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"Keep Your Hands Looking Youthful"

There are many ways to prevent and fight signs of aging on your hands.

Moisturize. Don’t let your hands get dried out. Make a habit of putting on lotion regularly during the day and every time after you wash your hands. Stock up and keep a bottle of moisturizer on the sink so you never forget an application.

Protect your skin and nails. Wear cotton-lined gloves when gardening or when cleaning with harsh soap or chemicals. Use a mild pH soap to wash your hands. Look for mild or ultra-mild versions.

Exfoliate. When you’re exfoliating your body or face, don’t forget about your hands. Use a gentle loofah or a mixture of sugar, lemon and natural oil to remove the dead skin and dead skin cells off the tops of your palm and your fingers and knuckles. Don’t forget to moisturize immediately after.

Wear sunscreen. “Get in the habit of wearing sunscreen every day. “A broad-spectrum sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 50 or higher will go a long way to prevent age spots and hand wrinkles.” Protecting your hands from UV rays can also keep your hands from looking bony and shriveled as you age. And don’t forget that when you’re driving, UV rays come through your windows.

Eat a healthy diet. A balanced diet with plenty of vitamins, antioxidants, and omega-3 fatty acids can nourish your skin and help grow healthy nails. If your diet is low in certain proteins, vitamin C, or vitamin B complex, or if you have poor absorption, your nails can become brittle and peel or flake easily. “Make sure to eat a balanced diet full of foods that are good for your skin and contain vitamins to nourish your hands from the inside out. You can also get yourself a good multivitamin.

Anti-aging hand treatments

Correct age spots at home. You can treat age spots at home with lemon juice. Age spots can be improved with over-the-counter or prescription topical creams containing retinol or retinoic acid.

Remove outer layers of skin. You can schedule periodic treatments to remove the outer layer of skin. These include dermaplaning, dermabrasion, chemical exfoliation, and laser resurfacing. These treatments help improve the texture and tone of your skin. They also help reduce wrinkles and correct uneven or irregular pigmentation.

Consider fat injections. This treatment requires minor surgery with one or two weeks of recovery. Synthetic injections are also an option, but using your fat lasts longer and rejection is not an issue.

Don’t smoke. Smoking is not only bad for your insides, but it ages you on the outside as well. “Smoking leads to ‘cigarette skin,’ which is dull, gray, pale and crinkly.

Don’t use Botox. In terms of treatments, “Neurotoxins like Botox are of no value because they inhibit muscle movement but have no effect on volume loss.”

Don’t have skin removal surgery. “Surgery to remove excess skin on the back of the hands carries more risks than benefits. “It’s not advisable because of scarring and the risk of poor healing.”

And when you’re looking for anti-aging hand treatments to use at home. There are two kinds of products to use to help heal your skin. The first are humectants, ingredients like hyaluronic acid that help bind water into your skin to hydrate it. Second, there are products containing lipids or fats that are the emollients that improve the barrier function of your skin, helping to keep all of the unwanted things out.
“Both are important now more than ever for the health and beauty of your skin and especially your hands.