Hand Rejuvenation: Did It Work?
Posted April 16, 2008 12:00 pm.
Last Updated July 3, 2017 9:00 am.
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A few weeks ago, we told you about an amazing surgery that promised eternal youth. Patients walked in with visible age signs, and walked out ten years younger.
It wasn’t an eye lift or a tummy tuck that caused the supposedly astonishing results – it was hand rejuvenation surgery. The lengthy, invasive procedure targets age spots, veins and loose skin. With needles injecting Sculptra to make your hands appear plumper, a laser that zaps away sun damage, and a host of other techniques, the treatment can cost up to $2500.
For all that money and blood, did those magical results last? Take a look for yourself. Those are the hands of Beverly Farrell, our test subject.
Her hands “are less wrinkly and they’re a lot cleaner looking and more plump,” Farrell enthuses.
Dr. Stephen Mulholland, who performed the procedure, agrees. “It’s almost like you could draw a line. Here (he points to her wrist) it’s about 15 years older and here (he points to her hands) it’s about 15 years younger.”
And despite the wince-inducing video and visible blood, Farrell insists the pain wasn’t so bad.
“It was a little bit tender, you know, for the first or second day,” she admits, “but it was very short-lived.”
Why did the former nurse decide to go for the treatment in the first place? The reason was purely cosmetic.
“We can do a lot, you know, to keep fit with exercise and diet and everything, but aging hands give it away every time.”
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