ADVICE – There are effective solutions for changing the appearance of hands after forty. Explanations of a sports coach and nutritionist doctor.
Years are passing, body it evolves and certain physical changes take hold, sometimes against our will. The hands in particular lose their elasticity and become rounded from the age of forty. In women, the explanation is mainly found in the hormonal changes associated with this phase premenopause. “Our estrogen production gradually decreases until it stops permanently at menopause, while testosterone levels remain constant. This results in more fat storage, especially in the upper part of the body: chest, stomach and arms,” points out Corinne Chicheportiche-Ayache, nutritionist.
This phenomenon is accompanied by laxity of the skin, in other words, the skin loses its tone and elasticity. Which is reinforced, especially at upper body level, by the popular aversion to arm muscle exercise among women, who are wrongly suspected of developing…
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