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Top Four Tips For Pre-Bedtime Skin Care
Adopting a good pre-bedtime skincare routine can help you look and feel great. It doesn't need to take hours, it just needs to be consistent. Geelong Veins, Skin and Laser's very own dermal therapist, Charlotte, highlights her four top tips for pre-bedtime skin...
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How Do I Get Rid Of This Ugly Brown Mole?
We get asked all the time, about safe laser removal of moles. Call them what you like, age spots, liver spots, senile keratoses, seborrhoeic Ks, seborrhoeic warts, basal cell papilloma, senile warts, seborrhoeic keratoses….. there are a lot of different names for...
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Treatments For Painful Sex After Menopause
Many women experience pain before, during, or after sexual intercourse – the medical name for this is dyspareunia. This common problem can erode sexual desire and pleasure, strain relationships, and impact quality of life. For postmenopausal women, in particular, it...
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The Ultimate Wedding Skin Care Guide
Wedding season is fast approaching and we often get brides coming in wanting advice on how to prepare their skin for their big day. So the girls here at Geelong Veins, Skin and Laser have put together a step by step planner for you to assist in getting your wedding...
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How to remove Skin Tags
Skin tags are small, soft, flesh coloured skin growths which are harmless and non-malignant. They are mostly found on the eyelids, neck, armpits, groin and under the breast. For some people these skin tags can be a source of annoyance and embarrassment. The good news...
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Dermal Fillers – Fact & Fiction
FICTION: Everyone who has their lips done looks like the image above. FACT: At Geelong Veins, Skin and Laser we have been enhancing people’s lips with fillers for years. There are literally hundreds of “our lips” out and about in Geelong that everyone is admiring as...
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Is laser tattoo removal painful?
Removal of an old unwanted tattoo is a growing request for Australians. As the frequency of tattoos in the population grows, so does the desire to remove older, outdated or no longer relevant body art. But the question people want to know the answer to is, is laser...
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What is the best treatment for Spider Veins?
What is the best treatment for Spider Veins? Spider veins are small (less than 5mm diameter) capillary veins which are easily visible through the skin, appearing as tiny webs of red, blue, or purple lines. What are the treatment options for spider veins? Surface...
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Everything you need to know about spider veins from a doctor who has treated thousands of them
Who is prone to spider veins? Spider veins are common. A study in 2008 showed an incidence of 84% of general practice patients had spider veins (ref 1). Females had a slightly higher incidence. Advancing age, smoking and pregnancies also increase the risk. As with...
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Everything you need to know about Dermal Fillers
In this article, we discuss everything you need to know about Dermal Fillers. Very rarely does a patient come to the practice and ask to have their cheeks, tear troughs, or temples treated. I often find that is exactly what people need, and these areas are now some of...
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Top Four Tips For Pre-Bedtime Skin Care
Adopting a good pre-bedtime skincare routine can help you look and feel great. It doesn't need to take hours, it just needs to be consistent. Geelong Veins, Skin and Laser's very own dermal therapist, Charlotte, highlights her four top tips for pre-bedtime skin...
How Do I Get Rid Of This Ugly Brown Mole?
We get asked all the time, about safe laser removal of moles. Call them what you like, age spots, liver spots, senile keratoses, seborrhoeic Ks, seborrhoeic warts, basal cell papilloma, senile warts, seborrhoeic keratoses….. there are a lot of different names for...
Treatments For Painful Sex After Menopause
Many women experience pain before, during, or after sexual intercourse – the medical name for this is dyspareunia. This common problem can erode sexual desire and pleasure, strain relationships, and impact quality of life. For postmenopausal women, in particular, it...