{ Leg & Vein Reduction }

If you are seeking a Toronto leg vein reduction specialist, then Dr. Stephen Mulholland, the cosmetic dermatologists and medical personnel at SpaMedica would like to offer you the best, most advanced and effective leg vein reduction treatments available. SpaMedica is one of a kind medical spa facility that brings the very best high tech medical therapies with the service commitment and attention to detail of a day spa. Helping you achieve the most attractive legs possible is our first goal at SpaMedica.

What is leg vein reduction?

The causes of visible and aesthetically displeasing and often functional leg vein problems are numerous. Pregnancy, weight gain, weight loss, hereditary factors, female hormonal influences on the valves of the leg vein system can result in leakiness or backflow of the venous blood into the plumbing of the leg vein system in the thigh, mid leg and calf. As the venous pressure increases, smaller valves in the more surface systems also get backflow and you begin to develop visible spider veins, dilatations’ of the veins, called varicosities, which can sometimes be painful.

Like in a dam and irrigation system, if the physician does not deal with the larger leaky veins in the groin and upper thigh then the likelihood of controlling more aesthetically displeasing superficial spider veins and varicose veins becomes extremely low if not impossible.

At SpaMedica® we utilize venous ultrasound scans of the groin and the large vein connections at the saphenous and femoral vein junction, as well as through the mid thigh, to assess and diagnose reflux pathology and leg vein disease. On your first consultation scanning your leg painlessly with the venous ultrasound will allow the treatment technicians and leg vein specialists at SpaMedica® to determine what kind of leg vein customized therapy you may require.

If you have leakiness at the high groin point, called the sapheno-femoral junction, in the past you would have undergone an in-hospital stay and had a leg vein stripping operation. This is a painful and morbid procedure, often requiring a week or more of hospitalized recovery. Leg Vein Stripping has been largely replaced by a very high-tech outpatient procedure that takes less than 30 minutes to perform called, the Endoluminal Leg Vein Closure. This fancy sounding name simply involves infiltrating local anesthesia around the larger vein of the upper thigh, called the saphenous vein. Leakiness at the saphenous vein in the groin is often cause for high venous pressures in the smaller veins of the lower leg that lead to spider veins. Once the local anesthetic is instilled, a small laser is then inserted, much like an intravenous catheter is inserted into your hand, into the leg and the small laser under ultrasound guidance is threaded up through the local anesthetized saphenous vein emitting laser energy which closes off the large saphenous vein, preventing reflux and high venous pressures and often will significantly improve or be curative of varicose veins and decrease the visibility of aesthetically displeasing surface veins. This procedure takes less than 15 minutes to 30 minutes per leg, is done under local anesthesia as an outpatient and you wear wraps and support hose for two or three days. You can be back to normal activities of daily living such as shopping and ambulation the next day.

Once you have controlled the larger leaky veins in your leg vein system then you can approach the cosmetically displeasing large “blueberry” veins or varicose veins as well as the larger linear and straight blue veins and spider veins. A small procedure using a tiny, little vein removal instrument under local anesthesia can remove the larger veins, a procedure called a phlebectomy. This procedure is aesthetically pleasing, done quickly under local anesthetic and often can be performed at the same time as the endoluminal venous closure. The varicose veins, once removed, again are treated with a wrap and support hose for several days.

The smaller spider veins or spider varicosities are treated with traditional injection sclerotherapy using chemical scleroscents and at SpaMedica® we do what we call a “double injury” technique where we perform laser leg vein removal combined with chemical sclerotherapy for the highest possible degree of success in removing cosmetically displeasing spider veins.

The success of this leg vein program is really rather remarkable with over 95% of patients achieving improvement of the sapheno and femoral reflux and after four to six sessions of spider vein therapy over 75% improvement in visible varicose and spider veins.

Your SpaMedica in office leg vein reduction treatment program will be complimented with a recommendation for our medical grade Home Skin Care and Leg Vein Support Garments which will help support and enhance your leg vein treatment results.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is a candidate for Leg Vein Reduction and Sclerotherapy?

SpaMedica is the home to one of Canada’s most advanced leg vein reduction, management and scleroptherapy program. Candidates include women\men over 18 yrs who have a cosmetic concern with unwanted leg veins. We provide all leg vein consult patients with a non-invasive, high tech color doppler ultrasound analysis of their deep leg vein integrity.

What happens during a Leg Vein Reduction treatment?

To fade and minimize superficial spider veins on the legs with sclerotherapy injections and multiple wavelength lasers and/or IPL (intense pulsed light) systems combined with RF (radio frequency) energy. Most candidates require a minimum of 3 – 6 treatments every 3 – 4 weeks. Lasers and IPL – Light emitted from theses devices is selectively absorbed by the hemoglobin pigment in the leg vein to induce a reaction that closes off the vessel lumen. At SpaMedica, we can deploy a long pulsed 1064nm laser, a 940nm laser, a 910nm laser with RF or IPL Sclerotherapy – A needle injection technique using chemical sclerosing agents to reduce spider and reticular veins of the legs. Test spots for both procedures are required 7 days prior to having full treatment.

How much is a Leg Vein Reduction Program?

15 min session – $280.00 each, or a package of 3 for $783.00
30 min session – $448.00 each, or a package of 3 for $1119.00
1 hour session – $895.00 each, or a package of 2 for $1522.00, or a package of 3 for $2239.00
Consultation fee including Doppler ultrasound analysis is $100.00.
$50.00 of the consult fee is deductible from treatment costs.
Compression stockings are an added cost.

Did You Know……Leg Vein Reduction Treatment Facts?

• Dr. Mulholland helped refine and pioneer the endoluminal laser leg vein closure technique and brought it to Canada, where he has trained many U.S. and Canadian physicians on the treatment.
• Dr. Mulholland also devised the “double injury” technique optimizing traditional chemical needle-based sclerotherapy at the same time with laser leg vein sclerotherapy for the highest possible success rate in clearance.

Dr. Stephen Mulholland, well known and experienced cosmetic plastic surgeon and his SpaMedica treatment team are dedicated to providing our Toronto Leg Vein Reduction patients with the highest level of care using the most up to date, advanced and effective leg vein reduction and sclerotherapy treatment technologies. Our SpaMedica Leg Vein Reduction treatment team will discuss and educate you on your treatment options and will design the best possible treatment program for you.

The Toronto SpaMedica Leg Vein Reduction treatment team is in a position to offer you many different and effective leg vein treatment therapies to diminish unsightly veins, slim your silhouette, reduce focal fat and smoothen your cellulite. Dr. Stephen Mulholland is a board certified plastic surgeon and one of the Canada’s most sought after cosmetic plastic surgeons. Dr. Mulholland has pioneered and developed all SpaMedica treatments and programs. If you are doing research on Toronto leg vein treatments, then use our educational and informative website to research fully the high tech, modern and successful leg vein reduction treatment options that are available to you. If you have any questions regarding your body or leg vein treatment options, then do not hesitate to call us to schedule and appointment. Our SpaMedica Toronto office can be reached at 416-922-2868. Alternatively, you can email a consultation request from this page www.spamedicaconsultation@spamedica.com.