The Secret to Beautiful Hands!

The hands are constantly exposed to harsh conditions that are tough on the skin, including such things as sunlight, chemicals, and extreme temperatures. These environmental factors increase the risk of damage to the skin on your hands. As if that weren’t enough, by the age of thirty, skin cell production decreases by 10%, which means that the damaged skin on the hands will take longer to repair itself. It is for these reasons that many people see the first signs of aging on the tops of their hands where the skin is thin.

What Happens As Hands Age:

  • Wrinkles and loose skin start to appear as the collagen and elastin in the skin diminishes.
  • Hands lose the plumpness and surface veins often become more prominent.
  • The skin becomes dryer as oil production slows down.
  • Brown spots, commonly known as liver or age spots, appear.

What You Can Do At Home:

To counteract the aging effects, use skincare products that are specially designed to fight the signs of aging and protect against further skin damage. The following home care regimen, using SkinMedica products, is specially designed to counteract aging on hands.

  1. Gently cleanse your hands using Sensitive Skin Cleanser
  2. Exfoliate your hands regularly using 15% AHA/BHA cream to treat rough texture.
  3. Apply Epiquin skin lightening cream to treat brown spots.
  4. Use Ceratopic Replenishing Lotion for deep hydration.
  5. Put on Environmental Defense sunscreen SPF 30+ to protect against skin damage.

What Your Skin care Professional Can Do:

The best way to counteract the effects of aging on your hands is to seek skin rejuvenation treatments such as the Fraxel Laser.

The Fraxel Laser uses a pinpoint laser system to precisely treat thousands of microscopic areas of skin. It eliminates old, damaged skin cells and stimulates the body’s own natural healing process to replace the damaged skin with new fresh and healthy skin. It is recommended that patients receive 4-5 treatments in order to achieve maximum results.

If you are interested in learning more about the above-mentioned treatment options, please give our office a call and schedule your complimentary consultation today!