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Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:57 pm  |
The biggest hand savers in my humble opinion are; rubber gloves for all cleaning + waterproof sunscreen daily. I also just moisturize my hands with whatever face serum or cream I'm putting on morning and night.
For those of you with an LED light or Derma Wand, it also helps to give the tops of your hands a quick going over also.. |
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♥I'm flattered by all the lovely PM's, but I don't get here much these days. Please don't be afraid to post your quearies to other DIY members who will be glad to help you (or sell you their wares..lol) Still happy with LED, dermarolling and a DIY antioxidant regime. Peace & Hugs to all.♥ |
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Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:29 am |
| This got me thinking, i never do anything special for my hands. I will pay more attention from now on cause my hands are a little bit wrinky already. But i wont be paranoid as much as i am with my face though. |
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Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:02 pm |
Since I've been taking care of my face and neck for about a year, I've put the same things on my hands that went on my face, including sunscreen for the day. It's made my hands softer than they were.
The veins seem to recede from using a LightStim on the backs of my hands.
I also seem to be sprouting patches of little age spots since I started serious skincare. Although they're very pale, they weren't in evidence a year ago. |
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Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:46 am |
| I never thinking to use something special on my hands, just use hand cream every time when I wash my hands.. humm.. seems like I should start to take good care of my "second face" now.. |
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Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:54 pm |
| poolean wrote: |
| I never thinking to use something special on my hands, just use hand cream every time when I wash my hands.. humm.. seems like I should start to take good care of my "second face" now.. |
 Thats a really clever way to say it ("second face") because I believe thats exactly what hands are like. If you have incredible skin and somone cant guess your age from your face, then usually all they have to do is look at your hands. We all just need to take care of our paws too, so that people can be genuinely confused! |
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Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:15 pm |
| At night I put retin a or alpha hydroxy or retinol cream or olive oil on the backs of my hands,I kinda rotate products.I only do it at night because I wash my hands like 20 times a day during the day time.I have started to wear gloves when I drive to keep the sun off.The sun will give you those awful spots. |
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Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:14 pm |
| Determined wrote: |
| Best thing I've ever done for my hands is Retin-A/moisturize at night - sunscreen/moisturize during day and weekly exfoliating scrubs followed by a moisturizer. Wrinkles are substantially lessened,brown spots are disappearing and skin overall is brighter. I use Retin-A Micro, any good scrub any good hand moisturizer. It took about 6 weeks to see a significant difference. Sorry, no before and after... |
This is what I do, too. At night, Retin-A and a good thick cream. In the morning, Vitamin C serum, then sunscreen. I wish they looked better than they do, but they do look better than they did.  I keep thinking perseverance will prevail. |
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Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:29 pm |
Update. I have been using CP serum with emu oil in AM and Vita C and emu oil in PM. For the Vita C on my hands, I have been using all of the Vita C samples that I don't want to use on my face! Bonus! My hands are getting really smooth and even toned! I thing I will start using the sample of Obagi Clear on my hands as well.  |
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Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:34 pm |
| Thanks, Catski - that is a very interesting web site. Bugaboo, I think you're onto something with the Obagi idea. Keep us posted, thanks. |
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:42 pm |
| Yes Catski, very interesting site and information! |
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Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:56 am |
An update ... I’ve been doing the cotton gloves overnight for a couple of months now and my hands definitely do look better, at least to my eye. Haven’t been using any product in particular, just grab and apply whatever is handy before putting on the gloves, usually rosehip, kukui or emu oil, sometimes burts bees coconut foot crème, have even used lucas pawpaw ointment a few times.
I’ve always had problems with dry cuticles and while they’re still far from perfect, much better than before. I’ll be putting on my gloves again tonight  |
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Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:15 pm |
| paraffin baths help to make look hands younger too |
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Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:55 am |
| Valmont's hand cream is the best hand cream I have ever used. It is very effective to fight the aging problem of hands |
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Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:15 pm |
Looking at my hands they totally give away my age if not add few years more.  I have closet full of products that I can not bring myself to throw out due to the combined cost. This is a great way to use up all those leftovers and the samples I never get to. If I dig deep enough I am pretty sure I have the cotton gloves to wear at night also!
You have all inspired me!!! |
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Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:26 pm |
| L'Occitane Shea Hand Cream is my favorite. One in the office, one in my living room, one in the kitchen, one in my car. |
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Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:38 am |
I always use gloves when washing up (I even take my own gloves with me when staying over at someone else's house; otherwise there is absolutely no way on earth I will be touching ANY dirty dishes). I always, ALWAYS moisturize after washing my hands (which is often). I moisturize when more in winter, when my hands tend to feel drier. I have handcreams EVERYWHERE! You will ALWAYS find a handcream on me. People laugh at me, but the end result is that my hands look exactly the same as they did when I was a teenager, and I'm 30 now. I know some people have "old hands" (my sister is one of those), but I think moisturising still helps a lot and can do wonders.
I always look for creams that have glycerine in second place and dimethicone amongst the first few ingredients. I don't know why, but my hands love those two ingredients.
My all-time favourite handcream is Aveda Hand Relief. I haven't tried the expensive hand creams, though. |
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Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:17 am |
| Lyrics wrote: |
I always use gloves when washing up (I even take my own gloves with me when staying over at someone else's house; otherwise there is absolutely no way on earth I will be touching ANY dirty dishes). I always, ALWAYS moisturize after washing my hands (which is often). I moisturize when more in winter, when my hands tend to feel drier. I have handcreams EVERYWHERE! You will ALWAYS find a handcream on me. People laugh at me, but the end result is that my hands look exactly the same as they did when I was a teenager, and I'm 30 now. I know some people have "old hands" (my sister is one of those), but I think moisturising still helps a lot and can do wonders.
I always look for creams that have glycerine in second place and dimethicone amongst the first few ingredients. I don't know why, but my hands love those two ingredients.
My all-time favourite handcream is Aveda Hand Relief. I haven't tried the expensive hand creams, though. |
Thank you, Lyrics. Great advice! |
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Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:22 am |
Warning: I like to get my hands into things when I am being creative (developing my own film, crafts, sculpture, pottery, etc.) and I don't like the feel of gloves. In particular, I spent a couple of years as a pro photojournalist back in the day (way before digital), and I developed my own black and white pics. I'd put my hands right in the chemicals (horrors!) to manipulate the photo paper. I am right-handed, so naturally that hand does most of the work. My right hand now looks 5-10 years older than my left hand. I'm one of those people whose hands look way older than my face. Learn from my mistake, and wear gloves.
Some day I will probably try out those laser/light/pulse treatments for my hands. My derm has these amazing pics that show hands that have been treated, and the before-and-afters are just incredible. Has anyone here tried anything like that? |
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Best, Jeannine (40s, fair skin, hazel eyes, sensitive skin). To fight the dread lemming sickness, I promise not to rave about a product until I have used it for a long while. |
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Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:52 am |
Hi Jeannine. I'm a gardner, brutal on hands! I had 2 intensive Fraxel treatments to my hands, results were minimal at best. What has worked best for me is a mix of Retin-A and Hydroquinone (equal parts mixed in my hand) applied nightly for several weeks. USE A SUNCREEN on the backs of hands & wrists and moisturize frequently. Wear gloves whenever possible. The Retin-A and Hydraquinone has nearly eliminated brown spots and some very ugly, deep "bracelet" lines. Skin on hands overall is smoother. I now use the Retin-A mixture about once a week for maintenance. Best of luck!
P.S. Sun exposure is very damaging to one's eyesight as well. It's recommended that we use uv protected sunglasses. Not just because of vanity but eye health as well. |
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Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:57 am |
Whats a paraffin bath? Do you do it to your whole body or just your hands? What are the benefits of doing one (Sorry its a new term to me and I am already excited by it!).
[quote="wen_goldfish"]paraffin baths help to make look hands younger too[/quote] |
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Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:59 am |
For the hands, I do skin brushing all over my body but never forget to include both my palms and the back of hands. You can really see the blood flowing into the area after doing so, and it feels wonderful. I think there are supposed to be reflex points in the hands (similar to those in the feet) so someone was once telling me that you want to ensure you exfoliate your whole hand when you do exfoliation of any kind - and so I found that brushing was easy to do the job and felt good.
I have experimented with Retin A, but it seems to react differently on my hand with adverse reactions. I do apply sunscreen though! |
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Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:37 am |
| Sunscreen and frequent moisturizing. Of course, manual labor, handwashing and sun are probably the biggest aging culprits of a preventable nature. Use appropriate gloves or handgear whenever possible. And, I would keep a lotion with SPF on hand (pun intended) to apply whenever you wash your hands. Applying sunscreen in the morning doesn't help much if you wash it off before you get out of the house. |
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Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:50 pm |
| this is a good thread. i have had old looking hands even when i was a teenager ( really dry and rough). i will have to take some of these tips and see if i can change that. |
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