Rosacea

Default thumbnail How to prepare for IPL treatment

IPL treatment for rosacea is now increasingly common and results can be very good.... 

Default thumbnail Treating your rosacea with light therapy

Rosacea treatment made great advances in the mid 1980’s when laser light therapy... 

Default thumbnail Rosacea symptoms - how to tell if you have it

Amazingly - many people who suffer the symptoms of rosacea don’t even know... 

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Vein Problems

Default thumbnail Why vein problems are worse for women

Life is definitely not always fair for the fairer sex. The unwelcome truth is that... 

Default thumbnail Vein problems

If you suffer from vein problems - you are not alone. Something like 40% of all women... 

Default thumbnail Does your doctor use a VeinViewer?

If you are thinking about a medical procedure to treat your spider veins or varicose... 

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Spider Veins

Default thumbnail How sclerotherapy destroys spider veins

Sclerotherapy as a vein treatment has been around for a while - both for spider veins and varicose veins. If you have a phobia about needles be prepared - sclerotherapy involves the injection of a liquid agent into the spider vein using a microscopic needle.  The liquid agent is usually something like... [Read more]

Default thumbnail Vein cream - does it work?

A vein cream seems like a painless and affordable way to treat spider veins - but do they really work or are you just wasting your money? Cosmetic companies have long realized the demand for topical treatments and have come to the rescue with plenty of options for vein creams to lessen the unsightly... [Read more]

Default thumbnail Spider veins: 8 step action plan

Unfortunately - some of the causes of spider veins you can’t do much about.  If you’ve inherited the gene for spider veins you can’t give it back. You may have made other positive life choices - like getting pregnant - that will put you at greater risk of getting spider veins. The... [Read more]

Default thumbnail Laser vein treatment for summer

If you have spider veins with summer approaching you might be keen to do something about them. Until recently for women with spider veins - vein treatment was a lengthy and painful process involving needles and surgery. Not a pleasant prospect for anyone slightly squeamish.  Now new advances in technology... [Read more]

Default thumbnail Spider veins: the 8 risk factors

Spider veins can appear almost overnight and without warning.  It’s something of a mystery why some women get spider veins and others escape with blemish free legs all their lives. Whilst the exact causes of spider veins are difficult to pinpoint there are some common factors you ought to be aware... [Read more]

Default thumbnail Stop spider veins with the right diet

Spider veins can be a bit like gray hairs - blast them with lasers or zap them with sclerotherapy and you may find they crop up again. Unless of course you take preventative measures. Many nutritionists believe that diet can be a key to reducing the risk of spider veins or minimising their appearance.... [Read more]

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