So it appears that the newest trend in plastic surgery is hand rejuvenation. We’ve heard about chin implants, the Facebook facelift, the Pippa butt lift, and now it’s treating the Madonna Mitts. From the Daily Mail:
Cosmetic surgery clinics have reported an 18 per cent increase in enquiries in the past month of people having anti-ageing procedures on their hands.
The new cosmetic surgery trend, which sees women having dermal fillers and laser resurfacing to reduce the signs of ageing, has been dubbed the banishing of ‘Madonna Mitts’ after popstar Madonna, 55, who has ‘anti-aged’ almost every part of her body but often resorts to fingerless gloves to cover her hands.
As the years pass, skin on the hands thins, causing veins to become more prominent and liver spots to appear.
While make-up can disguise tell-tale signs of ageing on the face, it’s more difficult with hands – which is why it’s often said that hands are the best indicator of age.
Speaking about the latest cosmetic trend, a spokesman for the Transform clinic, which has seen an 18 per cent increase in the number of anti-ageing hand procedures perforemed, said: ‘Our hands are exposed to the sun more frequently than other parts of the body and a failure to apply sun cream to hands as regularly as we do the face makes them susceptible to sunspots and accelerated aging.
There are many ways to rejuvenate the hands. The first approach to take are creams. Hydroquinone can be used along with an exfoliating cream to lighten age spots. IPL treatments can also be used in conjunction with creams to further enhance the results. Some doctors are injecting fillers into the hands, such as Sculptra and Juvederm. Other doctors are injecting fat into the hands to soft them up and reduce the appearance of veins.
The hands are definitely a body part that shows its age, and I agree that treatments for them are definitely becoming more and more popular.
