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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

6 Anti-Aging Tips for Your Hands Brandith Irwin, MD

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By Brandith Irwin, MD (http://www.webmd.com/brandith-irwin)
irwin)
Brandith Irwin, MD, is a board
certied dermatologist and
founder of Madison Skin &
Laser Center in Seattle, Washington. She is
also Co-Founder of SkinTour.com
(http://www.skintour.com/) a website
focused on accurate consumer education on
nonsurgical, aesthetic procedures and
products. Through her books and website,
Dr. Irwin is dedicated to educating people
about skin care in the context of a global
conversation about beauty, self-esteem and
inclusiveness.

Topics
You probably have anti-aging products and strategies for your face but what about your
hands? They age, too! Like our faces, they are susceptible to sun damage, environmental Anti-aging (/healthy-skin/category/anti-
insults like soaps and hand sanitizers, and just everyday wear and tear. And since we need aging-2)
our hands to do almost everything, they tend to look older than our faces.
Conditions (/healthy-
Here are a few of the challenges that our hands face (and ways you can help):
skin/category/conditions)
Problem: Hands get washed countless times during the day long, whichhas a drying effect
on the skin which, of course,contributes to wrinkling. Prevention (/healthy-
skin/category/prevention-2)
What to do?

Try to apply moisturizer to your hands after every exposure to water.Use something Products (/healthy-
fairly thick a cream not a lotion. skin/category/products-2)

Also, use products similar to the ones you use on your face on your hands: an
Treatments (/healthy-
antioxidant in the morning under sunscreen and a gentle retinol or tretinoin at night.
skin/category/treatments-2)
Problem: Hands get a lot of sun,which destroys the already-thin skin. Its all that sun
exposure, not aging, that causes most of yourbrown spots. Sun exposure also reduces skin
thickness, collagen, and elasticity.

What to do?

Reapply sunscreen as much as you can.

Hands get a surprising amount (http://blogs.webmd.com/healthy-skin/2016/05/are-
you-getting-sneaky-sun-damage.html) of sun while driving because UVA goes
 through car window glass, souse driving gloves to cover the backs of the hands. Im a
fan of the Bloxsun gloves (https://www.bloxsun.com/) they are easy to get on and
off, can be washed, leave your ngertips free and have a slight grip for the wheel.
For damage already done, consider corrective treatments like IPL/photorejuvenation
or Fraxel Dual. IPL (intense pulsed light)is the rst choice because it doesnt break the
skin at all, and you can use your hands right afterwards for normal activities. The
Fraxel Dual requires special care for your hands for a few days but also targets brown
spots. It builds collagen more than the IPL.

Problem: Hands lose fat as we age. And when it comes to our hands, losing fat is not a good
thing: the fat in your hands acts as cushioning around your veins, making them look less
prominent. So, less fat means more visible veins.

What to do?

Try using Juvederm or Restylane for volume to plump the skin on the back of your
hands and camouage the veins.

With great basic care and a preventive approach, there is no need for hands to age faster
than your face. Investing even a little time in your skin now will really pay off in the future.

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