One of the biggest giveaways of a woman’s age is her hands. The backs of the hands have quite delicate, thin skin that is prone to a veiny appearance with crepe-like wrinkles and it is the prevalence of these that can lead people to guessing your age, no matter how youthful your figure and face.

So what better cosmetic procedure to contemplate than the handlift? The handlift should leave your hands looking plumper and smoother and this gives the illusion of the hands of a much younger woman, thus the handlift will help you disguise your true age.

Previously, rejuvenating the hands has tended to involve the transplant of fat to the hands to give them the firmer, more plumped up look. However this can sometimes lead to a slightly fake, unnatural look to the hands – and therefore give way the fact that you have had cosmetic surgery.

The latest handlift procedure involves Restylane, a type of dermal filler most commonly known for being used on the face. The Restylane Vital ‘hand lift’ takes around 20 minutes to complete and involves having local anaesthetic injected before tiny drops of hyaluronic acid are injected into the hands. Hyaluronic acid is naturally found in the skin and helps with the suppleness of the skin. The Restylane injections are said to cause water to bind to the connective tissue in the hands more readily, thus giving a natural plumping action, leaving the skin on the hands more elastic and firm.

The handlift is not permanent however it is claimed to take 10 years off the look of the hands. Hyaluronic acid breaks down over time so repeat injections will be required every year or so.

However some research has shown that even when the hyaluronic acid has fully broken down, the skin on the hands still remains more elastic than it otherwise would have been. This is thought to be because the hyaluronic acid helps improve collagen production which in turn helps the look and feel of the skin.