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Is There Fillers for the Top of Feet to Hide Veins?
asked 3 years ago by Cutecutter in Georgia
Latest answer by Mitchell Schwartz, MD
Question viewed 5,133 times
Tags: legs
My skin is thinning and I have a very pale complextion. My once pretty feet show every vein now, is there any I can do?
12 answers to Is There Fillers for the Top of Feet to Hide Veins?
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Spider Veins and Telangiectasia on the Feet: Options for improvement
The goal of treatment is to identify whether the visible veins are true varicosities, or abnormal veins, or whether the problem arises from thin skin and subcutaneous tissue. The options for treatment include the following:
Injection sclerotherapy
Microphlebectomy
Fat grafting
Sculptra injection
The choice of treatment is based on the thickness of your tissues and the caliber of the veins.
Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Fillers for the Feet
Either Radiesse or Sculptra can easily and safely be used for this purpose.
Radiesse gives instant results that should last for at least one year.
Sculptra takes several treatment sessions but can last much longer.
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Fillers for the feet or microphlebectomy
As a phlebologist, I have performed microphlebectomy on the feet but do so very cautiously and caution patients that the risk of numbness is much higher because there are sensory nerves in this area where injury could cause debilitating discomfort.
The area rubs on the shoes and any numbness or increased sensitivity (hypersensitivity) can be sensed with every step. I tell patients that it is normal to have veins on the feet and unless they are enlarged and there is involved skin changes...
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Hratch Karamanoukian, MD
Buffalo General Surgeon
Buffalo General Surgeon
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Be careful when adding volume to your feet
Certainly fillers are done for the top of hands to hide veins. Doctors have used fat injections, and products such as: hyaluronic acids such as Restylane and Juvederm, and Radiesse (these are not FDA approved uses for these products).
There is a concern that there will be more voluminous and long term swelling in the feet than in the hands and there may be a greater chance of infection.
If you are thinking of having this done, make certain that your doctor has done this many times in the...
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Microfat grafting is a good option
Thinning of the subcutaneous tissue in the hands and feet leads to the appearance of the subcutaneous veins.
Different options exist:
Any vein manipulation in my mind is not a good idea since these veins has a value and could be of great value sometime in your life time.
The ideal procedure in my mind would be create the thin carpet of subcutaneous tissue with micro fat grafting .This is a safe and effective technique that achieved good results in the hand.
I hope that would be helpful....
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Hisham Seify, MD, PhD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Sclerotherapy is best option
The standard and frequent treatment for this is sclerotherapy. Sclerotherapy is NOT used for the feet or ankle in patients with diabetes or a history of thrombophlebitis.
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Radiesse or fat injections may fill the loose thin skin of the top of the foot
Radiesse® dermal filler is made of calcium-based microspheres suspended in a water-based gel. I have used it in the back of the hands and it works quite well. I would imagine that it would do as well on the top of the foot to cosmetically hide prominent veins. Fresh fat injections may be an alternative as well. Again, I have used this on the hands but I have never had the opportunity to try this on the feet.
Jeffrey Zwiren, MD
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon
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Fillers are available but have greater risks in the feet
Generally the feet have greater concerns thant the hand due to a higher likelihood of venous and arterial disease. This is why the feet tend to develop ulcers and the hands do not.
If you are otherwise in excellent health, you could consider the fillers used for the hands. I have used both Radiesse as well as fat injections.
However I would recommend that you proceed with caution. Infections and complications are more likely in the lower extremities and more difficult to treat.
Another...
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Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Veins and feet
Fillers applied to the hands or feet has been something that practioners have begun using to mask skin thickness and fat loss common as we age. It is important to realize that this is an off label usage of these products and has not been approved by the FDA. An alternative is fat transfer.
Fat transfer for the hands has become increasingly popular in recent years. In my San Francisco area practice we perform this procedure and have noticed there has been interest in treating the feet as...
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Fillers for the feet
While I personally don't do this, I am sure there are physicians out there that will inject that feet like they do for the hands. But, the feet may have more complications because of them beind more "dependent." In other words, harder for blood and edema fluid to leave the area as easily as they can from the hands. Remember gravity pulls everything down.
