Hands fillers

The hands will be cleaned with alcohol.

Ice will be applied to the area briefly before treatment The doctor will inject using a very fine needle. Then pressure with gauze will be applied.

If a cannula is used, a small injection of local anaesthetic is injected into the skin and then a fine needle makes a small hole in the skin where the cannula is inserted.

There may be redness and swelling, and red dots at the injection sites

No heavy exercise that day

No spas no saunas, no hot yoga for 1 week post treatment

Dermal filler hands is a popular treatment at our CIDK clinic. Dermal fillers are very useful for one aspect of hand rejuvenation, which is the loss of volume which occurs with ageing.

It used to be such a cliche that hands are a giveaway of people’s age. Maybe this used to be true, but not since we have been injecting dermal filler into hands.

This will depend on how your hands look. If you have poor volume in your hands, then it’s time for some cosmetic fillers for hands. Poor volume in hands can start any time from late 20s to 40s, and it just gets worse from there.

This depends on the injector and the product used. There are many techniques.

The larger bolus technique is very popular for a few reasons, including:

• There are less entry points so there is less bruising
• There are less entry points so there is less pain

The less injection points the less pain and bruising, but also the more massage that is required afterwards to create a smooth and consistent effect. In the large bolus technique there may be 2-5 injection points.

Another technique for dermal filler hands is cannula, where local anaesthetic is injected then a blunt cannula is introduced from 1-2 entry points and the dermal filler biostimulator is injected. The benefits of this are similar to the large bolus technique.

The smaller bolus technique is where multiple small boluses of product are introduced over the whole hand in 6 or more entry points. The benefits of this are that this is more precise and requires less massage, but it is also associated with more bruising and pain.

This really varies and depends on how the hands are to start with and how young the patient wants the hands to look.

The minimum for a result to be seen would be in most cases 1ml per hand, although in some hands more than 3mls per hand are required for a good result.

With skinbooster, at least 2mls per hand would be advised.

The amount required will also depend on the product used

This depends on which product is used. Typically hands will need to be treated every 1-2 years. Cosmetic fillers have excellent longevity in hands.

Dermal filler injections into hands is one of the least painful treatments in an injectable cosmetic clinic. With one of the biostimulator products we use, we make 2 injections with local anaesthetic on the hands first and then there is zero pain after that with the procedure.

With all other filler hand treatments, the dermal filler or skinbooster product contains local anaesthetic, which makes the procedure very comfortable.

Most patients do not require happy gas or topical anaesthetic, but they are available if necessary.

Like all cosmetic issues, hands need first to be assessed before treatment. If hands have lots of sun damage, then IPL / BBL / laser will be required to remove the pigmentation. This is a very successful treatment.

If there are old age lumps and bumps or warts on hand skin then an ablative laser will be required to remove them.

If hands require volume for an aged appearance, this is when dermal filler is useful.

There are the usual side effects of  bruising and swelling and temporary tenderness. There are also more severe, but unusual side effects of infection, inflammation or necrosis.

Definitely, a “veiny” appearance of hands is an aged appearance, and occurs with loss of volume in the hands. The dermal filler will disguise these veins and the hand will look younger.