As the summer approaches, many women across the country will be dreading the warm weather, skirts and shorts because they are worried about their embarrassing thread veins.
Thread veins are very common and often associated with the older generation but can affect younger women too as they can also be exacerbated by over exposure to sunlight, Rosacea, pregnancy or hormone treatment.
The tiny veins can appear on cheeks, nose or legs and so particularly in the summer months, are more difficult to cover up. Most people will find that they are most prominent in a certain area of their body and look at ways in which they can reduce or remove them completely.
Dr Ravi Jain, Medical Director at the award-winning cosmetic clinic Riverbanks (www.riverbanksclinic.co.uk) reveals that there are of a number of ways that thread veins can be removed or reduced.
The most popular treatments include:
Vitamin K
For a long time now beauticians have been promoting the use of Vitamin K in topical form to treat thread veins and bruised areas. Vitamin K helps to clot blood and applied directly on to the skin can work really effectively. Vitamin K cream is often used after laser surgery as it has been shown to reduce bruising. With thread veins it assists in clotting the blood and shutting down the angry red vein that you can see. If the thread veins have been there a long time or are fairly prominent then this may not be the ideal solution.
Laser Treatment
In Laser Treatment the heat from the laser is absorbed into the vein, which causes it to stick together and seal off the blood. The disadvantages to this treatment are that only small areas can be treated at a time and there is a risk of crusting or even scarring to the skin. On the other hand, the laser is very effective when IPL fails or the vessels are bigger than 1mm across.
Sclerotherapy
This treatment is fairly common and very effective. The thread vein is injected with a solution that will cause it to collapse or stick together, sealing it off and preventing blood from flowing into it, therefore reducing the colour. It can take a number of visits and a good few months to see results using this treatment. This is often used for larger unsightly thread veins or ones that haven’t responded well to other treatments.
Intense Pulsed Light (IPL)
IPL treatments are highly effective – even in short courses. They effectively remove the damage of overly exposed skin and eradicate thread veins and scarring. The award winning Harmony IPL Laser treatment that we use is considered to be the best and most advanced treatment available for reducing thread veins, imperfections and skin damage. With IPL a hand held until emits pulses of high intensity light that destroys any thread veins and prevents blood from flowing through. It is relatively painless, much safer then laser treatment and gains very quick results.
“Thread veins, particularly facial ones, can have a huge impact on confidence and because there is so much focus on treatments like Botox and fillers, many people think there isn’t anything that can be done and they have to just put up with it. The variety of treatments available means that in the majority of cases, the appearance of thread veins can be significantly, if not totally, reduced,” says Dr Jain.
ENDS
Notes to Editor:
The multi award-winning Riverbanks Clinic is one of the UK’s leading clinics for non-surgical cosmetic and dermatological treatments. The prestigious Riverbanks Clinic helps men and women to turn back the clock, with the help of the very latest safe, non-surgical, highly effective anti-aging skin treatments. The clinic also specialises in treating skin problems such as acne and Roseaca. The most popular treatments offered by Riverbanks Clinic include Vaser Lipo, Botox, Dermal Fillers, Sculptra, Smartlipo, Smartxide DOT Laser and Accent Radiofrequency.
For more information visit www.riverbanksclinic.co.uk
Dr Ravi Jain is available for press interviews, articles and features. For further details, hi-res images or to arrange an interview with Dr Jain, please contact Amy Larman on 01603 477 949 or email press@riverbanksclinic.co.uk
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