Showing posts with label Leg Vein Treatments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leg Vein Treatments. Show all posts

Friday, 27 February 2015

20 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About SpaMedica and Dr. Mulholland


Ever wondered who visits SpaMedica and what kind of treatments they get? What's the average age of SpaMedica clients? What was life like for Dr. Mulholland before he became a doctor? All these questions are answered below!

1. SpaMedica has been in operation in Yorkville, Toronto since 1997.

2. About 70% of Dr. Mulholland’s patients are women

3. Most of these women are between ages 35-55

4. Dr. Mulholland says these women are not privileged housewives. They’re usually very outgoing or hardworking professionals.

5. 90% of Dr. Mulholland’s breast augmentation patients are over 35. They usually have a few kids and want to recapture their breast shape.

Source: SpaMedica. Before and after photo of a facelift patient.

6. Women over age 35 tend to seek non-surgical procedures like Botox Injectable, FotoFacials, Restylane, laser hair removal and leg vein treatments. The top 5 surgical procedures are brow and eyelid surgery, facelifts, breast augmentation, liposuction and tummy tucks.

7. Male clients want to look more youthful. They come in for facial changes such as jowl removal, facelifts, eyelid lifts and rhinoplasty. They seek liposuction to remove unwanted fat too.

8. Dr. Mulholland never operates on teenagers. “Generally the closer women are to age 20—before they’ve had some life experience—the less confident they are about body image. It’s hard to figure out who you are then, let alone confuse it with surgery,” he says.

Source: SpaMedica. Before and after photo of a Botox Injectable patient.

9. At SpaMedica, the average Botox Injectable patient is age 40.

10. Injections of Voluma fillers have become almost 25% of Dr. Mulholland’s job.

11. When it comes to older women, Dr. Mulholland says any insecurity is usually related to professional advancement. “Ageism is rampant in the workplace,” he says.

12. These patients usually want to increase their breasts to a small to mid-sized C cup.

13. According to Dr. Mulholland, Canadian women are at least a cup size smaller than U.S women.

14. Women under 30 usually see him to change their breasts, nose or get rid of unwanted fat.

Source: SpaMedica. Dr. Mulholland played professional hockey with Rogle BK in the Swedish first division. After his year in Sweden, he signed a professional contract with the Calgary Flames.

15. Before becoming a plastic surgeon, Dr. Mulholland was a professional hockey player.

16. Dr. Mulholland studied and completed his core general surgery and plastic surgery training at the University of Toronto.

17. Dr. Mulholland travels around the world several weekends of the year to teach physicians different non-surgical and surgical treatments.

18. He invented the Pan G Lift, a non-surgical treatment that provides results similar to facelifts.

19. He and his team have over 30 years of experience in hairtransplantation and have successfully placed millions of grafts. 

20. The original FotoFacial procedure was co-developed by Dr. Patrick Bitter, Jr. and Dr. Mulholland. This popular procedure is one of the most commonly performed cosmetic procedures in North America.

FotoFacial treatments use radiofrequency, intense pulsed light and infrared energy. They’re pulsed gently on the skin to target facial spider veins, fine lines, blemishes and brown spots on the face, neck, chest and hands.


Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Leg Vein Treatments: How to Treat Your Varicose Veins Easily


Leg Vein Treatment - before and after photos
Source: SpaMedica. This patient received laser leg vein treatments at SpaMedica

Leg veins, also known as varicose veins, are bulging veins on a person’s calves and legs. These leg veins can be blue, red or the same colour as your flesh. Spider veins look smaller and are closer to the skin’s surface. Leg veins are one of the most common cosmetic concerns, especially for women over age 50. This doesn’t mean younger people don’t see this problem on their legs, though. More and more people in their 20s and 30s are starting to see leg veins form. Luckily, a few leg vein treatments treatments are available to reduce or remove these pesky veins.

Why do people get leg veins?

Lots of reasons contribute to the development of leg veins. Pregnancy is one of the main causes of leg veins. Since there’s more blood in the body when a woman is pregnant, this causes veins to increase in size. Sometimes leg veins improve a few months after delivery.

Other factors include:
  • Weight gain
  • Weight loss
  • Hereditary factors. If you have leg veins, usually another person in your family has them too.
  • Hormonal influences. Such changes occur during puberty, pregnancy and menopause.
  • Lack of movement and exercise
  • Long periods of standing. People who work in professions like teaching are more prone to getting leg veins due to the increased pressure in the legs from standing a lot.

Are there ways to prevent leg veins from developing?

There are some tips and habits you can do to cut your chances of developing leg veins. If this issue is hereditary, it’s unfortunately out of your hands. You can do some things to prevent new veins from forming, though.
  • Go out for walks during your breaks if you have a job that requires you to sit down for hours. Some movement helps take pressure off your legs.
  • Reduce sodium intake. Salt is known to cause water retention, which increase pressure on veins.
  • Wear sunscreen. Sun exposure increase chances of spider veins developing.


How can you treat leg veins?

Leg veins and spider veins aren’t life-threatening, but they can be uncomfortable. These veins can cause achiness or cramping. Even if they don’t cause any pain or sensation, maybe you’re fed up with the looks of it. Over 95% of SpaMedica clients see improvements in their leg veins after laser leg vein treatments. As for spider veins, clients see over 75% of improvement in the appearance of these smaller veins.

Laser leg vein treatments

Laser leg vein treatments and laser spider vein treatments involve lasers with multiple wavelengths, intense pulsed light and radiofrequency energy. These techniques are either used in combination or individually. Most clients need 3-6 laser treatments every 3-4 weeks. A session lasts 15-30 minutes, depending on how many leg veins you have. For very lucky people, they require only one laser leg vein treatment.


Laser leg vein treatments
Source: SpaMedica. This patient received sclerotherapy treatments at SpaMedica

Sclerotherapy

This is another common way to treat leg and spider veins. It’s a needle-based technique that reduces the looks of leg veins. Sclerotherapy injections contain chemical sclerosing agents that cause the veins to collapse. This forces the blood to travel through other veins. Eventually, the leg vein fades. You might have to wear gradient compression stockings to reduce swelling.


You don’t have to deal with the discomfort or appearance of leg veins forever. There are lots of ways to reduce your chances of developing or removing them. Keep active, eat well or look into laser or sclerotherapy treatments if you need to.