IT IS BOOM AMONG THE INTERNATIONAL STARS FOR AESTHETIC HAND SURGERY, AND THE TREND ARRIVES ALSO IN ITALY

di Maria Serena Patriarca

Lady Gaga, Michelle Pfeiffer, Madonna, Cher set trends: these are just some of the international divas of song and cinema, in fact, for which hand retouching is becoming a beauty “ must “. The hands, as well as the face of the rest, have always been considered the mirror of age. By now the solution has been found to keep breasts, face and buttocks young and toned, the Hollywood divas are launching worldwide, through social networks and fashion magazines, attention to the hands, a new bulwark to fight the dreaded signs of aging.

According to some indiscretions released by the famous British newspaper Daily Mail , many Stars would be able to give their hands an appearance of almost ten years younger (compared to the chronological age) thanks to periodic injections of a substance based on of hyaluronic acid and mannitol: substance, the latter present in vegetables and fruit.

Another technique that is becoming very popular, especially in the US, for cosmetic hand surgery is the filler, a treatment on an annual basis that fights the loss of adipose tissue from the hands, exposed over time to slimming processes and greater visibility of the veins.

And calcium hydroxyapatite is spreading more and more in Northern Europe which – instead – is an invasive technique that allows you to cover tendons and veins and involves the production of connective tissue: in this way an effective treatment from an aesthetic point of view is obtained. , and longer lasting than hyaluronic acid injections.

But Italian experts warn against relying on unqualified professionals or untested centers: the criticality of cosmetic hand surgery lies above all in the applied technique. The most insidious enemies of our hands – as we know – are the thinning of the skin, the reduction of adipose tissue and the appearance of wrinkles and spots. The action to be taken at a medical level must always be appropriate to the type of condition present in the individual patient, not forgetting that prevention remains the main cure, and that small daily precautions, starting from the age of 30, guarantee the longest duration of beauty. and the health of our hands which – for example – must be protected from excessive cold and heat during the entire span of life, using creams for protection from UVA and UVB rays.

In Great Britain, in recent months, the trend of smooth and young hands at all costs has made its way and in the last year the increase in these aesthetic touches has been 4-6%: the aesthetic surgeon David Jack told the < em> Daily Mail that demand for hands rejuvenation at his London clinic has quadrupled since the beginning of this year. The typical customers? Most of them are women between 40 and 60, who come from all over Europe. In the wake of the new trend, Italian cosmetic surgeons also have more and more requests to rejuvenate their hands. This is also due to the dry climate and smog (especially in large urban centers), which contribute to the loss of elasticity of the skin as we age.

The Italians therefore consider the hands as a sort of “passport” of beauty, seduction and youth: the hand is evaluated, by the expert professional, at the cutaneous and subcutaneous level, and the thickness of the skin, elasticity and vascularization is checked in surface, as well as making a stain assessment. Usually it begins with a gradual revitalization, lasting between 6 and 8 months on average. Each trusted qualified cosmetic surgeon will be able to best advise the patient on the specific path to take.