Most anti-aging products and remedies in the market or on the internet focus on making your face look younger. But if you think about it, that’s like a job half done. Now, while your face may look younger after using products that promise youthfulness, your hands will certainly give you (and your age) away.
What’s the point of that, you ask? The goal should always be to look younger overall! Which means you have to devote as much time to taking care of the delicate, overused skin of your hands as you do of your face.
Here are 7 things that give your hands an aged appearance and what you can do to fix them:
1. Age Spots
The term ‘age spots’ is deceiving as these spots are really not connected to your age in any way. Excess sun exposure is why you get age spots on your hands and elsewhere, says New York-based MD, Eileen Lambroza (1). The reason for them being called age spots is because they don’t usually appear till you’re in your 50s and your skin has absorbed a lot of sun rays. If you want to keep your hands free of age spots, you should always wear a sunscreen with SPF 30 in it. You can also lighten the age spots you have with a cream that contains either 2% or 3% hydroquinone (2).
2. Wrinkles
Wrinkled skin on the hands can make your mitts look crumpled and old. Fortunately, this can be fixed quite easily with the help of OTC creams. Prescription creams containing retinoid can boost the collagen production of the skin on your hands and take their age away, according to Deborah Sarnoff, an MD from New York University (3). That said, you should consult your dermatologist on how to use them so you can derive its benefits sans any side effects.
3. Bulging Veins
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