We talk a lot about how problems like wrinkles, sun damage, and other challenges of aging affect our faces. The hands are another area that can be a dead giveaway for age.
How do your hands announce your age? Read on.
If you’re unhappy with how your hands look, a game-changing treatment is available here at the Center for Dermatology in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Board-certified dermatologist Dr. Abdul Hafeez and our team offer care that’s second to none, including cosmetic hand rejuvenation.
As we get older, our hands show signs of aging as much as our faces or the rest of our bodies. The hands are exposed to the elements much of the time, which has a definite impact on them.
Signs of hand aging include:
Why do these unwelcome guests appear on our hands as we take more trips around the sun?
Since we use our hands to do virtually everything, from housework to gardening and other outdoor activities, they get prolonged exposure to the sun, wind, water, cleaning products, pollution, and other things that are less than good for the delicate hand skin.
Wrinkling, discoloration, and loss of resilience are the results. The already thin skin on our hands thins even more as we age, contributing to vein prominence.
The rate of moisture loss in our skin increases with age, affecting the skin’s elasticity. That accounts for the increasingly lined and sagging skin we observe as the years go by.
The Center for Dermatology offers an innovative treatment that harnesses the power of laser energy to rejuvenate your hands.
Laser skin resurfacing resolves the issues that age your hands — a loss of firmness that results in dryness, wrinkling, and sun damage like spots and freckles.
An additional benefit of laser resurfacing treatments for hand rejuvenation is they can be highly individualized and targeted. Your provider can mix and match them, using a combination of laser treatments they deem best for your issues.
For example, we know a nonablative or a fractional ablative laser can achieve skin tightening and line reduction, and the Q-Switched 532 laser or intense pulsed light (IPL) device can tackle skin discoloration.
If you decide laser skin resurfacing is for you, we find that patients typically need only 3-4 treatments to achieve their goals, with three weeks to a month of healing time between treatments.
These treatments are comfortable for patients and involve minimal side effects that resolve quickly. You may experience swelling and redness after treatment.
More good news about laser skin resurfacing for your hands is how quickly you notice great results — which continue to appear in the weeks following your treatment. Though results aren’t permanent, you can easily schedule touch-up sessions when needed.
Call our Wellness Way office today at 770-682-2500 for an appointment to learn more about hand rejuvenation, or use our convenient online booking tool.
