Newport Beach

The simplest treatments use professional anti-wrinkle creams, microdermabrasions or chemical peels. These are fast procedures, also called “lunch time” treatments that will offer you a younger and smoother face, but without removing deeper problems. Like that, you can have more time for shopping at the Fashion Island, a newly renovated Italian style building or take your family and share the fun of the Balboa Fun Zone or sunbathe at the Crystal Cove State Beach.

For more serious treatments, one of the multiple choices are the radiofrequency rejuvenations. These use radio waves to go into the layers of the skin and don’t burn it, like the laser ablative procedures. Thermage sends pulses of radio waves and stimulates collagen production, thus tightening and re-contouring the skin on the neck, arms, abdomen, even on post-pregnancy abdomen or to minimize the appearance of cellulite.

And after that, you can treat yourself to celebrate with a special meal at the Crab Cooker, with crab and lobster, oysters or shrimp cocktail. Or, even better, visit the Dory Fish Market and choose fresh seafood to cook the perfect dinner for your family and friends or take them out for a picnic on the Balboa Pier.

Another radiofrequency technique is Aluma, considered to be less painful than Thermage, but with similar effects. The collagen plumps and tightens the skin from facial areas (such as the jowls, forehead, and around the eyes) as well as the neck, abdomen, knees or arms.

True, you will need 4 to 6 sessions, but that’s more of a reason to return to Newport Beach and visit some of its museums (Newport Sports Museum, the Museum of Art) and even meet some of the local legendary residents, like the basketball players Kobe Bryant and Denis Rodman or the great golf champion Tiger Woods.