We've brought you all sorts of odd beauty regimens: press-on toenails, removing toes so your shoes look better, pedicure by piranha pool, but we seriously think we've seen it all now.
According to the Daily Mail, women in the UK are having veins removed from the tops of their hands for a smoother, younger look. The article goes into great detail about the reasoning behind the surgery: women are afraid of being judged harshly and are so afraid of appearing older that they're having plastic surgeons remove seemingly offensive (read: visible) surface veins right out of their hands. A couple of shots of anesthetic, some pricks and pulls, one or two weeks of swelling and voila!, no more large veins on the tops of your hands.
Did you just yell "WTF?" We know we did. Have we really become a society that judges women so harsly that we're willing to take veins out of the tops of our hands so people won't think we look old? Crepey skin is definitely a sign of aging, but there are less invasive procedures you can undertake, like exfoliating and using a good anti-aging hand cream, for example. We recommend Pretty Feet & Hands Rough Skin Remover and RoC Retinol Correxion Hand Repair
for your daily regimen…like, NOW.
What do you think? Is vein removal chic or freak? Vote or let us know your opinion in the comments section.
PS: Did you know you could get spider veins in your face? Well you can and a Dr. Bruce Katz, MD has developed a laser technology (called RBX) as a preemptive strike of sorts. If women are willing to dig veins out of their hands, we can only imagine what they'd be willing to do to get them off their face. Scary!
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THAT IS SO GROSS!!! OMG!
This is insane.
I actually hate my hands, so I wouldn’t mind getting something like this done…
I meant to say that I DON’T HATE my hands so I would NOT get something like this done…
I would totally do this – how is it any different than laser hair removal? same thing!
This is goes way too far…how does it differ from laser hair removal? How about LHR is non-invasive, does not require anesthetic, does not require a couple of weeks of swelling, definitely no pricks and no pulls…need I go on?
I think the veins in your hands are there for a reason. I hope they don’t suffer adverse affects
when they really do get older!
Just because other forms of plastic surgery to correct aging have become de riguer does not make them any less grotesque than this new one. Face lifts? Boob jobs? Liposuction? They are all extremes.
This sounds like a torture scene out of Hostil, the movie.
People that don’t want this surgery don’t have hands that the veins stand out so high other people actually make comments about them. When you are thin you pay the price with skinny hands. I hide mine because people DO look and make comments. I want the veins removed!!
Poor, poor women with “skinny hands”. The shame you must feel. Still, have some foresight and think about how you will feel when you lose circulation in your hands, they turn blue, and you need a finger amputated.
You gotta be kidding. No way. My hands are more important to me than my looks. And if that’s how she feels, she ought to wear gloves more. There are some cool looking gloves this year.
My hands have large veins, but I would never consider this. Who cares!!! I can’t believe people would actually go this far for vanity.