While facial aging has been successfully addressed for years, addressing similar issues on the hands has been more challenging. Lupo, MD, FAAD, clinical professor of dermatology at Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans, shared her professional experience using sclerotherapy to treat prominent veins com in aging hands, including the best candidates for the procedure and other minimally invasive techniques used to further improve signs of aging.

While the loss of dermal and subcutaneous volume that occurs with aging results in sagging of the face, it results in more pronounced blood vessels and tendons on the hands. Speaking today at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (Academy), dermatologist Rycca P. Now, dermatologists are successfully using sclerotherapy - a longstanding treatment for spider veins - to improve the appearance of aging hands.

Sclerotherapy Gives Signs of Aging on the Hands the Boot Dermatologists find new application for technique used to treat spider veins SAN FRANCISCO, / - / -- Recent advances in skin rejuvenation can take years off one's appearance by softening or erasing fine lines and wrinkles, plumping sunken cheeks and erasing spots and uneven pigmentation.