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Our self esteem is a powerful driver and one of the main reasons to consider the option of an Aesthetica sclerotherapy procedure. Visible veins, are sometimes painful, but more importantly they are one of the greatest offenders in creaing a lack of self confidence.
Our fashion and lifestyle options are severely limited by Visible veins.
Varicose veins affect 25% of the population with women being afflicted more commonly than men. Surgery used to be the treatment most commonly used in the past until sclerotherapy became available.
Types of treatment available today
There are three effective treatment options for the different types and sizes of veins. These treatments are sclerotherapy, surgery and laser therapy.
Sclerotherapy
Aesthetica Sclerotherapy can eliminate large veins, either alone, or in conjunction with less invasive outpatient surgery. Sclerotherapy is recommended treatment for smaller accessory veins to prevent their deterioration into larger bulging varicose veins. Sclerotherapy is without parallel and most effective in the treatment of leg spider veins.
A solution is injected into the abnormal vein using tiny mico-needles.
This sclerosant solution starts off a process whereby the body closes and contracts the offending vein so that it disappears. Veins which are easily visible are injected without the use of ultrasound as a guide.
Ultrasound guided sclerotherapy U.G.S.
Those veins which are not seen on the surface may be difficult to locate, and therefore hard to inject. The ultrasound is used to locate veins which are difficult to see with the naked eye. The offending vein is visible on the ultrasound screen and a needle or canula can be inserted into the vein and a sclerosant solution injected safely leading to contraction and disappearance of the offending vein. This is called U.G.S.
Foam Sclerosant
A modification and update on this technique is to use a sclerosant foam rather than a liquid. The foam itself is visible on the ultrasound screen whereas the plain solution is not.
Using the foam has the following advantages:
- Foam is beautifully visible on the ultrasound screen and therefore its
- passage up the offending vein can be monitored to the level required.
- The foam displaces the blood in the vein rather than moving with it as the solution would. There is therefore direct contact between the foam and the vein walls and therefore a more effective sclerosing effect on the vein.
- The use of the foam allows the use of smaller amounts of sclerosing medicine to achieve an even better result.
- Use of the foam leads to an easier post treatment course, less discomfort and quicker healing.
Surgery may be effective or recommended for larger veins where the main valves in the groin or back of the knee are defective.
This may entail only ligation or tying off the vein in these areas, or in addition, stripping and removal of veins from the legs.
Laser treatment is very effective for tiny capillaries on the face.
In most cases, laser treatment is not effective for the treatment of leg spider veins due to the higher pressures in the legs.
All Medical procedures have benefits and potential side effects
Aesthetica Sclerotherapy is a relatively safe and effective treatment. Sclerotherapy is an injection method for eliminating varicose veins and telangiectasiae ('spider veins") Using tiny needles a solution, called a "sclerosing agent" is injected into the veins.
This solution irritates the inside lining of the vein wall and with pressure from bandages the vein walls are forced to stick together, sealing the leaking valves that may be present. This obliterates the vein, which hardens into a fibrous cord and subsequently shrivels.
The blood in these abnormal veins had been flowing in the wrong direction down the leg. Following treatment this blood is re-routed back into the deep veins, and back up the leg towards the heart.
This improvement in the venous circulation is often able to relieve the pressure symptoms associated with varicose or spider veins.
Results from Aesthetica Varicose Vein Treatment
The vast majority of our patients have good to excellent results with sclerotherapy. Most patients can see and feel a vast improvement in their legs. Unfortunately however, there is no guarantee that sclerotherapy will be effective in every case. Approximately 10% of our patients, who undergo sclerotherapy, have only poor to fair results.
"Poor results" means the veins and any associated symptoms have not substantially disappeared after six to ten treatments. This is seen especially in patients who have had previous surgery on one or more occasions, or who have quite severe disease.
The number of treatments needed to clear or improve the condition varies from patient to patient, depending on the extent of varicose and spider veins present.
On the average a good response requires from 3 to ten treatments, but some difficult patients will require even more treatments.
The treatment program usually takes from one to several months, and the healing continues to proceed over a longer time. Aesthetica doctors, nurses and para medical staff have many years of combined experience treating vascular problems. We look forward to meeting with you to provide a tailored treatment plan to improve your veins.
If you require further information, pricing, or a no obligation consultation, please contact our practice manager Julie Dean via the email address link below. We look forward to further communication. Aesthetica Melbourne
55 Claremont Street South Yarra 3141 Melbourne Victoria Australia.
Freecall 1800 062 181 Phone 03 9829 7777 Facsimile 03 99829 7766
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Aesthetica Sydney - Enhance Clinic
793 George Street Sydney NSW Australia.
Phone 1300 699 433 Facsimile 02 9212 2201
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