When it comes to fighting the signs of aging, most people focus on the face but the hands often tell the story first. Age spots on hands can appear after years of sun exposure, creating uneven tone and dullness that make skin look older than it is. The good news? You can get rid of age spots on your hands and restore smoother, brighter-looking skin with the right natural ingredients and consistent care. Beyond your hands, other areas like the elbows and neck can also develop aging spots, rough texture and sagging skin over time. Here’s how to address these often-overlooked areas and help your entire body look as youthful as your complexion.
Key Takeaways
- Main factors for the appearance of aging include a decrease in collagen and elastin, bending and stretching the skin, sun exposure, reduction in oil production and more.
- Neglected areas show aging faster. The elbows, knees, chest and neck often develop sun spots, roughness and droopiness sooner than the face.
- Age spots on hands appear early. The skin on your hands is thin and exposed daily, making age spots one of the first visible signs of aging.
- You can minimize the look of age spots on hands. Consistent exfoliation, sun protection and antioxidant-rich care help improve age spots on hands and keep skin looking smooth and youthful.
Chest & Neck: Delicate Areas That Show Aging Fast
It’s a fact that over time, skin begins to wrinkle. With age, the decrease in collagen and elastin production causes the skin to lose its ability to bounce back and hold its shape. Certain habits like smoking can also prematurely wrinkle the skin on the chest, neck or other areas of the body, leaving it dull and uneven in tone. To minimize aging spots and wrinkles in these delicate areas, consistent hydration, daily sun protection and antioxidant-rich ingredients can help keep the skin smooth and firm.
Our Solution:
Hydration is very effective in preventing and reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. As previously mentioned, shea butter, argan oil and grape seed oil are moisturizing and hydrating ingredients that nourish all areas of the skin including your neck and chest. Evening primrose oil is a high-performing moisturizing ingredient while jojoba oil supports and hydrates the skin.
Moisturizing night creams are an essential part of a hydrating skin care routine. During the night, the skin is known to be in recovery mode, and it is the ideal time, especially for mature skin, to use rich creams with a higher concentration of ingredients to help boost hydration and reawaken dry-looking skin.
Our Monoi Age Corrective Night Cream for Face & Neck works on your skin in the chest and neck area overnight, nourishing, replenishing and reducing signs of wrinkles. This rich cream includes an Argan Stem Cell Complex to tighten and firm the skin. It also contains a Natural Retinol Alternative. This is a unique ingredient that offers visible immediate and long-term improvement of aging skin by reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
During the day, you can turn to the Hibiscus Ultra Lift Neck Cream. The Advanced Instant Lift fX formulation gives an immediate look of firmness to the neck and chest wrinkles, leaving it looking rejuvenated and tightened. Your chest skin is thinner compared to the rest of your body, so when applying neck cream, extend the product down to your chest to ensure this delicate area is also moisturized.
Elbows & Knees: The Forgotten Areas That Age Fast
The skin around your joints is subject to constant bending and stretching. These areas are also often exposed to the sun and other external factors during the summer months, leading to visible aging spots and skin damage.
Our Solution:
Your current skin care routine may not be enough to revitalize knee wrinkles or the cracked, sandpaper-y elbows most of us have. If you’re wondering how to make elbows and knees look younger, here are some of the best skin care ingredients to look for:
- Coconut water is a moisturizing and toning ingredient that is a source of vitamin C, calcium, potassium and phosphorus.
- Coconut milk is moisturizing and nourishing and softens the look of skin.
- Argan oil is rich in antioxidants and smooths and moisturizes the look of the skin.
- Shea butter is a moisturizer that is high in triglycerides and fatty acids. This emollient moisturizing ingredient helps to revitalize and repair the skin.
- Grape seed oil is an antioxidant that combats wrinkles and fine lines.
Our Coconut Firming Body Lotion contains coconut, shea butter and grape seed oil, which leaves your skin looking tight and firm, while providing deep and lasting hydration.
We also recommend the Monoi Age Corrective Night Body Cream, which takes advantage of your body’s overnight repair process with its exclusive Argan Stem Cell Complex. This complex contains argan stem cells and nutmeg seed, known to be rich in antioxidants, essential fatty acids and polyphenols which helps visibly firm and tighten the look of healthy skin. This ultra-rich night body cream leaves the skin on the elbows and knees feeling firmer, denser and smoother by morning.
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Your Hands: The First to Show Age Spots
Skin is affected by two main factors: age and sun exposure. The skin across the body is made up of three layers, which include the epidermis (outer layer), the dermis (middle layer) and the subcutis (bottom layer). The dermis supports the skin’s structure with collagen, elastin and other fibers that give it a smooth, bouncy appearance. Over time, these fibers break down, and age spots on hands begin to appear as a visible sign of damage from years of UV exposure. Consistent care can help remove age spots on hands and improve tone and texture.
Speaking to Healthy.com, board-certified dermatologist Kally Papantoniou, MD, FAAD, says: “Hormonal changes result in a loss of skin elasticity and volume loss on the backs of our hands. These changes cause the crepey appearance of skin and also make the veins very prominent.”
Specifically, it’s the gradual loss of oil glands in this area that results in hands becoming dry and wrinkled with age. In addition to natural aging, your hands are exposed most of the time, leading to sun damage — the biggest culprit in premature aging.
Our Solution:
Boost hydration and protect the skin by applying a sunscreen that contains hydrating ingredients. Key ingredients to look for include:
- Zinc oxide is a natural mineral that blocks UV rays to protect skin.
- Aloe vera is a moisturizer and soothes dry skin, alleviating the appearance of damage from sun exposure, while also hydrating and softening the look of the skin.
We recommend our Lilikoi Mineral Defense Sport Sunscreen SPF 30, not just for all-over body use, but also to improve the visible signs of aging on your hands. As well as aloe vera and zinc oxide, this organic formula contains lilikoi (passion fruit) seed oil, which offers vitamin C and antioxidants to help with the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. The inclusion of raspberry seed oil provides your complexion with another skin-repairing ingredient, one which harnesses antioxidants to help minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. This mineral sunscreen is non-greasy and water-resistant for up to 40 minutes. Plus, it’s highly effective for outdoor activities like swimming and high-performance sports.
To further support the look of smoother, more youthful-looking hands, we also recommend the Eminence Organics Mangosteen Replenishing Hand Cream.
This luxurious hand cream delivers long-lasting hydration to soften the appearance of dry, rough hands. With each application this silky formula gently resurfaces the skin so that the look of tone and texture is improved, and hands are left feeling soft, supple and revitalised.
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Age Spots on Hands: All Your Questions Answered
What causes age spots on hands?
Age spots on hands develop from years of UV exposure that trigger excess melanin production. Over time, this leads to small brown or tan patches that become more noticeable as collagen and elasticity decrease.
Can you get rid of age spots on hands naturally?
Yes. Gentle exfoliation, consistent sunscreen use and natural brightening ingredients like licorice root, vitamin C and lactic acid can help remove age spots on hands and even out skin tone.
Are aging spots on hands permanent?
Most aging spots can fade or lighten with the right care routine. Using antioxidant-rich products and sun protection daily prevents them from darkening and supports gradual renewal of the skin’s surface.
Why do my hands look older than my face?
The hands are exposed to sunlight, washing and environmental stress more than other parts of the body. Without protection or moisture, they lose collagen faster, which causes age spots and visible wrinkles to appear sooner.
How long does it take to see results?
With regular exfoliation and daily SPF, you can start seeing improvements in the appearance of age spots on hands within a few weeks, depending on your skin type and consistency.
For more information about targeting the signs of aging from head to toe, visit our Spa Locator to find your nearest Eminence Organics Spa Partner.
