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Treat Spider Veins with Microsclerotherapy at Palm Clinic

Friday 19 October 2018, 6:18PM

By Beckie Wright

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New Zealand’s busiest varicose vein clinic, Palm Clinic has been performing effective venous treatments since 1998. Their expert team of doctors and nurses treat spider veins using microsclerotherapy. This is an injection technique that uses ultra-fine needles. In some instances the team will use an Exotherme Laser or IPL or the Coolglide Excel laser.

Spider veins are a result of faulty blood vessels which fail to carry blood back to the heart properly. This leads to the blood flowing backwards in the vein and venous enlargement. Spider veins are exacerbated by obesity, pregnancy, menopause and genetic factors.

Spider veins are seen as small discoloured veins that have a spider-web like appearance typically on the legs. They are common on the outside of the thighs and inside of the knees but can also involve any part of the legs and are sometimes seen on other parts of the body such as under the breasts, abdomen and face. Elos intense pulsed light is the treatment of choice for facial veins. Leg spider veins are addressed by Microsclerotherapy and/or Exotherme laser.

Spider veins are also called telangiectases and these are typically fed by reticular veins which in turn can be under pressure because of chronic venous incompetence. Palm Clinic performs a diagnostic ultrasound of all legs before treatment to spider veins in case there are deeper veins underneath which are feeding the spider veins. If there are deeper veins needing to be treated they typically wait three months after the deeper treatment before treating the actual spider veins.

The risks associated with microsclerotherapy treatment include telangiectatic matting (development of new, very fine spider veins) and haemosiderin staining (a bruised appearance which can take several months to resolve).

Palm Clinic was formed to bring patients safer, easier ways to treat varicose veins and improve their skin, using injections instead of surgery.  It is one of New Zealand's longest established clinics of its kind and offers a full range of services which include liposuction and an extensive range of cosmetic surgery options. 

For more information on breast lift, laser hair removal, body contouring, skin clinic and more, visit https://www.palmclinic.co.nz/

Palm Clinic can be contacted by 09 522 8128 or 0800 472 562.