Anti-ageing

Anti-ageing hypnotherapy, which is already well-established in America, is becoming increasingly popular in the UK. By encouraging lifestyle changes and teaching stress-reduction techniques you can be helped to look and feel years younger than your biological age.

After taking a detailed case history of your diet, alcohol intake, exercise habits, leisure activities, sun exposure and whether you smoke or not, you'll be helped to go into a trance, during which you'll be taught self-hypnosis. You'll then be given suggestions to start doing all the things you know will help you have younger-looking skin, along with suggestions that'll help to boost your immune system and enable you to de-stress and feel more relaxed.

Lisa Jackson's work was featured in the February 2008 issue of Zest magazine.

ANTI-AGEING HYPNOTHERAPY
WHAT IS IT? The treatment involves using hypnosis to reduce your stress levels and alter behaviour that may cause premature ageing.

WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE? First, the therapist asks about your diet and lifestyle, so that she can establish if you do anything that could be prematurely ageing you. Next, she helps you go into a trance before teaching you self-hypnosis (you're meant to do up to 20 minutes twice daily at home), which is surprisingly easy to pick up. Then the hypnotherapist implants skin-enhancing habits, such as wearing an SPF daily, drinking less alcohol and eating antioxidant-rich foods. She then asks you to imagine a number of scenarios, from tiny antioxidant soldiers combating your free radicals, to seeing yourself with your skin looking its best. At the end, you wake feeling relaxed and refreshed. A minimum of three sessions is recommended.

WHO'S IT GOOD FOR? Best for those who have unhealthy habits that need breaking or a hectic life, as stress is a major contributing factor to the ageing process and hypnosis is extremely relaxing.

DOES IT WORK? 'This is a lovely treatment but you have to do self-hypnosis to permanently change your habits, and that takes discipline.'

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