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Recommended Treatment for Prematurely Aged Hands and Forearms?
asked 2 years ago by B_Knowles in Alexandria, VA
Latest answer by Daniel Shapiro, MD
Question viewed 2,189 times
Tags: age 35-44, arms, hands, female, fair, skin, sun damage
I'm 35, but my hands and forearms look much older. My fair skin ages faster than normal in response to sun exposure. (In constrast, the skin on my stomach is smooth.) First noticed my hands looked older than normal when I was nine.
At one point, I was 80 lbs heavier than now, but I lost the weight slowly and have kept it off for 4 years. If I pinch an inch of skin towards my underarm, the tops of my arms look somewhat normal. Any ideas for treatment? Even when it's 100 degrees out, I wear long sleeves.
9 answers to Recommended Treatment for Prematurely Aged Hands and Forearms?
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Treatment for Prematurely Aged Hands
The skin of the hands significantly thins as we age, along with the loss of soft tissue and muscle volume making hands appear much older. Making hands appear younger is a twofold process. Soft tissue fillers, such as Radiesse, Sculptra, or Fat Injections add youthful volume effectively hiding veins and increasing the thickness of the skin. Volume enhancement is coupled with IPL (FotoFacial) treatments to soften brown spots and provide improved skin texture. The result are hands that not only...
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Radiesse for your hands and IPL for your arms/hands
I would suggest Radiesse for your hands to add volume and reduce the appearance of your veins. Then I would do a few IPL Photofacial treatments on your arms and hands to reduce the brown spots and uneven pigmentation, as well as help the skin get smoother and softer with no downtime.
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Reversing signs of aging on Hands and Forearms
I would strongly recommend a filler like Radiesse for the backs of the hands...plumping the skin in this area helps to disguise the tendons and blood vessels that become more visible with time and age and weight loss. For the hands and forearms, to help with evening out color and texture I would recommend treatments with the Fraxel laser. We treat many patients with these complaints. Often a patient's hands and arms look much older than their face and we strive to have...
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The most effective way to treat aging hands and forearms...
The most effective way to treat aging hands and sun damaged arms would be the use of fillers for the hands, and the YAG laser or Fraxel laser for the hands and forearms. First a couple of different options concerning the hands could be used. Fat injection is a good way to plump up the hands and add volume. There are also fillers such as Radiesse that also lessen the look of the aging process. The Fraxel laser is a laser that has the ability to reduce the...
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Treatment for prematurely aged hands and forearms
You have 2 differing issues. The dyschromia of the skin and the wrinkling. The loss of volume in the extensor surface of the hands. For the first issue any IPL or Fraxel will improve. As for the volume defect, I recommend Enhanced Fat Transfer (EFT - fat grafts activated with stem cell therapy) over fillers. But if I were to use a filler I would use Radeisse, Aretfill, or PMMA.
From MIAMI DR. B
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Options for Aging Hands & Forearms?
For the aging hands, we would recommend dermal fillers. We agree that Radiesse is an option but prefer hyaluronic acid fillers such as Restylane, Juvederm or Perlane.
As for the forearms, we would not make a recommendation. Based on how your forearms look, we do not think lasers will offer an appreciable improvement.
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Aging hands
Proceed carefully. Aging hands and forearms are very difficult and some treatments can be disasterous. Others can be very expensive and deliver no results. I have seen many disappointments from Fraxel. and terrible results from fillers.
Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Fraxel is a great Idea, also consider fillers or IPL
In addition to the Fraxel, adding some volume to your hands between the tendons with Radiesse would improve their look. The sunken area with prominent veins and tenson ages the back of your hands. Plump them up for a more youthful look!
Keith Denkler, MD
Marin Plastic Surgeon
Marin Plastic Surgeon
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Fraxel Restore or Dual
There are several options for aging extremities, but my personal favorite these days is the Fraxel. It is versatile for both crepy skin as well as discoloration, and is very safe in this area.
