Laser resurfacing for crepey, wrinkled skin on sun damaged hands? (Photo)

The answer to your question is an emphatic  yes!  I love treating the back of my resurfacing patients hands, it is usually something I point out to them and recommend that they don't necessarily notice, but almost universally they make a comment afterwards about how glad they are they decided to do their hands as well. I prefer to use ablative fractional CO2 resurfacing, as it gives you a little bit of tightening for the crepey skin that forms there.

Fractional laser is an amazing and highly effective treatment in our office. We use the laser treatment to help with acne scars, large pores, fine wrinkles, tissue collagen loss, scars, sebaceous hyperplasia, active acne, and for brightening dark pigmentation. Although there are very strong fractional lasers such as CO2 laser, we use lighter treatments for corrective skincare and maintenance of results. Our Thulium fractional laser, clear and brilliant laser, and Ultra Thulium laser are excellent options in our clinic. We also perform CO2 fractional and erbium depending on skin tone and tolerance for downtime. Patients do have to use a Melarase cream before and after treatment to help further reduce pigmentation after laser. Melarase AM, Melarase PM, and Melapads can seriously improve surface sun damage and UV related pigmentation. Dark spots can improve with these treatments. I recommend fractional laser for incisional scars as well, especially after plastic surgery.
Best,
Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

Both non-ablative and ablative laser resurfacing can be applied to the hand in the correct situations. There are also a variety of other ways to rejuvenate the hands and combining multiple different treatment modalities into a single session usually yields the best results. Good luck!

Thank you for sharing your question. Erbium laser skin resurfacing is great for the treatment of sun damaged skin on the back of hands. You must first make sure not to be tan on the area to be treated and not expose the treated skin to sunlight for a couple of months. Find an experienced laser specialist to perform your resurfacing. Good luck.

Thank you for your photo. We have a variety of lasers that we use to treat sun damaged hands including the the FDA-approved Fractional CO2. For more information, I recommend getting a in person consultation with a board-certified dermatologist.