Acupuncture FaceliftThere's nothing wrong with trying to look younger. But if the effort has you frustrated, we may have a new solution, one now available in Wichita for the first time. 60 year old Judy Weber is about to get a facelift. It sounds like surgery, but she'll never see a knife. There's no operating room, just a comfy bed, an acupuncturist and lots of quiet.

It's basically a facelift through acupuncture. My Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture is brand new in Wichita. It promises some pretty incredible things: reduction of wrinkles, erasing of fine lines. It's also supposed to firm those bags under your eyes, reduce sagging, droopy eyelids, reduce age spots and basically lift your face. How does it happen? Some thread fine acupuncture needles stimulate a few things. Acupuncturist Jackie Keefer says the needles will help send blood and energy to the face which will help fill out those fine lines. It increases collagen production that helps with the fine lines and dull sagging skin.

Unlike plastic surgery, there's no recovery time, no health risks and it's not going to give you that pulled back fake look sometimes associated with plastic surgery. It takes about 15 minutes to put the needles in to place. The procedure is virtually pain-free.

5 weeks later, Judy has had 2 treatments a week for a total of 10 treatments. She feels like there's a definite improvement in the way she looks. The fine lines have smoothed out and the deep crevasse near her jaw has almost disappeared.

The treatment is not just for faces. Jackie just did her first abdominal cosmetic acupuncture. Her client lost two and a half inches.

Obviously, cosmetic surgery isn't as drastic as plastic surgery, but Judy says she looks five years younger than she did five weeks ago. She expects to have a few more sessions and expects to have even more dramatic results. The price is less than a quarter of the price of a plastic surgery facelift: around $1,300.

For more information you can call Innerworks Holistic Health Center at 946-0990.