skin on hands losing elasticity... good hand cream?

[Anonymous]

The best thing I've done is make a paste using like a tsp of sugar and olive oil, and scrub your hands for about 5 minutes. It leaves them soft for days. That and using rubber gloves and sunscreen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was it these boards that I recently read where women in nursing homes compare hands instead of faces to see who's the youngest? Who'd have thought hands would be the test of age in old folks' homes?!

YES!! I wrote that. Its what my gorgeous grandmother told me. All the men die off and the women revert to highschool behaviors. They sit around comparing who looks the best and at 80 or 85 and 90, it always comes down to the hands!!! Its a dead give away, esp. if you were a sun worshipper in your younger days. I love the beach as much as she did and so she told me this at 18 so I would always wear sunscreen on my hands!! I love it that you remembered I wrote that. It makes me smile with memories of her and sad because I still miss her so much.... I am torn between laughing and crying, in a good way. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Sunscreen on the backs of your hands sounds like a good idea, but doesn't it wash right off when you wash your hands? There's only so many times a day you can reapply the stuff. Is there any kind that will hold up through washing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sunscreen on the backs of your hands sounds like a good idea, but doesn't it wash right off when you wash your hands? There's only so many times a day you can reapply the stuff. Is there any kind that will hold up through washing?

Blue Lizard is very waterproof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Why are you being such a bummer?


No worries, she's wrong. You can have injections done on the backs of the hands.

But most women won't do it because it limits the range of motion in a body part you need to use every day (unlike your forehead or the corners of your eye.) A friend of mine did this -- once -- and she said it's like walking around with wet nail polish on your fingers. You don't grip anything well, etc.

Also, injections don't address tissue-papery fingers.

OK, I'm stumped. What are tissue-papery fingers? I thought people didn't like the thinning/age spotting of the backs of their hands.

[Anonymous]

I keep changing creams, so here are ones that i use at the moment and like:
- Body shop almond hand cream
- Body shop almond milk.
- Curel (I got lots of samples when I was pregnant so now using them for my hands - work great)
- a shea butter body cream I bought at whole foods

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Why are you being such a bummer?


No worries, she's wrong. You can have injections done on the backs of the hands.

But most women won't do it because it limits the range of motion in a body part you need to use every day (unlike your forehead or the corners of your eye.) A friend of mine did this -- once -- and she said it's like walking around with wet nail polish on your fingers. You don't grip anything well, etc.

Also, injections don't address tissue-papery fingers.

OK, I'm stumped. What are tissue-papery fingers? I thought people didn't like the thinning/age spotting of the backs of their hands.

I'm only 38 but my hands look at least 10 years older...from lack of sunscreen and washing dishes, etc...Oddly, they're very soft, just "tissue-papery"...makes me look older.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Why are you being such a bummer?


No worries, she's wrong. You can have injections done on the backs of the hands.

But most women won't do it because it limits the range of motion in a body part you need to use every day (unlike your forehead or the corners of your eye.) A friend of mine did this -- once -- and she said it's like walking around with wet nail polish on your fingers. You don't grip anything well, etc.

Also, injections don't address tissue-papery fingers.

OK, I'm stumped. What are tissue-papery fingers? I thought people didn't like the thinning/age spotting of the backs of their hands.

I'm only 38 but my hands look at least 10 years older...from lack of sunscreen and washing dishes, etc...Oddly, they're very soft, just "tissue-papery"...makes me look older.

The tops of them? I guess I'm envisioning wrinkly finger tips like what happens when you stay in the water for too long. My hands are old looking, too. I'm the one who posted saying I was 42 but my hands look like I'm 52. They are crepey just on the backs of them, where you see the veins. Fingers look normal. Maybe I just need to start looking at hands more, and I will see what you mean.

[Anonymous]

You could also try exercising your hands. There are grip things that strengthen your fingers, and other exercises as well. Exercising them plus a good lotion would be a good first step to take for not only improving the looks of your hands and fingers, but for how they function for you.