TriPollar Blog

When it comes to anti ageing, we focus mostly on our face and body. Almost every woman uses a facial anti-aging cream, eye cream and many seek rejuvenation treatments to further reduce the signs of ageing of the face and body. However, hands are also an important age indicator that many fail to address. Our hands are the most exposed organ to water, house hold chemicals and the sun, elements that are major skin aging inducers. Ageing appearance of hands includes ageing spots, thinning of the skin and protruding veins. Just like in the face, the skin of the hands will produce less collagen as we age, thinning of the skin will cause the veins to protrude and the hands to look bonier.
Fortunately there are a few options that can help reduce ageing signs on your hands and can even turn the clock back and make your hands look younger.
For prevention of ageing hands, make sure to apply sun screen on your hands every day (don’t forget to re apply sun screen after washing your hands).
Use gloves when washing dishes or when using house hold chemicals; this will help reducing further damage and protect your hands from dryness.
To help with very dry skin, apply hand cream at night and wear cotton gloves over the cream to enhance absorption.
In addition to the above cosmetic solutions there are a few technologies and more invasive methods that can address the different aspects of ageing hands. It is important to understand these different methods in order to ensure the correct order of treatment as one treatment can interfere with the process of other technologies.
Photorejuvination technologies like IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) or fractional laser  are well established methods for laser skin rejuvenation. These methods will help with reduction of age spots and induction of new collagen growth. Complete healing from photo rejuvenation techniques will take a few weeks as the skin is purposefully damaged to cause minor injury to the skin surface, hence inducing scabbing, peeling and healing.
Dermal fillers can be used for the hands, such as Restaline, to restore “plumpness” and improve the general appearance. When combining dermal fillers with skin rejuvination, it is important to perform the photorejuvination prior to the dermal fillers in order to ensure that you do not damage the dermal filler.
A more aggressive option for treatment of protruding veins on the hands is a cosmetic surgery that removes the veins from the hands. This surgery requires a few months for complete healing and usually is performed on one hand at a time.
A safer technology, with no down time is the TriPollar STOP RF technology. The STOP is a home use device, which is safe to use and has very good results for skin rejuvenation in general and for hand rejuvenation specifically. Unlike light technologies, it doesn’t work on the spots, and therefore can be used during the summer. The STOP TriPollar energy gently heats the skin from inside. A warm, relaxing sensation is felt over the skin surface while the anti-ageing, therapeutic action is taking place in the deeper layers of the skin. This heat induces an increase in dermal activity resulting in the stimulation of collagen production and thickening of the dermis, therefore, leading to visible skin tightening, firming and renewal.