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Not for Facial Veins! - Fresh Meadows, NY
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I wanted to treat my many nose and cheek veins and...
nomejoda1968July 1, 2015
$3,200
I wanted to treat my many nose and cheek veins and as I got older my rosacea seemed to be getting worst. Everywhere I turned V-beam seemed to be the state of the art. Not far from where I live in Queens NY there is a highly rated clinic so I went there.
8 somewhat painful treatments - no discounts for packages, I was told, its quite bad - you will need 5 or 6 treatments and then we will see @ over $400 a pop (It may have been more)
Each treatment more harsh then the last and each left me with embarrassing purpura that lasted 9 to 13 days each time. The overall Rosacea did get better and the veins got somewhat better as well, but not for long and within a year or so they were back. I was frustrated and I was not about to drop another 4k in this treatment. About a month ago I noticed the nose veins becoming so prominent that even my wife made a comment about the purplish color.
I finally found info on Vein-wave and Vein-goth and was surprised how difficult it was to locate a clinic in the Queens and Nassau area. I didn't want to travel to one in Brooklyn and was about to give up and go to the city when I found North Shore Vein Center in Lake Success by accident. Its about 15 minutes from my home on Queens and it felt like a large Hospital setting when I got there. Much better than the little cramp spots I have seen operating these type of laser or cosmetic businesses.
I filled out 2 short forms, Dr Schwartz came and spoke to me and was somewhat embarrassed to find out that I had 8 or 9 treatments with V-beam less than 2 years ago. He explained to me that he also does Vbeam, but not for my type of condition. He said that Vein Goth will give me the results in one treatment that V beam couldn't give me in 10. I'll write about my positive experience with V goth tomorrow when my redness has gone.
To all the readers with veins on the nose, cheeks or anywhere on the face - please, don't settle for V beam when the superior treatment for immediate results is either Veinwave or VeinGoth. I'll write a review within the next few days with before and after photos. I'll ask the clinic to get me copies of the before photos so i can upload them. All I can say I is that while I'm still a bit red a few hours after it was immediately obvious that the veins were not visible any longer after a 20 minute treatment.
8 somewhat painful treatments - no discounts for packages, I was told, its quite bad - you will need 5 or 6 treatments and then we will see @ over $400 a pop (It may have been more)
Each treatment more harsh then the last and each left me with embarrassing purpura that lasted 9 to 13 days each time. The overall Rosacea did get better and the veins got somewhat better as well, but not for long and within a year or so they were back. I was frustrated and I was not about to drop another 4k in this treatment. About a month ago I noticed the nose veins becoming so prominent that even my wife made a comment about the purplish color.
I finally found info on Vein-wave and Vein-goth and was surprised how difficult it was to locate a clinic in the Queens and Nassau area. I didn't want to travel to one in Brooklyn and was about to give up and go to the city when I found North Shore Vein Center in Lake Success by accident. Its about 15 minutes from my home on Queens and it felt like a large Hospital setting when I got there. Much better than the little cramp spots I have seen operating these type of laser or cosmetic businesses.
I filled out 2 short forms, Dr Schwartz came and spoke to me and was somewhat embarrassed to find out that I had 8 or 9 treatments with V-beam less than 2 years ago. He explained to me that he also does Vbeam, but not for my type of condition. He said that Vein Goth will give me the results in one treatment that V beam couldn't give me in 10. I'll write about my positive experience with V goth tomorrow when my redness has gone.
To all the readers with veins on the nose, cheeks or anywhere on the face - please, don't settle for V beam when the superior treatment for immediate results is either Veinwave or VeinGoth. I'll write a review within the next few days with before and after photos. I'll ask the clinic to get me copies of the before photos so i can upload them. All I can say I is that while I'm still a bit red a few hours after it was immediately obvious that the veins were not visible any longer after a 20 minute treatment.
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Replies (7)
August 17, 2015
How was your experience with VeinGoth? Was it effective in removing the veins? Was it painful? Were there any side effects like bruising, texture changes, pigment changes? Thank you.
August 20, 2015
@ Eva G, You are too funny, YES VeinGogh aka thermo-coagulation or ohmic-thermolysis, I think HeHeHe
@ fjelly...The 1st treatment probably took 25 minutes, maybe 30. Not really painful, like a short shock, definitely bearable. There was some redness of course but no pain really. That evening when I washed my face I had a little bit of bleeding from some of the spots where the micro needle met the skin. same in the AM. After a few days there was literally no evidence I had anything done. On my follow up the good Dr. gave me a 5 minute touch up on some of the smallest veins. No bleeding this time and a few days later you would never know I ever had any veins. My wife is shocked.
Now, under Dr. Swartz recommendation, and to treat my rosacea I'm doing a full face Photo Facial. I opted for the 5 treatments and the staff there is very professional. I've done two already and the wife is starting to wonder if I'm doing it out of vanity or my condition. She says she didn't know my skin was going to start looking so good as a by-product of my rosacea treatment . She is just hating, I'll keep you posted on my progress.
Once again, Thank You North Shore Vein and Medical Spa - Dr. Schwartz and staff!
@ fjelly...The 1st treatment probably took 25 minutes, maybe 30. Not really painful, like a short shock, definitely bearable. There was some redness of course but no pain really. That evening when I washed my face I had a little bit of bleeding from some of the spots where the micro needle met the skin. same in the AM. After a few days there was literally no evidence I had anything done. On my follow up the good Dr. gave me a 5 minute touch up on some of the smallest veins. No bleeding this time and a few days later you would never know I ever had any veins. My wife is shocked.
Now, under Dr. Swartz recommendation, and to treat my rosacea I'm doing a full face Photo Facial. I opted for the 5 treatments and the staff there is very professional. I've done two already and the wife is starting to wonder if I'm doing it out of vanity or my condition. She says she didn't know my skin was going to start looking so good as a by-product of my rosacea treatment . She is just hating, I'll keep you posted on my progress.
Once again, Thank You North Shore Vein and Medical Spa - Dr. Schwartz and staff!
September 3, 2016
Hi. i know this was a year ago, but i also did the vbeam laser with Dr Applebaum . I did 3 treatments for a small broken capillary under my eye, it made it so much worse..this was 7 years ago and i have tried to not talk about it because it has been so upsetting, i was in my 20s when this happened and it was very hard to deal with,,i believe dr applebaum put the setting too high. i really hate how it looks,but jave been too scared to try to fix it again,because i am afraid of making it worse.. can you please respond tome and let me know how your results were friom the north shore vein center? im looking for a miracle
August 29, 2018
I'm terribly sorry, I rarely reply or log in. But, my results were great. I do drink and unfortunately expose myself to the sun due to my business. Vbeam should be avoided for veins on your face and nose. I stand by my original review. Good luck..
Welcome to the community, thank you for documenting your experience here. I have never heard of VeinGoth is this new, or do you mean Veingogh? I really look forward to hearing about your results. Thank you for your willingness to share photos - they are so helpful for others researching treatments.