How to stop your hands from revealing your poor lifestyle and age

(MENAFN- Awareness Marketing Management) How to stop your hands from revealing your poor lifestyle and age



If the skin on your hands is ageing faster than you are, it''''''s time to stop the clock. Hand rejuvenation treatments offer fast, effective results to restore beauty and youthful look to your hands, says Dermalese Al Wasl''''''s dermatology expert





DUBAI

Do you know that your hands can snitch on you? Listen carefully. They love to reveal your secrets - your habits, indulgences, even your age. Not a word needs to pass through your lips about your lifestyle, but your hands will gladly give away all information about it.

But you can''''''''t blame them. As one of the most vulnerable areas of the body, the skin on your hands need plenty of tender loving attention. To begin with, as we age, the subcutaneous fat that gives skin its smooth, nicely plumped up look, begins to diminish. How fast the fat disappears also depends a lot on genetics. Add to that poor hand care habits, environmental damage, and the skin on your hands ends up looking sallow, spotty, patchy, even wrinkly perhaps. And those blood vessels, they become so prominent, looking like little rivers running through the hand landscape.

But all is not lost. The science of hand rejuvenation is here to help. From the use of laser procedures to injecting fillers, the rejuvenation procedures get under the skin gently and safely, to correct the problems.

Dr Fiona Cowie, GP Injector, Dermalese Al Wasl, a specialist in aesthetic dermatology, explains the many rejuvenation procedures that offer extremely satisfying results.

"Laser treatments like Super ClearLift use fractional lasers to micro-wound your skin to help boost new collagen and elastin fibers. The treatment is quick, simple and painless, with excellent results," she says.

"Pixel is a stronger version of Super ClearLift for more damaged skin and has a slightly longer downtime. Fractional Laser resurfacing acts on the surface of the skin to remove sunspots and blemishes that age the skin."

Another procedure that helps boost collagen and elastin, the two superstar proteins, is DermaPen micro needling. Here fine needles, and not laser, are used to micro-wound the skin. "We can combine this treatment with liquid hyaluronic acid, meso Botox and a cocktail of growth factors and vitamins to boost new collagen and elastin, trap moisture in the skin and tighten it," says Dr Cowie.

The famed hyaluronic acid is a great artist at work; it adds volume under the skin, padding it from beneath to make skin look plumper, more youthful, forcing all those overeager veins and tendons to lie low.



The role of fillers

Fillers are among the smart solutions in hand rejuvenation treatments. But how do you decide which filler will work for you?

That depends on the condition of the skin on the hand, according to Dr Cowie. "Your doctor will decide if the problem is loss of volume or loss of elasticity and hydration. If you have a loss of fat and thin skin, we usually use hyaluronic acid fillers under the skin to plump the area out. A thicker hyaluronic acid filler is usually best, or a long-lasting one like Radiesse can be used," she says.

If the skin on the hand lacks hydration, and needs a boost of collagen and elastin, a popular treatment is Profhilo. This treatment traps moisture in the skin and boosts the presence of superstar proteins collagen and elastin. "We can also use hyaluronic acid skin boosters which are thinner and are injected into the skin itself to purely hydrate the skin of your hands," says Dr Cowie.



How long do these procedures take?

"All these procedures are quick and simple," says Dr Cowie. "Only Pixel has some redness and mild swelling post treatment that takes a few days to resolve. The light-based laser treatments like Pixel, Super ClearLift and Fractional Resurfacing take approximately 30 minutes to do micro needling."

Hyaluronic acid fillers skin boosters and Profhilo only take a few minutes to be carried out but "we need time to apply a numbing gel before the treatment," explains Dr Cowie.

How many sessions are required? That depends on the degree of damage to the skin on the hands. "Your practitioner will advise you on the number of sessions," says Dr Cowie. "Fillers to plump hands usually only need one treatment, but Profhilo and skin booster hyaluronic acid will need two sessions a week apart," she says.



What are the post-treatment precautions?

Again, these depend on the treatment. "It is advised to avoid sun exposure for a week post treatment as the skin is sensitized. In filler treatments, you must ensure that there is no heat exposure, so the fillers don''''''''t break down

before the hyaluronic acid has a chance to merge into the skin. After that, always apply SPF every time you go out," advises Dr Cowie.



How long do the results last?

It will depend on how well you look after your hands, says Dr Cowie. "Fillers last 9-12 months, as do skin boosters after the initial treatments have been

completed. With lasers and micro needling, we usually advise a course of treatments to get the desired results, followed by a booster every six months."





BOX
Take the guilt-test

Answers yes or no to these questions.

Do you often skip wearing sunscreen on your hands?

Do you wear sunscreen on your hands when driving?

Do you forget to wear gloves while washing up or cleaning your house?

Do you skip applying hand cream after washing up?

Do you believe that hand care is not as important as face care?

If your answer is yes to even one question, you are forcing your hands to snitch on you.





Tips to flaunt beautiful hands:

1. Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize.

2.Wear SPF 50+ every time you step out. Reapply regularly.

3. Wear gloves when washing up, cleaning or gardening.

4. Exfoliate skin on your hands regularly.

5. Avoid using harsh soaps that strip skin of its natural oils.

7 Follow a skincare routine for your hands.

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