Paris Hilton. Angelina Jolie. Meg Ryan.
These
celebrities share something we also share-----
veiny hands and
veiny arms.
We are a bit
sensitive about our own
hands, because the
paparazzi for some reason, think it's cute or fun to point out whatever part of a woman's
body that isn't
perfect.
And the
British press, like the
Daily Mail, really enjoy revealing all the
sinewy hands and
arms they can find. Today, the
photogs pick on poor
Paris Hilton.
This is so ridiculous! Are women supposed to feel ashamed because their
hands and arms show more
veins than others?
Well, apparently, the
paparazzi seem to think so.
We're not sure exactly what causes some women to have
veiny hands and
veiny arms. It probably has something to do with
genetics and/or a strong
work-out routine, or
slim build.
We can say for ourselves, that we have always had
skinny arms and
slender hands. We also have used
small weights to
exercise our
arms for years now, and continue to do so.
We haven't gone for
hand rejuvenation, but darn it, it DOES exist!
We've heard about
injecting filler into the
backs of hands to
re-volumize the lost
fat, but no....we haven't gone there, and apparently, neither has
Paris, Angelina, or
Meg.
Look at the tidbit we found on
RealSelf.com by
NYC Dermatologic Surgeon Nelson Novick, MD:
Hand Rejuvenation: Beating Those Bulging Blood Vessels and Stringy Tendons
"Even if your face looks great, bulging blood vessels and prominent stringy-looking tendons on the back of your hands can betray your age. Sure, you could fade brown spots and remove small growths from the hands, but up to not that long ago, there was little that could be done to otherwise improve them. Happily nowadays that's no longer true.
The safest and most effective means in my opinion is to revolumize the backs of the hands, i.e. to restore the volume lost over time mostly due to wasting away of the fatty tissue that once masked the underlying veins and tendons.
Bulky hyaluronic volumizing materials, such as Juverderm Ultra Plus and Perlane have been used successfully to accomplish this. However, my favorite material for replenishing lost volume in the hands and for achieving a smooth and even result is Radiesse.
Radiesse is composed of calcium hydroxylapatite, a bone-like material that provides more volume per syringe and lasts considerably longer in this location than its hyaluronic acid counterparts."
The procedure is actually quite simple. A mixture of Radiesse and a bit of lidocaine (a local numbing agent) is injected between the tendony spaces on the backs of the hands and then literally molded like clay into place."
