5 Strange but Effective Ways to Look Younger Without Surgery

How far are you willing to go to look younger? When the fountain of youth comes in the form of bird droppings and snail gel, you might just need to adjust your daily beauty routine. While it's impossible to reverse the signs of aging completely, there are some ways to rejuvenate and revitalize skin cells and improve your body, Here are five strange but effective ways to look younger:

Bird Droppings With a Purpose
Clear up your complexion with nightingale droppings. The Ten Thousand Waves Spa in Santa Fe, NM is the exclusive importer of nightingale droppings, and this is a geisha beauty secret that is starting to make waves in the western world. The droppings are dried and sanitized with UV light before being turned into a fine powder; they're then used as a mask to cleanse and rejuvenate dull, tired, and aging skin. A deluxe nightingale facial at this spa costs $144 for 85 minutes and may just help you look younger - and a little more courageous.

Sniff Grapefruit
The Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago aims to make sense of common scents, analyzing why and how different scents trigger emotions, attitudes, and feelings. In this article, WebMD.com reports that the center found women to lose about six years simply by smelling pink grapefruit. The aroma can be uplifting and instantly provide a boost in mood - essential for looking younger.

Snail Gel For the Face
Snail gel is used to eliminate wrinkles, heal scars, restore broken skin, and even fight acne. A 4 oz. jar costs about $50 online, and the ingredients list reveals Vitamin E, helix aspsersa (snail extract), and allontoin as the magical formula. The secretions of the snail contain glycolic acid that can help remove old skin cells to make you look younger. And you thought snails on a restaurant menu was extreme.

Caviar for the Skin
For $300 a pot, you can apply a rich, hydrating, caviar-infused moisturizer to skin to help smooth out fine lines and wrinkles, and instantly give your face a quick makeover. Skin Caviar Luxe Cream is made by La Prairie in Switzerland; if that's too far out of your beauty budget, you could try a caviar facial instead. Euphoria Salon in Charlotte, North Carolina offers a 75-minute 'Ultimate Caviar Facial' for $135 to repair and rejuvenate skin.

Facial Yoga and Weightlifting
Facial yoga helps to strengthen, tone, and tighten those facial muscles so they appear more youthful. Pick up a few of these face poses from the Gaiam community to get started. When you're ready for a total body overhaul, hit the dumbbells. More muscle mass will not only get you in tip-top shape, but it will also make you look leaner, stronger, and more resilient. Toned arms and legs in particular can make you look years younger, so jump into a weight lifting program as soon as you can.

From caviar facials to enjoying the 'gifts' of the nightingale, there are plenty of ways to look younger without surgery. Take your pick of any or all of these strange but effective ways to play in the fountain of youth.