Quick Summary
- Hand rejuvenation can improve volume loss, prominent veins and tendons, wrinkles, thinning skin, sunspots, and uneven pigmentation.
- Restylane Lyft restores volume beneath the skin to create a smoother, fuller appearance on the backs of the hands.
- Halo, broadband light, and SkinTyte address concerns such as sun damage, uneven tone, texture, and mild skin laxity.
- Most treatments require little to no downtime, although temporary redness, swelling, or bruising may occur.
- Fante Eye & Face Center customizes treatment based on whether the primary concern is volume loss, pigmentation, skin texture, or a combination of aging changes.
Hand rejuvenation treatments can help address visible signs of aging on the hands, including volume loss, prominent veins and tendons, wrinkles, thinning skin, sunspots, and uneven pigmentation. Because the hands are frequently exposed to the sun and environmental damage, they can sometimes age faster than the face and reveal changes that many patients would like to soften.
At Fante Eye & Face Center, patients from Denver, Greenwood Village, and surrounding Colorado communities receive hand rejuvenation care from a team experienced in cosmetic treatments, injectable fillers, and laser-based skin rejuvenation. Dr. Robert Fante is recognized as a pioneer in minimally invasive facial surgery, and both Dr. Levitt and Dr. Huang are ASOPRS-trained surgeons and ASOPRS Candidate Members. Together, the team can recommend whether Restylane Lyft, laser treatments, broadband light, SkinTyte, or a combination non-surgical approach may best fit your goals.
What Issues Can Be Treated With Hand Rejuvenation?
The hands have two classic signs of aging — lots of sunspots and areas of darkened pigmentation, and dramatic volume loss. Restylane Lyft can replace lost volume, while various light treatments can address sun-damaged skin.
What Causes Hands to Age?
The causes of sun damage on the hands are obvious: the hands are exposed almost all the time (except when covered with gloves in winter). Plus, whether it’s driving a car or carrying a golf bag, the backs of the hands are often turned directly upward, as if they were sunbathing.
Volume loss on the hands is coupled with the thinning skin that comes with aging. This makes the prominent veins and tendons that run across the backs of the hands appear elevated.
Candidates for Hand Rejuvenation
Hand rejuvenation could be a great option for you if these descriptions sound like they apply to your hands:
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Your hands have prominent veins and tendons due to volume loss
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Your hands are wrinkled and thin
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Your hands have age spots on them
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Your skin tone and color are blotchy due to sun damage
How Can Restylane Lyft Be Used to Replace Volume on the Hands?
Our team injects Lyft subcutaneously. This means they inject it under the skin but above the connective tissue covering the tendons, bones, vessels, and nerves on the backs of the hands. Lyft is a hyaluronic acid filler. Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring substance in the human body that helps plump, hydrate, and firm the skin. It does this by binding with nearby water molecules. So, when Lyft is injected into the hands, it immediately returns hydration and volume, noticeably changing their appearance for about six months.
Before and After Hand Rejuvenation With Restylane Lyft
What Are the Different Methods of Hand Rejuvenation?
On the other hand, we use three laser-based treatments to address signs of aging: Halo Hybrid Fractional Laser, broadband light, and SkinTyte.
Halo Hybrid Fractional Laser
Halo creates tiny channels in the skin on the back of the hands while delivering heat into the deeper dermis. This controlled treatment stimulates the body’s natural healing response and encourages new collagen production.
As the skin heals, the surface texture can improve, and the treated area may look smoother, healthier, and more refreshed. This combination of surface renewal and collagen stimulation helps rejuvenate the appearance of aging hands.
Broadband Light Photorejuvenation
Broadband light photorejuvenation directs broadband light onto the hands. The melanin in the darker age spots and areas of darkened pigmentation absorbs the light energy. The light energy converts to heat and breaks down the melanin, causing the age spots to darken initially and then peel off. Any remaining deep melanin after peeling breaks down and fades over a few weeks.
Skintyte
SkinTyte uses infrared light energy to gently heat the deeper dermis of the hands. This controlled heating helps stimulate the body’s natural collagen response and can improve mild skin laxity over time.
As existing collagen contracts and new collagen develops, the skin on the backs of the hands may appear firmer, smoother, and more refreshed.
What Our Patients Have to Say
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Recovery After Hand Rejuvenation
There isn’t any downtime needed with these procedures. With laser procedures, your hands will appear as if they have a mild sunburn, but this will pass in a day or two. Restylane Lyft delivers rapid results but may cause bruising of the hands from the injections.
Will I Need to Stay Out of the Sun After These Treatments?
The laser rejuvenation treatments will make your skin more sensitive to the sun for a couple of weeks. You don’t need to stay out of the sun, but be sure to protect the backs of your hands with either gloves or 30+ SPF sunscreen. Restylane Lyft doesn’t have any sun requirements. It’s always a good idea to protect the skin on your hands, however.
How Often Can I Have These Hand Rejuvenation Treatments?
The volume replacement from Restylane Lyft lasts for about six months. At that point, the body will absorb the hyaluronic acid, and your volume will decrease. Another treatment session can help maintain your results.
The laser procedures can usually be repeated every 4-6 weeks, although many people will not need repeated treatments if they can avoid ongoing sun damage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Some patients benefit from filler to restore volume and a light- or laser-based treatment to improve pigmentation, texture, or laxity. The Fante Eye & Face Center team will determine whether treatments can be combined or should be scheduled separately.
Restylane Lyft does not remove veins. Instead, it restores volume around them so they may appear less prominent. Patients seeking treatment for the veins themselves may need evaluation by a vascular specialist.
Properly placed hand filler should not interfere with normal hand or finger movement. Temporary swelling, tenderness, or stiffness may occur after injections, but these effects generally improve as the area settles.
Why Choose Fante Eye & Face Center for Hand Rejuvenation?
Hand rejuvenation often requires more than one type of treatment because aging hands may show both volume loss and sun-related skin changes. At Fante Eye & Face Center, our team evaluates whether your concerns are primarily related to thinning skin, visible veins and tendons, pigmentation, wrinkles, or overall texture before recommending a treatment plan.
For some patients, Restylane Lyft may help restore lost volume and soften the appearance of prominent structures on the backs of the hands. For others, laser-based treatments, broadband light, or SkinTyte may be more appropriate for sunspots, discoloration, skin quality, or mild laxity.
By offering both injectable and energy-based rejuvenation options, our team can tailor hand rejuvenation to your specific concerns while keeping the results natural-looking and appropriate for your skin.
Hand Rejuvenation Consultation in Denver & Greenwood Village, CO
If volume loss, visible veins, wrinkles, sunspots, or uneven pigmentation are making your hands look older than you feel, Fante Eye & Face Center can help you explore your treatment options. During your consultation, our team will evaluate your concerns and explain whether Restylane Lyft, laser rejuvenation, broadband light, SkinTyte, or another approach may be right for you.
To book a consultation with Fante Eye & Face Center in Denver, CO, serving patients from Greenwood Village, Castle Pines and the surrounding communities, call (303) 839-1616 today.