Dry and wrinkled hands are a common concern as we all age, considering the type of work
we do and how much we use our hands on a daily basis, it’s no wonder our hands seem to age
faster than the rest of our bodies. And in todays climate when we are constantly
washing our hands and sanitizing them with alcohols, and possibly drying them out,
a lot of hand aging is taking place and the question on making your hands look younger
becomes a question that is more so asked today than ever before. So in this video,
im going to go over how to prevent hands from getting worse than they already are,
and what you can do right now from your kitchen at the end of each day, to hopefully reverse all the
damage that is being done to them. You dont want to miss this, stay tuned till the end.
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Soap and water rinses away germs and dirt, but also strips the natural,
protective oils in your skin, causing it to dry out. Now dont get me wrong,
its incredibly important to wash your hands often during these times, but at the same time,
you need to be proactive in ensuring you arent damaging your hands either and forming what is
known as irritant contact dermatitis, that is being observed more so today than ever before,
especially in those working in “wet work” as these workers end up washing and drying their
hands several times a day, even up to 100 times a day for some health care workers.
Factoring all this in, with time as we age, your skin thins and the fat in the back of your hands
diminishes too, all this reduced volume and decreased elasticity produce what is known
as translucent skin that wrinkles and develops age spots over time, that we want to hopefully avoid.
Once you then, factor in exposing the hands to the sun and other harsh chemicals related
back to where we work, lets say your a mechanic and gets their hands greasy,
or your a gardener, and hand your hands get exposed to a ton of different germs from the soil,
it really is no surprise that a lot of damage is being done to them, when you think about it.. So
its a never ending process of damaging the stratum corneum, which is that important top layer of the
skin that is protective in nature, and it all falls down from there. But whats the solution?
How do we break the cycle. There are 4 things you need to know right away.. The first one is:
Use soap over sanitizer whenever possible. The second is: not just any soap, you need fragrance
free and dye free soaps that are gentle, 3: pat your hands dry instead of rubbing them,
as you dont want to cause too much friction. And 4: when you can, moisturize soon after you wash
your hands, to trap in the water to prevent whats known as CREPEY skin that starts to form in your
40s. And later in the video ill be showing you guys natural moisturizer you can make to soak
your hands in at night that works wonders, so stay tuned for that, but before we get into that. Lets
talk about 2 of the most common everyday mistakes that cause dry and wrinkled hands
leading to Crepey skin and aged hands, even after lets say your doing all the right steps
to prevent all this. Because lets face it, there are some people who avoid harsh chemicals on
their hands, they dont over sanitize them with harsh alcohols, they use lukewarm water and
avoid hot water, and they us a thick moisturizer everyday and still have dry and wrinkled hands.
Whats the problem? What gives? Well the first is: not using gloves. If your washing dishes and youre
not wearing gloves, youre making a terrible mistake. Hot water, detergents, and yard work
can dry your skin, which can age your hands even faster. And 2: If your not wearing an SPF on your
hands, your allowing direct UV rays from the sun to cause photodermatitis which reverses all your
efforts your putting into to fix the problem. Ive seen some dermatologist go as far as recommending,
wearing a thin, sun-protective glove even while driving to protect against crepey skin.
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now lets get back to the video. Now that we addressed the causes of dry and
wrinkled hand aging, and 2 of the biggest mistakes we not knowingly make, not using gloves to protect
the stratum corneum and forgetting sunscreen on the hand causing photoaging. Lets get into how
to make that night time moisturizer that I think is worth trying to get younger looking hands. The
first moisturizer recipe is using, egg yolk. The protein in eggs helps in binding the skin tissue,
while the zinc, fatty acids and vitamin B2 present in the yolk will help you have tighter looking
skin while leaving your hands incredibly soft once you dip them into the mixture. To do this,
Separate an egg yolk in a bowl. Add a decent amount of honey to the yolk. Mix it properly and
soak your hands in this for about 10 minutes. And you want to do this at bedtime, when your getting
ready for sleep. Wash it off with luke warm water, and repeat it until you start seeing results.
And let me know what your results are. You can even use an Olive Oil and Sugar Scrub mixture,
which the Olive oil, which acts as an excellent moisturizer can keep your
hands supple and hydrated, while the Sugar is an excellent exfoliator which helps to slough
off the dirt and extra skin cells from your hands. So to do this,
Mix some olive oil with sugar and scrub your hands. Then Wash it off
with lukewarm water. Try this for about a week to see if it helps you in any way.
And there you go guys, Those are going to be 2 of my favorite recipes,
and I hope that it helps point you in the right direction. Im really interested to hear your
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