McKeown Medical
167 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4SQ
Dr. Alex Vesey is our expert consultant vascular surgeon who heads up our varicose vein team at McKeown Medical. Here, he discusses what spider veins are.
Date posted — 25.08.24
Spider veins, or thread veins, are caused by the dilation of small blood vessels near the skin’s surface.
Factors contributing to spider vein development include genetic predisposition, hormonal changes (such as during pregnancy or menopause), and prolonged exposure to sun or extreme temperatures.
Other risk factors include prolonged standing or sitting, obesity, and ageing, which weaken the vessel walls and valves. Spider veins are often seen on the legs and face and are generally harmless, but can be a cosmetic concern.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, managing weight, and protecting your skin from sun damage can help reduce the risk of developing spider veins.
We offer a range of treatment options for spider veins (varicose veins), including VenaSeal™ – the most up-to-date method of treating spider veins that causes less pain and allows you to get back to normal almost immediately, without the hassle of wearing bandages or compression stockings.
Get in touch with our friendly team, and we’ll help you find the right varicose vein treatment.
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What if you don’t want a deep plane facelift?
This is the results of one of our patients who felt that the deep plane facelift was too invasive for her, so she chose a classic SMAS facelift with the wonderful @bramhallplasticsurgery.
Until a few years ago, the SMAS facelift was considered the gold standard. Now the deep plane has taken over, but there are some patients who feel uncomfortable with the length of time required in surgery for a deep plane technique and the idea of operating in the deeper tissues of the face doesn’t appeal to them.
The SMAS facelift typically takes around half the time in to perform. It means that there is less dramatic change, especially in the neck, but for some patients that’s the right choice for them.
This patient is 2 months post-op. She’s also had a little volume restoration using HA and she’s over the moon with the results.
What do you think?
Here she is again! This is Lorraine now 4 months after her quantum lift. We posted her results a little bit earlier on but we wanted to post again because as the months are passing by you can see the results improve and the definition get even better.
She is loving the result. What do you think?
Another beautiful deep plane face and neck lift result from @bramhallplasticsurgery . For patients who want the best possible improvement the deep plane remains the gold standard!
Ok. So this is a younger patient in her late 30s and a lot of people might reasonably say "She`s gorgeous, what does she need anything done for?"
And I agree. But she had a little bit of excess fatty tissue around her jawline and neck which really bothered her, especially when she moved her neck. She wanted her jawline to look a bit slimmer and more defined and so we did a Quantum Lift for her.
This is her just 24 hours later. Her bruising and swelling is not too bad at all, mainly because she didn`t have a huge amount done - although she still has a lot of healing to go over the next few months.
She is already loving the result however! What do you think?
Arm lift is rapidly becoming one of our most popular procedures in the clinic. For more minor cases we can often achieve enough tightening simply with some liposuction and Quantum RF.
When patients have more skin excess, however, and want the tightest result possible you cannot beat a traditional brachioplasty, which is what this patient had with the very talented Dr Kavita. The patient is delighted with the result.
What do you think?
This is a little sneak peek of our upcoming podcast between Dr Darren (@drdarrenmckeown) and our new body contouring expert, Dr George Christopolous (@gchristopoulos). The full video will be going live later this week.
On a scale of 1-10, how excited are we for George to start his body contouring in Scotland?
Thank you to this lovely 67 year old patient who has allowed us to share the early results of her deep plane face and neck lift.
She’s just three weeks post her procedure which she had under local anaesthetic and sedation with the ever-talented @bramhallplasticsurgery here in the clinic, and while she’s still a little swollen around the jawline (where swelling tends to hang around the longest), we think she’s looking absolutely fabulous already.
The patient is delighted. What do you think?
I’m super excited to welcome Dr George Christopoulos to the dream team at McKeown Medical.
George is a plastic surgeon with a particular interest in body contouring: liposuction, tummy tucks, arm lifts and thigh lifts.
What I really love about George’s work is his approach to liposuction. It’s not about simply emptying out as much fat as possible. He approaches the body almost like a sculptor, thinking about shape, proportion, contours, highlights and shadows. It’s those details that can elevate a fairly standard liposuction result into something really special.
You can check out some of his work on his own page @gchristopoulos
I’ve also filmed a podcast with George where we get into all things body contouring — what makes a great liposuction result, loose skin, tummy tucks, lipoedema, technology and quite a lot more. I’ll be posting that over the next couple of days.
In the meantime, if you want to meet the man himself, George’s diary is now open for consultations at McKeown Medical.
What does filler look like? This!
So many people are terrified of fillers. When it’s done well, this is what it looks like. Everything looks softer. The bags under the eyes look less obvious. But nothing looks different.
The patient is delighted. What do you think?