Protect The Skin Around Your Hands Like Your Face
Too many times people dedicate themselves to the quest for younger skin for their face. It is an old gossip’s saying that if you want to tell the real age of a person, check their hands. Ropey veins, dry or flaky skin, liver or age spots can all betray the age and put a lie to a young looking face. Your hands do not have to be a giveaway for your real age however – they just need care and attention like you give to your face. Proper cleansing, exfoliation and moisturizing can go a long way towards giving you young looking hands – hands that won’t give away your secrets.
I found great skincare advice for my hands on DermTV.com. The three key areas that affect the way your hands look are the same as those that affect your face – Contour, Color and Texture. Basically, younger skin is plumper, has an even tone and color, and is smooth textured. As we age we lose fat from the backs of our hands, causing the veins to become prominent and ropey. We may develop age spots, uneven pigmentation or even dry, flakey skin. According to Dr Schultz these affects can be reversed by proper care including exfoliation, moisturizing and, if necessary, plumping agents to restore younger looking hands.
Color can be controlled though the use of a bleaching product over a series of weeks, or in just a few days with laser removal. Proper exfoliation is critical to healthy skin and should be followed up with a good intensive moisturizer. With these efforts you will restore younger skin and renew the looks of your hands. If however, you have lost the fat from the backs of your hands and have too prominent veins, you will need to take more intensive action. You can have your own fat injected, or choose a filler such as Restylane or Cosmoderm.
It is not enough to have younger skin on your face and neck, if you truly want to keep you real age a secret you must treat your hands as well. Proper care including exfoliation, moisturizing and, if necessary, plumping agents will restore younger looking hands and allow you to be as coy as you wish to be. Let them check your hands – they will be sure to guess your real age as 10 to 15 years younger and that is perfect.
