed in and have had many years of experience with. I’ve been able to see age-fighting and fine line fighting results for both myself and my clients with each one of these treatments; that’s why I can confidently recommend them. Laser therapy is one area of the esthetics that I am not very experienced with but updates and improvements that have been made to laser technology in the past few years really have me interested to dive deeper. I believe that certain laser treatments could also be a good alternative to botox for treating lines and wrinkles. The learning never stops, even for me! I’ll report back with more info on laser in a future scrub-me-secrets post.