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Improve the appearance of spider veins with this injectable treatment. Also known as varicose veins, telangiectasias, or sunburst varicosities, spider veins are tiny veins that lie just below the surface of the skin.
Asclera is an injectable sclerotherapy medicine from Merz Aesthetics ...
Asclera is an injectable sclerotherapy medicine from Merz Aesthetics ...
Model PhotoSpider veins are easily treated by sclerotherapy in which a sclerosing solution of highly concentrated saline is injected directly into the vein causing it to shrink and fade from the surface of the skin ...
Treatment for veins can range from surgery lasers to sclerotherapy ...
Asclera an injectable sclerotherapy medicine receieved FDA approval in 2010 for the treatment of spider veins but has not been studied for varicose vein treatment ...
Coolsculpting is based on cryolipolysis in which fat is brought to a near freezing point causing fat to crystallize and eventually die
The Zeltiq device delivers targeted cold therapy to the treatment area causing the fat to crystallize and die
The Zeltiq device kills fat cells by dropping the temperature to just above freezing causing the fat to crystallize and die and it doesn't cause any damage to the skin
Once the fat cells are frozen over time they go through a controlled process wherein they crystallize die and are flushed out of the system
Images Courtesy of Dr Christopher ZacharyDr Anderson says the cold causes the adipose or fatty tissue to crystallize causing the cell to die