Utilizing fillers to treat aging hands has risen in popularity. Aside from prime treatment areas such as the face and neck, the hands are perhaps the second most visible expanse of skin that feature prominently throughout your daily life, making them an area of insecurity for some. As your body ages, you gradually experience a decrease in dermal elasticity. This is the same for the hands, from which visible aging signs also stem from the degradation of subcutaneous tissue, leading to an increased visibility of veins, metacarpal bones and tendons.

Fillers administered to the hands have been reported to be of a more fluid consistency as this enables them to effectively spread over a wider region before starting to settle. Visually, the effects of this are generally fairly instant. Patients treated with the FDA-approved hyaluronic acid filler Restylane Lyft, for example, remarked on the improvement of volume in their hands, the results of which approximately lasted for around 6 months.

The process itself is typically initiated by first numbing the skin with a topical anesthetic, sometimes accompanied with ice. The skin is then lifted up, or tented as it is otherwise known, and the filler is administered to the space between the skin and the muscles and tendons. It is worth noting that, when using fillers that are known for being collagen-stimulating, a medical professional is expected to under-fill the treated area to allow for the process of neocollagenesis to take effect. This especially applies to younger clients.