Hands

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.

Your first line of defense: Manage sun exposure
Use a broadband sunscreen like MD Elta which has zinc. Zinc is a physical product, covers both UVA and UVB and is a reflector. If you are a very active outdoors, keep sunscreen where it is accessible (in your car, golf bag, boat, at the cottage). Damaging rays can also travel through your car window, so make sure you have sunscreen on your hands while driving. Wear gloves when doing yard work or playing outdoor sports. Golfers should consider wearing a glove on each hand to cover the back of the hands.

Intense Pulsed Light Lasers 
Photofacials 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.

Regenerative Injection Treatment

Specialized hyper-dilute calcium hydroxylapetite to resinjected just under the skin can cause regeneration through the bio-stimulation of specialized cells which produce new collagen, elastin, proteoglycan and angioneogenesis. This improves overall skin quality including thickness, texture, tone, elasticity, hydration, luminosity and nourishment. 

Disclaimer: Similar and/or permanent results are not guaranteed based on the treatment/procedure and may vary from patient to patient, based on multiple factors, including genetics and lifestyle of each patient.  Read Full Disclaimer