There’s a reason why we call things that are highly exposed forward-facing, which perfectly describes your face. Your face is typically the first thing people see and what they continue to look at as you interact with them.
However, let’s not forget about other areas, such as your hands, which can also reveal certain things about you, including your age.
So, if you want to balance out your anti-aging efforts by addressing craggy hands, the highly skilled team of aestheticians at Dutch Hollow Medical Day Spa is answering the call with an extensive line of dermal fillers.
In 2000, approximately 650,000 soft tissue filler procedures were performed in the United States. Nearly 25 years later, this number has jumped to 6.2 million, which is a testament to the effectiveness and versatility of dermal fillers today.
Over the years, fillers have been perfected and improved, making them work better with your body for longer-lasting results. And we’ve also figured out innovative applications for dermal fillers, which largely started out as lip fillers.
Today, we can fill in deep lines on your face, lift sagging skin, and smooth out bumpy under-eye and chin areas. We’re also moving away from the face and using dermal fillers to tackle another highly exposed area of your body — your hands.
Just like on your face, when the skin on the backs of your hands is exposed to sunlight, it can prematurely break down. Adding to the aging in your hands is a loss of fat.
So, between the thinning skin and the loss of volume, the tendons, bones, and even blood vessels become more prominent, making your once-smooth hands look like topographical maps full of valleys and peaks.
To camouflage this effect, we can restore the volume with any number of fillers, including:
Most of these dermal fillers rely on hyaluronic acid (HA) to pump up the volume — HA excels at retaining moisture, as ¼ teaspoon of HA can hold 1.5 gallons of water.
These manufacturers continually advance the science to make the HA last longer by more closely mimicking the HA found in the human body.
The RHA collection we list above is a great example of this — RHA stands for resilient hyaluronic acid, which means that the substance moves better with your body. This is important because it allows us to use dermal fillers in areas that are active, like your hands.
It used to be that the only way to tackle dynamic wrinkles was through neurotoxins like Botox®, but now RHA fillers are an option, and they’re perfect for restoring volume in busy hands.
We also offer non-HA fillers, such as Restylane, which contains calcium hydroxylapatite (CaHA), creating a scaffold upon which new collagen can adhere to create a more youthful-looking appearance.
So, if you want to align the anti-aging efforts in your face with your hands, we’ve got you covered. To learn more or schedule a dermal filler appointment, please contact us today to arrange an appointment at our office in Godfrey, Illinois.
