My hands age me!

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Look at the back of my hand, both hands are like this. None of my similar aged friends have hands like this. What TF is it?

Can I do anything about it?

Are they liver/age spots? They’re often worse in people who have spent a lot of time in the sun.

Wear sunscreen on your hands.

Age spots /sun. Try this

Clarins Restorative hand cream ( in the red tube) is good for keeping age spots at bay.

Yes age spots! Bastards. I use azalic
acid (sp) and tretinoin at night and mineoook much better. Still wrinklier than I'd like but I am 54 so...

They look very similar last to my hands. I’m 48. How old are you OP?

I’m 48 too! Don’t spend a lot of time in the sun (I burn too easily) and don’t like the heat.

If you’re pale and burn then even just going outside can promote melanocytes in your hands causing age spots. Protect them with spf each day as part of your routine.

I have these on my neck and wear Hijab, so it's never exposed to the sun. I think there's an element of genetics at play too sadly.

I have some age spots and my skin is getting very crepey, I am 61

Tretinoin and high factor SPF

Mine are awful, far too much time in the sun over the years

I bought this
Absolutely spectacular results. I was going to get laser not now. took 3 weeks. Loads of brown spots before- I am 60
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08R65THQD?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

I use tretinoin, hydroquinone and SPF on the backs of my hands and it’s made a huge difference. The dark spots are completely gone and the skin looks much smoother. I already use all this stuff on my face so I just put some on the backs of my hands each night.

They are sun spots. I dont have any at 64. I put a high factor sunscreen on my hands when I go out. You can get them lasered off.

It looks like sun-related pigmentation. Daily SPF on the hands makes a bigger difference & it stops it from getting darker. For lightening over time, ingredients like niacinamide, vitamin C, or gentle retinoids can help gradually even things out. That said, it’s always worth getting a quick GP trip just to be sure what it is.

I seem to be an outlier here. I’m happy with how my hands look. Yes they have changed but I am nearly 50. Is all part of life.

I’ve often thought I should use SPF on my hands for this reason, but does it not just wash off as soon as you have to wash your hands? (I’m still in the wiping kids bums
stage so do a lot of handwashing!) It always seemed a bit of a pointless exercise!

During my dog walks, I noticed over the last few years, that some women walking as a form of exercise also wear cotton gloves when the weather is sunny. (Hat and sunglasses as well). It probably pays off in the long run.
The back of my right hand is showing some faint sun spots. Probably from driving.

They are freckles (sounds nicer than liver spots) and if you have fair skin and are gen X then not that surprising since sunscreen wasn't used in the 70s and 80s (at least, my Mum didn't believe in it and I only discovered it when I decided to go interrailing as a student and bought my own skincare). You're not going to have the same hands you had when you were a teenager. So you can either slow the aging now with sunscreen or gloves or accept that your worth does not lie in your physical appearance.

Mine are worse, I realise now it is from decades of cycling. Still. I'm well and healthy so can live with it

Too late to unwind the past

Sun spots fade over time if not exposed again

Impressive!

I didn't know that - that's good to know!!