In your 40s or 50s, signs of aging can start to appear with discoloration and age spots. If you have a lifestyle that exposes to you a lot of sun (like golfing or sailing) your hands can begin to show signs of aging even earlier. You can also experience volume loss in your hands in your 50s and 60s . When you lose volume, your veins and tendons start to protrude. Here are some pointers on what you can do to keep your hands looking youthful. There are a number of things we offer to improve aging hands:
1. Your first line of defense: Manage sun exposure. Use a broadband and physical based sunscreens which have zinc. Zinc is a physical ingredient, covers both UVA and UVB and is a reflector.
2. Topicals Can Offer Improvement/Prevention. For younger women starting to show signs of aging, topical creams containing AHA’s, antioxidants, hydroquinone, vitamin As, cannot completely reverse signs but can offer improvements. At MD Aesthetics, we provide a lactic acid body toner and mix it with Vitamin A oil. This mixture is ideal to treat aging skin and sun damage on the body.
3. Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) are common treatment to treat sun damage on the face and décolleté. This same treatment can be done on hands. A broad brand light laser can lift sun damage and bring it to the surface of the skin. The spots go darker for about 5 days and as you clean your hands over a period of a week, the spots start to shed. A course of 1 to 3 treatments, 3 weeks apart are usually recommended to lift sun damage. You cannot have this treatment if you have a tan on your hands. Most clients wait for the fall or winter to do this treatment.
4. Hyaluronic Fillers used to restore volume loss in the face or enhance lips are also used to restore volume in hands. Adding filler into your hands can reduce the appearance of veins and tendons allowing a smoother more youthful look. Two treatments are planned, 1 month apart. The cost includes both treatments. The results are instant and usually lasts for several years.