Hands, along with the skin on your neck, are places where signs of aging are clearly visible if not carefully cared for. Here are some effective ways to care for your hands, one of the skin age spots.



Why You Need to Care for Your Hands Now

Think about your daily routine for a moment. You wake up in the morning, drink a glass of water, check your phone, wash your face, and prepare breakfast. In just 30 minutes or so, your hands move dozens of times and come into contact with various objects. Along with your feet, they are the most overworked part of our body. In particular, in the winter when humidity is low, your skin dries easily, and among them, your hands, which are always exposed to the outside, lose the most moisture. Housewives who frequently touch water with their bare hands should be even more careful. This is because they are vulnerable to housewife eczema and dry eczema, such as skin cracking or redness starting from the fingertips. The traces of time are also clearly visible on the skin of your hands rather than on your face. Not only are they irritated by the external environment, but the keratin layer of your palms and the back of your hands is quite thick, so most skincare products are not absorbed well. And that's not all. While you take great care of your face in the morning and evening, you tend to neglect your hands. Recently, as interest in personal hygiene has increased, there have been increasing cases of hand skin health deteriorating due to frequent hand washing and frequent use of alcohol-based disinfectants.

Self-home care for hand skin

How can we care for the skin on our hands, which is considered one of the skin ages along with the skin on our neck, to be healthier and smoother? “Hands are always exposed to the external environment just as much as our face. Just like our face, it is important to thoroughly apply sunscreen to the back of our hands when going out,” advises Min Bok-hee, deputy manager of the Balmong education team. If you drive frequently, enjoy golf, and use gel nails, your hand skin can become rough, lose elasticity, become dry and thick due to photoaging, and pigmentation such as freckles can occur at an early age. Therefore, it is recommended to always have a sunscreen with excellent moisturizing properties that can be applied to your hands or a hand cream with sun care functions. Also, start with a special treatment for your hand skin two or three times a week, just as you meticulously care for your face at night. Laburket suggests a 4-step approach to perfect hand care. First, gently wash your hands with a hand wash with excellent moisturizing properties, then gently massage your wet hands with a hand-specific exfoliator. Next, apply 2-3 drops of hand serum to the back of your hand to help restore irritated hand skin, provide immediate moisture, and help regenerate skin. Then, apply a thick hand cream with excellent moisturizing power to your entire hand, nails, and cuticles. Just like applying a skin care routine to your hands, if you do this two to three times a week, you can prevent diseases such as dryness and eczema and have smooth hands.


High collagen treatment that makes your hands look younger

If you are concerned about your already pigmented skin and cobweb-like wrinkles on your hands, visit a clinic. Director Park Yoon-jung of Claire Clinic reports that the number of people receiving high-collagen injections, laser treatment, and growth factor infusion treatments for their hand skin is increasing. “High-collagen treatment is a treatment that replenishes collagen that decreases with age. It directly injects a mixture of very small particles of collagen, hyaluronic acid, and growth factors into the dermis layer of the skin. It is especially effective on the back of the hand and wrinkles on the neck.” Director Park Yoon-jung adds that the dermis of the hand skin should be injected with high-collagen three times at three to four week intervals, and the epidermis layer of the skin should be infused with growth factors using a needle RF device. She adds that the effectiveness can be maximized by treating the dermis and epidermis of the hand skin together. Sometimes, taking care of even the smallest parts of yourself can be a greater comfort than you can imagine. In the new year, take time to care for the fingertips of your two hands with affection, which will be difficult throughout the year.


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MAGAZINE WOMAN SENSE
Editor Jaehee Jeong (Freelance)