Anti-Aging Hand Care Routine

To keep your hands from shouting out your age, follow these simple hand care guidelines:

• Apply broad spectrum sun protection before going out as part of your morning makeup routine. Reapply after hand washing during the day.
• Use a hand cream containing a powerful moisturizer like Hyaluronic Acid or Urea and emollients like any of the silicones or glycerins. If hands are very dry or chapped, look for one with more glycerin.
• Make sure your hand cream includes a good blend of antioxidants to fight free radicals like pollution and the body’s own internal processes.
• If skin seems dry despite frequent moisturizing, use an exfoliant-containing hand cream or treatment to slough dead cells and speed cell turnover.
• If hands have lost volume, choose a hand cream with some cosmeceutical peptides to stimulate new collagen synthesis.
• If you have age spots, add skin lightening ingredients like Kojic Acid, Licorice Root or Hydroquinone

For instant results, you can consider laser treatments to zap age spots and injectible fillers to add back lost volume. But that’s a topic for another article;-)

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