Radiesse® recently received FDA approval as an injectable to rejuvenate aging hands.
The hands don’t lie. Even with a more youthful appearance of the face, your age can easily be given away by the appearance of your hands. In early June, Merz North America, the maker of Radiesse®, announced that they have received regulatory approval to sell the nation’s first injectable “filler” to improve the appearance of bony, aging hands and to correct volume loss in the dorsum of the hands. The nurse injectors at The Skin Clinic at Edina Plastic surgery are experts in these injections and have helped many patients achieve smoother, younger-looking hands.
Radiesse® is the first and only FDA-approved product for hand augmentation to correct volume loss in the hands and reduce the prominence of tendons and veins in the hands. This filler restores volume to the hands while providing smooth, natural-looking results that can be seen immediately and can last up to 1 year.
But it’s not just older women who want in: Young women are getting hand rejuvenation so they can take engagement ring selfies without shame, the Daily News reported in August. Women who’ve recently added “rocks” to their left ring fingers are getting Radiesse® injections to beef up the appearance of their hands for the engagement ring photos.
In clinical trials, 75 percent of evaluators said Radiesse® improved hand appearance three months after injection, Merz said. The evaluators didn’t know which patients had received Radiesse® and which ones were injected with a placebo.
Here is a quote from a patient who had her hands rejuvenated using Radiesse®:
“I wasn’t happy with the way my hands were looking — the veins were showing and the skin didn’t have its youthful vibrancy,” says Margareta C., 66, who had the procedure. “It filled in all those pockets and the veins are not noticeable now.”
