Old Hands Made Young

Despite advances in cosmetic surgery, one area alone almost always betrays a woman’s age – her hands.
Prone to a veiny appearance with crepe-like wrinkles, the delicate area on the back of the hands can age badly because the skin is thin, with little subcutaneous fat.
Moisturisers are ineffective as they cannot penetrate the areas of the skin’s dermis where they are needed.
However, a new injectable rejuvenating treatment, dubbed the ‘handlift’ can leave the area plumped-up, smooth and elastic, taking a decade off a woman’s hands.
In under 20 minutes, the restylane vital treatment delivers injections in the back of the hands of tiny droplets of hyaluronic acid, a substance found naturally in the skin, giving it suppleness.
The injections cause water to bind the connective tissue more readily, plumping the skin in a natural way, adding both elasticity and firmness.
Traditionally cosmetic procedures on the hands have involved transplanting fat to the area but the resulting appearance tended to be thick and unnatural.