ABSTRACT
Aging of the hands Over the last decade or so, facial rejuvenation treatments have been developed and refined. Major technical advances have changed the face of surgery as well as peeling and dermal filling techniques. The results of these treatments look more and more natural. Surgical scars, less visible now than they were in the past, can be softened even more by using peels or laser treatment after surgery. The blade has more respect for the architecture of the face, peels can maintain it perfectly well, and dermal filling techniques can even improve it. Cosmetic medicine helps to hide imperfections that cannot be put right by other means. The use of gentler or less aggressive techniques has drastically reduced the risk of permanent complications. In short, nowadays, a person’s age is not written on their face, and patients who are properly treated can easily claim to be 15 years younger than they really are. The risk of this little white lie being found out is minimal – on condition that the person doing the guessing only looks at the face. The quality of the skin on the neck and décolletage is often still a sure sign of time spent in the sun or on a tanning bed. Surgery can of course improve the tension of the skin on the neck, but only certain peels can improve the quality of the skin or make a telltale décolletage look younger. Even if the right combination of the most appropriate techniques has been used to excellent effect and a patient’s face, neck and décolletage do not show their real age, there is still one important area that can give the game away: the hands. They are often the weakest link in the treatment chain, a telltale sign of a patient’s real age and the fact that she or her has had other treatments. There are always mittens, of course, but who wears those nowadays?
