Daily Mail features Embarrassing Bodies veins case

The case of vulval/vaginal varicose veins and recurrent leg varicose veins after old fashioned stripping, which was cured by Mark Whiteley and Judy Holdstock of The Whiteley Clinic working with Dr Tony Lopez of The Imaging Clinic, has been featured in The Daily Mail.

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Embarrassing Bodies - Pelvic vein embolisation

Yesterday, our patient bein filmed for Channel 4's embarrassing bodies had her pelvic veins embolised by Dr Tony Lopez of The Imaging Clinic.

She will be returning to The Whiteley Clinic next week for her severe recurrent varicose veins of the legs to be treated.

Fliming Embarrassing Bodies at The Whiteley Clinic

Today, and for the next couple of weeks, we are filming with Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies show at The Whiteley Clinic in Guildford.

Filming today consisted of filming the patient explaining her problem, Duplex Ultrasound Examination and the discussion of the results with the patient.

All of the treatment options were explained to the patient on camera and she was consented to treatment.

She will be having her treatment at The Whiteley Clinic over the next couple of weeks

Bad medical advice on Embarrassing Bodies

Screen shot of Embarrassing bodies, screened 9pm 26th March 2012.
Venous Eczema "treated" with steroid cream - but patient told it is due ot venous circulation and not offered a cure!!
See www.venouseczema.co.uk 

On Embarrassing Bodies - screened last night at 9pm - a patient was seen by one of the GP's with venous eczema of his leg.

He was correctly told that he had venous eczema and that this was due to "poor circulation" of his venous system - a simplified explanation of Venous Reflux or "hidden varicose veins".

However, despite the correct diagnosis and also the correct understanding of the cause being the underlying veins, the GP then suggested a treatment to help the skin (steroid cream) ..... but did absolutely nothing to correct the underlying "poor venous circulation" (the Venous Reflux or "hidden varicose veins").

As such, this patient will get a temporary improvement of the eczema, which will all come back again, and nothing to help the Venous Reflux as his leg deteriorates towards a venous leg ulcer.

The correct treatment would have been to refer the patient for a specialised venous duplex ultrasound scan, to find out which veins are causing the problem, and then to treat them under local anaesthetic by the most appropriate technique using The Whiteley Protocol.    

This would have resulted in the venous eczema disappearing, the brown stains starting to fade, and the pateint's leg would be less swollen and would continue to deteriorate.

As it has been left, this poor man my have a temporary relief from his eczema, but his leg will continue to deteriorate, get more brown and swollen ans eventually ulcerate.

For more information see: www.venouseczema.co.uk

To understand Venous Reflux and how it causes venous eczema and leg ulcers see "Understanding Venous Reflux"

Embarrassing Bodies - Channel 4 - Laser Sweat Ablation

This evening Mark Whiteley was featured performing an operation for arm-pit sweating (axillary hyperhidrosis) on Embarrassing Bodies - Channel 4.

Faye, the patient, was a 19 year old girl who had previously been on Embarrassing Bodies with axillary hyperhidrosis. She had been sent for Botox - which had only worked for 6 months each time.

She wanted a permanent cure - so she was referred to Mark Whiteley at The Whiteley Clinic for Laser Sweat Ablation. She had this walk-in walk-out procedure under local anaesthetic and was on her way home 2 hours later.

On Embarrassing Bodies she said how pleased she was with the result. She had 2 tiny scars on each side, did not have to worry at all about sweating anymore and had gone out and bought a whole new wardrobe of clothes!!!

Laser Sweat Ablation was introduced into the UK by Mark Whiteley who performed the first Laser Sweat Ablation procedure on 5th March 2009. He and his researcher, Sophie Strong, are continually modifying and improving the LSA technique to improve the results.

Channel 4 - Embarrassing Bodies - Friday 8th October 2010 - 9pm

Marverick TV have informed us that Mr Mark Whiteley will be featured on Embarrassing Bodies this week, performing a Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) procedure,

Mark introduced the LSA procedure to the UK in March 2010 and has been the leading practitioner in this area of surgery ever since.

Results and information about LSA can be seen on http://lasersweatablation.blogspot.com and www.lasersweatablation.co.uk

Embarrassing Bodies - TV

Well it has been so very busy that we have fallen behind with keeping up with this blog.

Today we filmed a case of Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) the treatment for under-arm sweating that was brought into the UK by Mark Whiteley in March 2009, for the TV show "Embarrassing Bodies".

The case went very well and the patient left very happy.

Hopefully the film will reach the TV screens in the not to distant future.