We always value the face to look younger and vibrant, while the hands are also important as well as the face, are usually neglected. It’s always observing that signs of aging appear first. With aging, the skin of hands thins, loses volume, and becomes more sensitive to environmental damages, such as sunlight and cold weather. So it is very important to take care of our hands as well as our face in our skin care routine. Hand rejuvenation treatment is an effective solution of this problem, provide smoother, younger hands by solving issues like wrinkles, pigmentation and volume loss. With the same care and attention to hands as our face, we can sustain a younger and vibrant appearance overall.
What is Hand Rejuvenation?
Hand rejuvenation is a series of cosmetic procedures to restore the younger appearance of hands by solving the visible signs of aging. With age, the skin of hands becomes thinner, loses volume, wrinkles, prominent veins, aging spots, and other flaws appear. This treatment is the best solution for these concerns, through multiple methods, such as dermal fillers to restore volume, laser treatments for pigmentation and sun damage, chemical peels for skin contour, and fat grafting of skin. These all treatments are meaningful for specific concerns, helping to maintain smoother, younger-looking hands.
The Causes of Hand Aging
Before the awareness of treatments, it’s important to know about the causes behind the hand aging.
Loss of Collagen and Elastin
The collagen and elastin proteins liable for maintaining the skin structure and flexibility, decreasing with age, may cause the thinner and fragile skin that is exposed wrinkles and sagging.
Sun Exposure
Sunlight can damage the skin cells and cause pigmentation changes, aging spots, wrinkles and sun spots. Gradually it provides premature aging of skin.
Dehydration
Moisture of skin reduces with aging, causing dryness and cracking. This dryness may evolve the fine lines and rough texture to the appearance of aging.
Volume Loss
As we age, just like the face, hands also lose their volume. The fatty tissues below the skin thins, heading to prominent veins, tissues, and bones. These hands look skeletal and older.
Environmental Factors
Environmental factors are very important for skin, harsh chemicals, cold weather, and pollution can damage the skin, which may cause roughness and dullness.
Repetitive Movements
Routine activities can affect our skin, such as typing, cooking, washing, carrying weight, and many others like this can stress the skin on our hands. Eventually it may cause wrinkles and signs of aging.
Hand Rejuvenation Treatments
There are multiple ranges of hand rejuvenation treatments available to clash the sign of aging. These treatments range from non-surgical procedures to surgical procedures. Here are some most common treatments.
Non-Surgical Procedures
There are many non-surgical procedures available for rejuvenation treatment. With an expert’s consultancy specific procedure for specific concern of skin can be recommended. Here are some non-surgical techniques.
1. Skincare for Hands
The treatment can start from skincare routine, like face care, moisturizers, serums, and sunscreens, hands worthy of the same attention.
Moisturization: Daily moisturize the skin with rich hand cream that contains nourishing ingredients and vitamin E. This may help with moisture and softness to skin.
Exfoliation: Exfoliating once a week can help to remove dead skin cells, creating brightness and smoothness on hands. By using tender scrub containing sugar, salt and enzymes to discard dead skin.
Sunscreen: By using sunscreen to the back of hands, protecting from sun damage. Always choose a comprehensive sunscreen which contains SPF (Sun Protection Factor).
Overnight Treatment: For moisturizing the skin, using a hand mask or thick moisturizer at night. For better results cotton gloves supporting the product absorb better while sleeping.
2. Chemical Peels
Chemical peels are the most common non-surgical hand rejuvenation treatment that is used for removing dead skin cells, decreasing the sunspots, and upgrading the skin texture. By removal of dead skin, activating the new skin cell production, reducing the fine lines and aging spots. Uses of chemical peels depend on the patient’s skin type and condition, which is best recommended by experts.
3. Laser Treatments
Laser treatment is the most common treatment for many skin concerns, it is also valuable for hand. With the help of laser treatment by targeting particular skin layers, activating collagen and elastin production, help to grow new skin cells. This procedure makes skin younger and smoother. This treatment is usually executed in multiple sessions, it is also painless and effective treatment for the hand.
4. Micro Needling
In micro needling hand rejuvenation treatment, small needles make controlled micro-injuries in the skin. This may cause the natural healing process to increase the production of collagen and elastin. It is helpful to enhance the skin structure, decrease fine lines, and dissolve the hyper pigmentation on hands.
5. Microdermabrasion
Microdermabrasion is a non-surgical treatment; it is performed by special device to remove dead skin of the hand. It is very helpful to enhance the skin texture, decreasing fine lines, and decline the aging spots. For better results it may take multiple sessions.
6. PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) Therapy
PRP therapy is revolutionary treatment in aesthetic concerns, in this treatment using its own blood to rejuvenate the skin. In PRP therapy, a little amount of blood is pulled and treated to extract platelets, which have prosperous growth factors that boost healing and regeneration, then PRP is injected into the hands for better skin texture and volume.
Surgical Procedures
Hand rejuvenation with surgical procedures for signs of aging and skin damage. It is recommended for long lasting results. Here are some given below,
1. Dermal Fillers
Loss of volume in hands is the most common factor in the aging process, by dermal filler it can recover. Dermal filler, such as hyaluronic acid is injected into hands to restore the volume. Fillers are injected into that specific area where skin is thin and veins are visible. The result is shown quickly and lasts for several months, but is depending on the type of filler used.
2. Fat Transfer
Fat transfer is a non-surgical procedure, in this procedure harvesting fat from other parts of the body injected into the hands to restore lost volume. It reduces the appearance of thin skin, aging factor of the hand by adding volume. Because of natural fat, using it is a safe and long lasting procedure.
3. Hand Lift Surgery
Hand lift surgery is a procedure in which excess skin and fat is removed from the hand to tighten the skin of hands. This procedure is performed in severe cases, and done under anesthesia. It requires some recovery time but it has amazing results, it is more expensive than non-surgical procedures and also consulting with experts and professional surgeons.
Benefits of Hand Rejuvenation
Hand rejuvenation is the most common procedure used to improve the appearance and health of hands, it has many benefits which are listed below.
- Non-surgical treatment
- Instant and visible result.
- Quick recovery procedure.
- Restore hand volume.
- Improve blood circulation.
- Soft and smooth skin.
- Boost confidence and self-esteem.
Aftercare of Hand Rejuvenation Procedure
Here are some aftercare instructions of hand rejuvenation procedure, recommended by an expert consultant, which are very important for healthy and instant recovery. Do not take stress on hand with heavy weight. Drink water to hydrate the skin. Take prescribed medicine and hand creams. Apply sunblock before going outside.
Hand Revitalization Procedure Recovery
Treatment recovery time is depending on specific treatment; it can also vary person to person. In non-surgical procedures, it has short recovery time and minimum side effects. Which can appear as swelling, bruising, and anxiety, but it may reduce within 3 to 4 days. But in surgical treatment it may take a long recovery period, so aftercare treatment is very important which is recommended by surgeons to achieve better results and quick recovery.
Conclusion
Hand rejuvenation is one of the most common procedures of skincare treatments for the younger look of hands as well as face. As per patient requirements or concerns it may be recommended, such as skincare routine for hands, non-surgical procedures, and surgical procedure. According to treatment it may take recovery time, like for non-surgical treatment, it requires a short recovery period, while for surgical treatment it requires a long recovery period. But by following the instructions of the surgeon and aftercare treatment, it recovers fast. By this procedure, you can achieve a younger and more smooth appearance of skin. Keep in mind to always choose a skilled and experienced medical doctor, because best results depend on the expertise of the health care provider. Dr. J, M.D. is an experienced and skilled healthcare provider in hand enhancement. Dr. J is caring for people at New U Med Spa in Orlando.
