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Bulging veins on your aging hands. The only people that love
it are the lab technicians who draw blood or the hospital
personnel who start IV's. But the aging population,
especially women, want to hide it. So much so that they are
jumping on this technique developed by dermatologist Robert
Weiss MD from Johns Hopkins Medical Center.
Here's what Dr. Weiss is doing to give aging hands a face
lift: He injects a solution called STS into the ropey veins
on the back of hands so that they stick together and
virtually close. STS issodium tetradecyl sulfate, which is a
white waxy solid surfactant.
Dr. Weiss explains what happens from this injection: "One
side (of the vein) sticks to the other and it seals it shut
and then the body absorbs it." He is also reported saying
that the body doesn't need all the veins in the hands and
that they will usually stay closed with this procedure. If
the body does need one of the treated veins, it will reopen
but will be much smaller than it was before.
Well, my lil' holistic nursing mind, and my intuition, is
questioning this whole thing. The idea of injecting a
solution of something that sounds like it's full of
plastics, wax, and petrochemicals to impede blood
circulation (venous return) and intentionally collapse a
vein doesn't sound too healthy.
I am also wondering why a dermatologist is doing this? Are
any cardiologists available for consult on this if there is
a problem? Then I'm thinking "did the FDA really approve
this? and for what?"
Would I have this done? Not in a million years. I'll let my
"healing hands" age with weather, wit, and wisdom. But I
also know and trust that my many natural and at-home
anti-aging therapies will help delay that problem for many
years to come. A few of those being exercise for
cardiovascular strength, vitamin C for keeping vessel walls
strong, the high antioxidants found in the essential oils I
use, and the
Ningxia Red juice I drink.
When I read things like this I am always asking "at what
cost beauty for this aging baby boomer generation?".
We have so many wonderful, nutritious, healing, nourishing,
natural, beautifying options for looking wonderful and
feeling great. . .why put plastics and chemicals in the body
for a quick fix?. . .this is nothing but "veinity"!
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