HAND REJUVENATION

In addition to the weakening and sagging that occurs on the skin, colored spots called age spots or sun spots, which occur on the hand skin that is constantly exposed to sunlight and negative effects for years, are added.

In the past, even patients who had face and body aesthetics had hands that showed their age. This new application eliminates this problem.

These spots and wrinkled sagging skin are renewed with laser, and the tissue loss that causes loosening and sagging is restored by re-nourishing with tissue cells taken from the body, ensuring that the hand skin regains its former plump and taut appearance.

The treatment is performed with local or general anesthesia and does not require staying in the hospital. The patient can use his hands immediately after the surgery, and full recovery takes about 7-10 days.

This application is gaining popularity abroad and in our country, and it is an easy procedure that provides serious improvement and rejuvenation in hand and general body aesthetics despite being simple, safe and painless.

Our hands are our limbs that show the signs of aging the most, because they are exposed to many external factors such as sunlight and trauma. With the effect of sun rays and aging, brown spots form on the hand. In addition, due to aging, tissues weaken and decrease, the fat tissue under the hand skin melts, causing the bone structures to become more prominent from the skin. Depending on aging, as a result of the decrease in collagen fibers and fat tissue amount in tissues, thinning, loosening, sagging occurs in the skin. As in all tissues, this situation is also valid for hand skin.

After aesthetic rejuvenation surgeries applied to the whole body, hands are usually neglected, and as a result, this appearance of the hands reveals the person’s age. With the application of newly developed modern plastic surgery methods, it is now possible to achieve rejuvenation in the hands as well.

There are many methods to rejuvenate aging hands. Glycolic acid and vitamin A creams applied to the hand skin from the outside are quite effective and delay the aging of the hands. It significantly reduces the spots formed and makes the skin thicker and look fuller. Laser treatment completely eliminates the spots formed.

Superficial veins that cause an ugly appearance are treated and their prominence is reduced. The reduced tissue fullness under the hand skin is increased by supporting it with fat cells taken from the body. Thus, the skin gains a taut and plump appearance.

These applied laser treatment, tissue injection, etc. treatments are used in combination or individually depending on the patient.

Which Treatment is Ideal for Me?

When talking to your plastic surgeon, you should clearly state what kind of expectations you have and, in return, you should clearly listen to and understand what your doctor can do and which of these is suitable for you. After all these, one or more of the methods suitable for you are applied together according to their requirements. Each patient’s needs are different.

What are Hand Rejuvenation Methods?

• Chemical peeling: Lotions or creams containing Retin A or glycolic acid, ie fruit acids, are applied to the hands in sessions under the doctor’s control. In this treatment, acid is applied to the hands and peeling is performed. This treatment can be done in a single session or slowly with spaced sessions. Treatment is continued with the cream and lotions given later. However, this acid application only rejuvenates the skin a little, but since it does not affect the melted tissues, the bony appearance in the hands is not fully corrected. Tissue injection is performed for patients who need it.
• Sclero therapy: The veins that are prominent on the hands cause an aged appearance with their blue colors. These are closed with occluding drugs by entering the vein with very thin needles, and this appearance is corrected.
• Microdermabrasion: Surface hand skin is mechanically peeled and the spots and wrinkles found are removed. It has similar properties to laser. It is done with local anesthesia.
• CO2 or Erbium Laser: Spots on the hand skin are definitely removed with carbon dioxide or erbium lasers. It is done with local anesthesia.
• Tissue Supplementation: The skin and subcutaneous fat tissue in the hands have decreased, loosened and the fullness of the skin has been lost due to aging. As a result, the veins on the back of the hand have become prominent and the bones have become more prominent. After the age spots that have formed are cleaned with laser, fat cells taken from various parts of the body are given under the skin on the hands. Some of the fat cells placed here are lost by melting with 60-70% natural elimination. By repeating them with 6-8 month intervals for 2-4 sessions, their permanent settlement here is ensured. For a good result, fat cell transfer should be applied to almost all patients.

LAST WORD

How soon can I return to my normal life?

Depending on the multitude of methods to be applied, healing is usually completed in 3-10 days. Surgeries are performed with local anesthesia and do not require general anesthesia. No serious pain occurs.

What kind of result should I expect?

The results are usually very gratifying. If the methods are chosen appropriately for the patients and done well, improvement is achieved beyond expectations. The spots on the skin disappear completely. Since the skin will be plump, it will look more taut and younger.