Turn Back the Hands of Time

By Carol Baltazar, M.D.

Although we smile with our eyes and mouths, many of us speak volumes with our hands as well. Whether waved in the air, parked on hips, or extended in a handshake, hands display our feelings just like a smile or furrowed brow. These expressive appendages can also convey age more definitively than a face. No matter how determined or successful a person is at minimizing creases around the eyes, sagging skin at the neckline and other signs of the constant march of time, hands have a tougher time lying about age.

As collagen and fat diminish, the skin on hands loses the plump feel and firm texture of youth. Once-hidden, blue veins create a roadmap that points to the passage of time. Adding insult to injury, skin takes on the appearance of old crepe paper. Joints may take on a more knobby appearance due to thinning skin. Brown spots from years of sun exposure start to appear too.

Things are turning around for long-neglected hands, however, and treatments to improve their appearance have expanded far beyond manicures or soothing soaks to replenish moisture. Treatments initially launched with facial rejuvenation in mind have shown promise in de-aging hands as well. For those determined to diminish the signs of the advancing years, answers are finally within your grasp.

Now, an incredible new technique for hand rejuvenation is available to restore the volume in your hands to youthful levels in a matter of minutes. The procedure utilizes Radiesse®, which is a dermal filler that has been used for lines and hollows under the eyes, nasolabial folds and marionette lines. Radiesse® is FDA-approved and comprised of advanced calcium-based microspheres that act as a scaffold while stimulating new collagen growth. Over time, as one’s own soft tissue replaces the gel carrier, the newly formed collagen matrix provides the desired long-term effect. When used on the backs of hands, it immediately plumps thinning skin, lessening the veined appearance and smoothing wrinkles. Because of its placement beneath epidermal layers, it also minimizes the prominent appearance of tendons and joints, with results lasting up to one year or more. Hands look 15-20 years younger. Best of all this is done in about ½ hour and you can go back to your daily activities.

Radiesse Hand Rejuvenation is a simple and safe way to restore a healthy, natural and youthful look with no downtime.

If you are interested in a procedure that could take years off the appearance of your hands please visit our website, www.LMSmedspa.com, for more information or call us at 410-290-0012 for your complimentary consultation.

Testimonial:

“I'm so pleased with the difference in the appearance of my hands after my Radiesse Hand Rejuvenation treatment. They certainly don't look their age! I just keep looking at them and marveling how the years have been erased. LOVE IT! I was a bit nervous that it would hurt but it didn't at ALL. It was so easy and fast and painless - Amazing.”  -E.K.