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Winter's the right time for a bevy of cosmetic procedures, apparently, especially if you're considering laser tattoo removal, light or laser skin treatments and vein removal, aka sclerotherapy. It's not that there's something inherently better about colder weather when it comes to these procedures; it's just that you're more likely to be at your palest, which can be better for laser treatments. Read more
Whether they're caused by age, genetics, or frequent standing, let's face it; no matter how much we wish they'd go away for bikini season, varicose veins happen. While mostly prevalent in the more mature crowd, they can affect people of all ages and can range from barely there spider veins to ones that are large, protruding, and painful. While the latter can involve both sclerotherapy (injections Read more
Varicose veins are swollen veins that generally appear on the legs. They are often raised, lumpy, uncomfortable and unpleasant-looking. They form when the valves inside of your veins malfunction and blood winds up seeping down your legs instead of being pumped back up towards your heart. This causes blood to concentrate and swell within weakened areas. Those areas also don't get as much oxygen to Read more
Have varicose veins and looking for a way to keep them under check? Or worried about getting varicose veins in the future? Well exercise is an easy and effective way to relieve and prevent varicose veins -- gnarled, enlarged veins. Exercise helps push stagnant blood from the bottom of the legs back to the heart. Furthermore, Luis Navarro, M.D., founder and director of the Vein Treatment Center Read more
People can develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after they experienced, witnessed, or been confronted with a horrible event such as a car accident, a rape, fighting in a war, or a national disaster. Having a strong reaction to trauma is completely normal and expected, but PTSD involves an overwhelming reaction of the body's normal psychological defenses against stress. So after the Read more
Everyone has heard from somebody – their mother, their co-worker, their Pilates instructor – that it is not healthy to cross your legs when sitting. But is it true? I am here to tell you, as one of those Pilates instructors, that YES it is true. And for a couple of reasons: It seriously decreases the circulation to your lower legs. Lack of blood flow to your feet can not only make them Read more
