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Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:45 pm  |
Ive always noticed that a person can have such beautiful, flawless skin on their face that it makes you second guess their age. But if you really want to see how far along someone is in years, you look at their hands and they always seem to give it away!
This point was really driven home with me last night when I was watching my newly arrived FlexEffect DVD. She has such beautiful wrinkle free skin and it made me say wow. Then when she brought her hands up to her face to begin the exercises I really wanted to say wow! Her hands looked like they belonged to a completely different body! Her face looked young and her hands looked her natural age.
Now I understand that nature will take its course and not all things can be prevented, no matter how much time and money you spend on beauty. Im just curious if there are any ways besides staying out of the sun that you can prevent your hands from giving away your age. There are many things out there that do wonders for the skin on the face and can have people thinking you are younger than your years, but what about for your hands? If Im spending all this time and money on my face I definitely dont want to have hands that look like they belong to a different, way older person!
So wonderful women of the forum, what is a girl to do about this? |
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Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:53 pm |
| I use a lot of the same sort of products on my hands as I do on my face--vitamin C serum and retinaldehyde and the highest PPD sunscreen. Every now and then I'll use AHA serum or a bit of pumpkin mask on them as well. I also use moisturizers that are too much for my face as hand cream. |
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Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:59 pm |
Interesting. I always thought that the skin on your hands was different (thicker maybe?) than your face so maybe the face products wouldnt work. Its encouraging to hear that these same products can make a difference on your hands.
Do you see a difference flitcraft? |
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Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:21 pm |
I'm not sure whether it's thicker or not--I just pinched the skin over the back of my hand and it felt pretty thin to me! I will say one thing--it's certainly less sensitive. I can slather on the Juice Beauty Green Apple Peel (which is way too much for my face) and it's fine on the backs of my hands.
As far as results--I can't really say, because I've been doing this for a while. I'm trying to avoid the crepey, spotted hands that my mother has. So far, so good... |
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Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:22 pm |
We use our hands - they get washed more and spend so much more time in water, detergents, sun...etc. Gloves are a form of sunscreen for hands. And all the extra stuff. But thin hands look older than hands of someone who is heavier... (something good about weight....finally) I battle this old hand dilemma constantly. I use Vit C and handcream but they do look older than my face (thank goodness!  ) |
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Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:20 pm |
| sister sweets wrote: |
| We use our hands - they get washed more and spend so much more time in water, detergents, sun...etc. Gloves are a form of sunscreen for hands. And all the extra stuff. But thin hands look older than hands of someone who is heavier... (something good about weight....finally) I battle this old hand dilemma constantly. I use Vit C and handcream but they do look older than my face (thank goodness! ) |
lol. So I guess the basic advice is to use an antioxidant on your hands as well? And maybe a thick moisturizer? |
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Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:43 pm |
I'm obsessed with this topic too, right now.
In the last few years, I have done a great job of keep my hands out of the sun or covered in sunscreen and it really made a difference in hwo young my hands looked.
However, I had radiation on my left hand recently and BOY! what a timesequence fastforward to "here's what you'll look like old" experience that has been. My left hand is darkened, the skin is thicker and looser and holds it's wrinkles more deeply and longer. Of course, I'm just grateful to have the use of my left hand but seriously ladies, USE SUNSCREEN on your hands! |
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Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:51 pm |
I find that StriVectin-HC hand cream really helps to improve the texture of the skin on the back of my hands. I use it twice a day. Then, I use the StriVectin-NE nano exfoliant once a week for gentle exfoliation. They look youthful and I usually get a lot of compliments for my hands.
Btw, sometimes I top it with Guerlain's Super Aqua Hand Cream when I need that extra hydration. |
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Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:43 pm |
| Here's another treat I do for my hands every week or so: I mix about a half teaspoon of Lush's lemon cuticle cream with an equal amount of their Ocean Salt face scrub (which, by the way, is far too harsh a scrub for my face). Rub hands together (in a parody of wringing one's hands in worrying). Then rinse off and gently towel. Smooth, wonderfully moisturized hands. I do this for my mom (who has Alzheimers) and every time she complains about how scratchy the scrub is, then once she rinses, she enthuses about how soft and lovely her hands are. Each time she discovers this "trick" anew and she's equally delighted with the results. |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:32 am |
| I put vita C and Emu oil on my hands. I also use one of those sugar and oil scrubs from sephora for hands. Made a difference especially on this old scar I have on my hand. |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:50 am |
A really great hand saving trick is to wear cotton gloves to bed each and every night, over freshly moisturised hands. It really makes a huge difference softening up your hands. I worked with a lady in her 50's who has done this for decades and her hands are beautifully soft, in fact they put my hands to shame and I was half her age.  She must have also used sunscreen during the day, of course.
But it's really hard to get used to wearing the gloves at night, I always end up pulling mine off or forgetting to put them on again after I go to the toilet. But it's something I want to get back into doing. |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:54 am |
This is very interesting. I've seen this happening to so many women way too many times. Although I had never really taken care of my hands before and had always washed them at least 20 times a day, people always commented on how beautiful and soft my hands were. That got me a bit big-headed thinking I wouldn't ever get those wrinkly hands. Stupid me, eh! I only came to my senses lately and started to look after them more. I now apply Vitamin C serum, HA serum and sunscreen on them in the morning. Before I go to bed, I give them a gentle exfoliation using local Thai herbs (a very old recipe), then apply HA serum and sweet almond oil.
Throughout the day, I use Valmont Cellular Hand Cream to moisturize them. The routine has been working nicely so far although I still have some problems with cuticles. I'm planning to order Valmont Hand Treatment and I'm gonna look into Strivectin as well. |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:27 am |
I exfoliate my hands a few times a week, use Super CP Serum (night) and a sunscreen moisturizer(day). After I use my Quasar SP or Baby Q on my face I also used it on my hands. The light therapy works wonders on the hands.  |
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As I am getting older I realize my biggest beauty secret is smile more and frown less. Be aware that wrinkles do not make a person unattractive. Cynicism, unforgiveness, anger and jealousy are the real culprits. Sixty something |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:00 am |
oh god I never look after my paws and they are horrid now! I was JUST thinking I should really start! So I will start doing glycolic peels several times a week now that its winter and less sun etc.... Plus I really must get into sunblock ! oooh hope I havent left it too late!....  |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:28 pm |
| Wonderful replies so far. I have lots of new stuff to try! It really is funny how we seem to forget our hands sometimes in the whole anti-aging battle. Thank God for those women with young faces and older looking hands, otherwise I might not have given it a second thought! |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:06 pm |
| flitcraft wrote: |
| Here's another treat I do for my hands every week or so: I mix about a half teaspoon of Lush's lemon cuticle cream with an equal amount of their Ocean Salt face scrub (which, by the way, is far too harsh a scrub for my face). Rub hands together (in a parody of wringing one's hands in worrying). Then rinse off and gently towel. Smooth, wonderfully moisturized hands. I do this for my mom (who has Alzheimers) and every time she complains about how scratchy the scrub is, then once she rinses, she enthuses about how soft and lovely her hands are. Each time she discovers this "trick" anew and she's equally delighted with the results. |
This is such a aweet story! |
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:58 am |
I use on my hands the same broad spectrum sunblock (La Roche Posay Anthelios)that I use on my face every day and , in general, whatever I do for my face, I do for the skin on my hands too (masks, peels, lotions, Cp's,Oat beta Glucans - just everything). It's like killing two birds with one stone.
Furthermore, I always wear gloves between October and April when outdoors, and plastic gloves when I have to use detergents for housecleaning.
I'm proud two say that my hands look more youthful than the hands of many of the 20-year-old university students I work with. |
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45, normal skin, formerly break out prone, normalised through OCM, CP's, Retin-A, emu oil, very few fine lines, some sagging in jawline on the way to be corrected thanks to Ageless, Facercise, Flexeffect, delighted with pucker-up, dermarolling , knuckle massage, tanaka massage, cross-stretching, facial detox |
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:52 am |
| lilome wrote: |
I use on my hands the same broad spectrum sunblock (La Roche Posay Anthelios)that I use on my face every day and , in general, whatever I do for my face, I do for the skin on my hands too (masks, peels, lotions, Cp's,Oat beta Glucans - just everything). It's like killing two birds with one stone.
Furthermore, I always wear gloves between October and April when outdoors, and plastic gloves when I have to use detergents for housecleaning.
I'm proud two say that my hands look more youthful than the hands of many of the 20-year-old university students I work with. |
oh god we are about the same age and my hands look like the hands of a japanese 60 year old woman!
so embarrassed on the metro!
you girls are really motivating me! |
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:44 am |
| beti wrote: |
A really great hand saving trick is to wear cotton gloves to bed each and every night, over freshly moisturised hands. It really makes a huge difference softening up your hands. I worked with a lady in her 50's who has done this for decades and her hands are beautifully soft, in fact they put my hands to shame and I was half her age. She must have also used sunscreen during the day, of course.
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And I believe hand models wear cotton gloves 24/7, so there must be something in this. I often do the oil/moisturiser (or plain old vaseline) with cotton socks overnight for my feet but for some reason I never get around to doing this for my hands, even though I have a huge pile of cotton gloves that I bought specifically for that purpose. Well, I’m inspired and back on track now and got a pair of cotton gloves by the bed for tonight 
Andaman gypsy - what are the thai herbs you use? I’m guessing there is no english translation  Or is it possible to type in thai here and I could print out and get a friend to translate/buy for me? (but I’m guessing EDS doesn’t accept thai script) The reason I ask is I once had an incredible facial in BKK with what they called “thai mountain herbs”, but when I went back much later they no longer did that treatment and couldn’t tell me what it was they had used. TIA |
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:02 am |
| trouble with gloves at night is that I always get up in the middle of the night to pee and would never get them back on......maybe I should get an old pair and cut the fingers out or have a pair of plastic gloves by the loo to slip on? |
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:00 am |
| I've always had old looking hands and my Mom does too. We have pretty good facial skin but not the hands. I always use my facial products on my hands - I figure it can't hurt. |
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:10 am |
I too must start looking after my hands. I have really thin skin with veins that stick out a bit so combine that with getting older and I'm getting very aged looking hands...ugh!
Great tips here - I'll have to start incorporating them. |
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:24 pm |
| 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... |
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:01 pm |
| lilome wrote: |
I use on my hands the same broad spectrum sunblock (La Roche Posay Anthelios)that I use on my face every day and , in general, whatever I do for my face, I do for the skin on my hands too (masks, peels, lotions, Cp's,Oat beta Glucans - just everything). It's like killing two birds with one stone.
Furthermore, I always wear gloves between October and April when outdoors, and plastic gloves when I have to use detergents for housecleaning.
I'm proud two say that my hands look more youthful than the hands of many of the 20-year-old university students I work with. |
Wow that is inspiring! Im going to have to start pampering my hands with all of my face care products! I want my hands to be 20 years old (or looking better) forever! |
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