We spend so much time tending to the skin on our faces – slathering on every last anti-aging potion we can find – that we often forget that there are other areas that are very susceptible to the aging process. Did you know that behind the eyes, the hands are the second place to show signs of aging? To get our facts straight and prevent premature aging of our hands, we checked in with Dr. Adam Friedman, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Dermatologic Research at Montefiore - Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Not to get too Debbie Downer on you, but here’s a little morsel of what he had to say, “Very often the hands age even faster than the face… The skin on the back of the hand is much thinner and lacks the extensive blood vessel network and source of stem cells found on your face.” We’ve decided to treat this information as a wake up call. We’ll take the doc’s tips and from here on out, give our hands the TLC they need and deserve. And you should too. It’s time to protect your hands from…
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