So what better cosmetic procedure to contemplate than the handlift? The handlift should leave your hands looking plumper and smoother and this gives the illusion of the hands of a much younger woman, thus the handlift will help you disguise your true age.

Previously, rejuvenating the hands has tended to involve the transplant of fat to the hands to give them the firmer, more plumped up look. However this can sometimes lead to a slightly fake, unnatural look to the hands – and therefore give way the fact that you have had cosmetic surgery.

The latest handlift procedure involves Restylane, a type of dermal filler most commonly known for being used on the face. The Restylane Vital ‘hand lift’ takes around 20 minutes to complete and involves having local anaesthetic injected before tiny drops of hyaluronic acid are injected into the hands. Hyaluronic acid is naturally found in the skin and helps with the suppleness of the skin. The Restylane injections are said to cause water to bind to the connective tissue in the hands more readily, thus giving a natural plumping action, leaving the skin on the hands more elastic and firm.

The handlift is not permanent however it is claimed to take 10 years off the look of the hands. Hyaluronic acid breaks down over time so repeat injections will be required every year or so.

However some research has shown that even when the hyaluronic acid has fully broken down, the skin on the hands still remains more elastic than it otherwise would have been. This is thought to be because the hyaluronic acid helps improve collagen production which in turn helps the look and feel of the skin.

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Patients who request lip enhancement usually fall into one of two categories. The first group is the younger patient who simply wants to enhance their natural pout and increasing the volume of their lips. The classic technique often practiced to achieve this involves injecting filler around the border of the lip, the so-called vermillion border augmentation. If you look at someone who has naturally attractive lips however, for example Angelina Jolie, she does not have a defined lip border and neither does any other person with attractive lips. In fact, the only people who have ‘defined’ vermillion borders are people who have had their lips injected and it can be a classical tell-tale sign of someone having the treatment done badly. For a good example of how lips should not look take a peak at Katie Price (a.k.a. Jordan) and see what you think. To create a more natural and attractive looking lip augmentation it is essential to inject the filler (Restylane / Teosyal / deJuvederm) into the red part of the lip, the part that is naturally larger in people with attractive lips.

The second group of patients who request lip enhancement are the older patients who want to restore the size and shape of lips they had when they were younger. As we get older the lips naturally become thinner, the cupid’s bow flattens, the corners of the mouth start to turn down the way creating at a sad appearance and vertical lines appear which radiate outwards from the mouth. In this group of patients there has to be accurate diagnosis of which features are contributing to their ageing appearance and tailoring of the dermal filler injection technique to address each problem individually. If you are going for this sort of treatment expect the doctor to be describing each of the features individually to you and telling you how he plans to correct it. If your doctors is not explaining these things to you be sure to ask. If the answers are still not forthcoming then maybe it is time to find another doctor!

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