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Don't Hide Your Legs!

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While they can be emotionally draining, physically painful or both, the good news is that neither cellulite, spider veins nor varicose veins are detrimental to your long-term health. The even better news? Today, there are a wide variety of alternatives to plastic surgery that can easily reduce or even eliminate the appearance of puckered skin, as well as the web of red, blue or purple leg veins.

Serving the Pacific Northwest, the Key Laser Institute for Aesthetic Medicine® in Portland, Oregon is on the forefront on the West Coast in the use of noninvasive lasers, light and energy to reverse the signs of aging and to restore the health, appearance and overall well being of your skin. Call 503-291-1953 or toll free at 800-459-6677, today, and discover how cosmetic medicine can offer alternatives to plastic surgery for the reduction in the appearance of cellulite, as well as for the treatment of leg veins. Or, request a confidential consultation with Dr. Key.

Don't Hide Your Legs

There's a great deal that can negatively influence the look of your legs - ultraviolet light, pregnancy, birth control pills, genetics, age, weight gain, excessive standing or sitting, ill-fitting clothes, lifestyle, hormones and injury. Any of these can result in cellulite, spider veins (also known as telangiectasias) or varicose veins. Thankfully, there are cosmetic medical treatments - many developed by and exclusive to the Key Laser Institute - than can positively influence the look of your legs.

• Cellulite:
  Its precise cause is not known and there's no treatment in the long run that completely eliminates "cottage cheese skin" in all people. With that said, several advances have been made in reducing the appearance of cellulite. So, regardless of the cause of your cellulite, body contouring procedures such as SmoothShapes™, LipoSelection®, Gentle Lifting™ With Lasers, Thermage® radiofrequency energy and Dr. Key's exclusive treatment for skin rejuvenation, LipoToning™, there's a procedure that can treat the dimpling associated with it.
• Leg Veins:
  Broken blood vessels are not usually life threatening, but that doesn't mean that they can't hurt. In fact, by reducing your self-confidence, they hurt emotionally. And, they can hurt physically as well - aching, burning, stinging, itching; they can even cramp and cause the legs to feel heavy. All of this can combine to cause you to feel uncomfortable in shorts, skirts or a bathing suit, and contribute to keeping you from taking part in all of the outdoor activities that you enjoy. Unfortunately, there's not a lot that you can do yourself to treat spider veins. Fortunately, there's a lot that the Key Laser Institute can do to eliminate leg veins, such as Gentle YAG™ laser treatment and Sclerotherapy, also known as Injection Therapy.
• Varicose Veins:
  The most crucial aspect to doing more than temporarily treating the visible signs of large, swollen leg veins is to identify the precise location in your legs from which varicose veins originate. This fact was overlooked for many years, and outright ignored by those who promised "vein stripping" but ultimately delivered only scars. Today, "feeder veins" are mapped using ultrasound. Then, either Sclerotherapy or Endovenous Laser Treatment (EVLT) permanently close off varicose veins. Finally, shut down, the veins are reabsorbed by your body, freeing you from physical and emotional pain, and allowing you to be yourself.

Choose With Confidence™. Learn more cosmetic medical procedures for reducing the appearance of cellulite and treating varicose and spider veins by calling Dr. Key today at the Key Laser Institute for Aesthetic Medicine in Portland, Oregon at 503-291-1953 or on the West Coast at 800-459-6677. Email the Key Laser Institute today for more information or request a confidential cosmetic consultation.