Key Takeaways
- Hands can look 10–15 years older than the face due to sun exposure, collagen loss, and hormonal changes.
- Common signs include ropey veins, brown spots, thinning skin, and crepey texture.
- Menopause and estrogen decline speed up skin thinning and dryness.
- Tru Glō Medspa in Naples offers three treatments to reverse aging hands:
- Radiesse® to restore lost volume and smooth veins.
- Forever Young BBL to fade spots and boost collagen.
- Chemical Peels to refine texture and brighten skin.
“Aging is out of your control. How you handle it, though, is in your hands.”
—Diane von Fürstenberg, internationally renowned fashion designer.
How you handle visible signs of aging may be in your hands, but what should you do if the most visible signs of aging are on your hands?
This is a dilemma faced by many women in their 40s and early 50s who successfully maintain age-defying facial features but whose hands betray their advancing years. In fact, hands are the number one age giveaway for most women over 45, even when their faces look 10 years younger. And women’s hands tend to age quickly in their 40s, with the appearance of ropey veins, bony knuckles, spots, and crepiness, or what’s known as “skeleton hands.”
However, women in the Naples, Florida area can reverse these signs of aging and make their hands appear younger with the help of the anti-aging experts at Tru Glō Medspa. Let’s examine what these skincare professionals have to say about the causes of aging hands, how to make hands look younger, and the top three Tru Glō Medspa treatments that help reverse the signs of aging in hands.
Why Women’s Hands Age Quickly and Visibly After Age 40
The dermal layers of women’s hands are generally 15%-20% thinner than men’s hands, and have thinner fat pads on the back of the hands. Women’s hands also have less collagen density, which plummets by about 30% during the first five years after menopause. Aging and menopause cause thinning of the hand’s dermal layers and a decrease in the fat pads, while the plunge in estrogen decreases their natural hydration, which causes dryness, brown spots, and a crepey texture. When these natural effects are combined with decades of sun exposure, it can easily make a woman’s hands look 10 to 15 years older than their face.
Are You Starting to Develop Skeleton Hands?
If you want to assess the age of your hands, try this simple step-by-step hand-age test:
- Wash and dry your hands, remove any rings, and do not apply any lotions.
- Stand under a bright light.
- Hold your hands up at eye level with the backs of the hands facing you, and look for these five red flags:
- Translucent skin (able to see tendons move when you wriggle your fingers)
- Bony silhouette (knuckles look like marble under the skin)
- Distinct knuckle wrinkles
- Ropey veins
- Sun spots
4. Count the flags to score your hands’ age:
- 0 = under 35
- 1-2 = 35 to 45
- 3 = 45-55
- 4-5 = 55 or older
How Tru Glō Medspa Helps Make Hands Look Younger
When clients ask the Tru Glō Medspa anti-aging experts how to make their hands look younger, they recommend increased volume, broadband light, and chemical peeling. Combined, these three treatments can significantly diminish the appearance of ropey veins, bony knuckles, spots, and crepiness, to make your hands look 10 years younger. So, let’s take a closer look at what these hand treatments entail.
Plump up the Volume with Radiesse
The first step in restoring the youthful look of your hands is to plump them up to reduce the appearance of veins, tendons, and wrinkles on the backs of the hands, thereby eliminating their skeletal silhouette. FDA-approved for use in the hands, the dermal filler Radiesse® provides both immediate and long-term volume restoration. By restoring lost volume, the calcium hydroxylapatite formulation helps smooth the skin and diminishes the appearance of ropey veins and tendons. While the body naturally absorbs the filler over time, its formulation stimulates collagen production, helping maintain the restored volumes for up to 18 months. In a recent clinical trial, 94% of participants achieved significant volume restoration after their first treatment. Approximately one-third of these participants declined a follow-up treatment because they were satisfied with the initial results.
Erase Spots, Crepey Texture, and Dullness with Forever Young BBL
While Forever Young BBL (broadband light) therapy is primarily known for its anti-aging effects on the face, it also produces similar results on the hands. Forever Young BBL is highly effective at treating skin conditions like age spots, sun spots, uneven pigment, fine lines, and other imperfections, whether on the face or hands. The therapy also helps decrease crepey skin texture while boosting the skin’s glow. The treatment helps provide long-term results by increasing collagen production and also induces molecular-level gene expression changes that make older skin cells behave like younger ones, according to a Stanford University School of Medicine study.
Smooth Out Rough Patches and Lines with Chemical Peels
To complete your hands’ aging reversal, turn to a Tru Glō Medspa chemical peel in Naples, which will further help smooth the skin, reduce crepe-like texture, erase remaining age spots, and diminish lines and wrinkles. Our chemical peels gently remove the thin top layer of dull, damaged skin to reveal a fresh, new-looking layer beneath. With a wide selection of peels to choose from, your Tru Glō Medspa skincare professional can help you determine which one is right to help complete your hands’ age-reversal trifecta.
Make Your Hands Look Younger in Naples at Tru Glō Medspa
There’s nothing we can do to stop aging, but there are things we can do to defy its toll on our appearance. Given that a woman’s hands often look 10 years older than her face, Tru Glō Medspa’s anti-aging trifecta for hands is one of the best ways to restore their youthful appearance. To learn more about these anti-aging hand treatments in Naples, schedule an appointment via our online form or contact one of our representatives at 239.919.7009.
FAQs: How to Make Hands Look Younger
Q: Why do my hands suddenly look 10 years older than my face?
A: Ropey veins, bony knuckles, spots, and crepiness, characterized as “skeleton hands,” typically arise rapidly with menopausal declines in estrogen, which causes skin thinning, collagen depletion, and excess dehydration. Their aged appearance can be especially pronounced if the hands have been exposed to decades of sun.
Q: Which treatment is best for reducing the appearance of veiny hands?
A: One treatment with Radiesse® will significantly reduce their appearance.
Q: Can Botox make hands look younger?
A: Not really. Botox does not restore lost tissue volume and, at best, may only reduce a few knuckle wrinkles. Instead, anti-aging experts recommend Radiesse®.
Q: Do any treatments of Tru Glō Medspa’s anti-aging trifecta for hands require significant downtime?
A: None of the three treatments used to reverse the aging of hands requires downtime. There might be mild bruising on the hands from Radiesse®, short-term redness from Forever Young BBL, and five days of skin peeling with the chemical peel.
Q: What can I do to help prevent the aging of my hands?
A: Diligent application of sunscreen to prevent excess sun exposure is the best anti-aging treatment you can provide for your hands.