Cosmetic Surgery Blog

I have actually thought about getting this done. It crossed my mind years ago, in fact. I personally feel like my hands could be more youthful-looking. They have always looked a bit older than I feel I am, in my opinion. This is probably because of all of my hobbies and activities. My knuckles and the area in-between each one are a little wrinkly to me. I know in the grand scheme of things it is silly to obsess about it but they look older than they should. And when I don’t have long nails, I feel stubby!

I know a few people who have gotten fat and Sculptra injected into their hands, I know many who have had chemical peels, a few who have had Thermage, several with IPL and even a few with standard laser treatments. I do not know anyone with finger tucks, and even I have been guilty of grabbing the skin on the inside of my fingers and pulling it taut to see how it would look. It does look better. I can’t imagine anyone doing this to someone in their mid thirties though. (OMG I just remembered I am @#&% 35!!) Okay, my day just got ruined in one millisecond, but anyway…

So I wondered if there are surgeons out there that actually performed a lifting procedure. I searched and searched and found only fat grafting or Sculptra injection photos, knowing full well the after photos of the fat grafting were taken pretty soon post-op since the swelling was apparent. How deceiving!

I pushed on; I Googled my little heart out and lo and behold, there are surgeons who offer actually true hand and wrist tucks! I saw procedure diagrams for incisions at the wrist, and between the fingers. There simply is only so much volume restoration can do. It makes sense to remove the extra skin that is not a result of fat loss and skin thinning. You can’t fill them up until they no longer look wrinkled if you, in fact, have too much skin!

Chemical peels are a good idea for those of you who have hyperpigmentations, liver spots, sun damage in general, etc. A good chemical peel (that does not cause hypopigmentations and other demarcation lines) can truly rejuvenate the appearance of your hands.

Laser s are another option, and the demarcation line rule still applies, of course. Although I am not for Thermage, people have gotten on their hands to rejuvenate them. Having had Thermage, I believe the pain and risk versus reward scale tips in the direction of the negative so we won’t discuss it. IPL, not so bad. It can help with hyperpigmentations, vascular lesions and general rejuvenation. Other lasers can assist in sun damage removal and general skin cell turnover.

Obviously, there are options to rejuvenate and freshen the appearance of your hands. Something can be done if you wish to improve the aesthetic qualities of your hands. You just have to be sure to do your research and find someone who is obviously experienced with it—not just a few procedures under their belt. I realize it is a newer procedure and a surgeon will not have a ton of the in his practice, but one or two? Go elsewhere.

Good luck! And if you get this procedure done, please post about it as I have a personal interest. Thank you!